Search is a natural starting point for discovering the world's information, and we strive to bring you the freshest, most comprehensive and relevant search results over an ever expanding universe of content on the multitude of devices you use to access it. That's why today, at the Computer History Museum , we're excited to share a few new innovations in the areas of real-time, mobile and social search...

add comment 20 articles

Yes We Should by digby From a personal perspective, this would be a godsend : Senate Democrats are discussing the idea of expanding Medicare by lowering the age at which the elderly could enter the government-run insurance program, Democratic sources on the Hill tell the Huffington Post. The proposal would lower the age of eligibility for Medicare from 65 to 55, though an age limit of 60 has also...

add comment 29 articles

What if you could decide where to shop, eat or hang out, with a little help from local Google users? It might take you a while to ask them all, so to make it easier we've launched a new effort to send window decals to over 100,000 local businesses in the U.S. that have been the most sought out and researched on Google.com and Google Maps. We're calling these businesses the " Favorite Places on Google...

add comment 25 articles

Barack Obama’s Safe Schools Czar Kevin Jennings founded the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN). Recently he was appointed by the Obama administration to run the Office of Safe & Drug Free Schools in the US Department of Education. In 2007 Kevin Jennings was paid $273,573.96 as the executive director of GLSEN. In 2000 [...]

1 comment 9 articles

RadarOnline.com reports that Tiger Woods' wife, Elin Nordegren, has moved out of their residence. According to the article, she has moved to a house near Woods' Windermere, Fla. home. Since Woods' car accident, numerous women have been linked to the golfer. Recent claims include a Florida woman who says Woods is " very well endowed " and a porn star whose titles include Diary of a Horny Housewife ....

add comment 19 articles

Eco-czars of the Obama administration, activate! [...] Read the rest »

add comment 15 articles

Chinese media say eight students have been killed and 26 others injured in a school stampede in the central province of Hunan.

add comment See the 11 articles on the same subject

The PBS science series "NOVA" plans to broadcast a documentary presenting evidence that a torpedo fired from a Japanese midget submarine may have struck the USS Oklahoma during the Dec. 2, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor.

add comment See the 45 articles on the same subject

Today was a big day in environmental news. Three things: First, former Vice President Al Gore met with President Obama about climate change this afternoon in a private meeting in the Oval Office. Gore is one of the most prominent Americans and thought leaders in favor of U.S. action on climate change. Second, today the much anticipated U.N. Climate Conference in Copenhagen got underway. The Wednesday...

add comment See the 27 articles on the same subject

Amazon.com Inc. will add two features to the Kindle e-book reader to make the gadget more accessible to blind and vision-impaired users.

add comment See the 20 articles on the same subject

ABC's Diane Sawyer says goodbye to "Good Morning America" on this week after 2,881 shows - not that she's counting.

add comment See the 41 articles on the same subject

Police say a former cast member of the 1980s television show "Family Ties" has been arrested for investigation of assault in Colorado.

add comment See the 11 articles on the same subject