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Astronomers have identified an easy-to-measure chemical fingerprint for determining which sunlike stars are likely to host planets.

Consumers, looking to outfit themselves for cooler weather and enticed by an improving economy, spent a little more in October, handing the retail industry its second consecutive monthly sales gain after more than a year of declines.

Even so, the bill barely squeaked by with a vote of 220-215...far from any sort of 'mandate.' Obama has defined his Presidency solely in terms of passing such a so-called 'healthcare reform' measure, which actually has nothing to do with improving healthcare at all but everything to do with the government seizure of fully one-sixth of the U.S.

Sacramento-area residents can expect mild fall weather today. Clouds that spit a few drops of rain Friday will hang around today, said Steve Goldstein, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sacramento.

There's a change in the weather today with cooler temperatures and a chance of rain this evening during the commute home, the National Weather Service predicts.

October sales reports from major retailers ranging from Target Corp. to Macy's Inc.

Numbers Don't Support Migration Exodus to "Cool Cities" Net migration, both before and after the Great Recession, according to analysis by the Praxis Strategy Group, has continued to be strongest to the predominately red states of the South and Intermountain West.

Wet conditions were forecast to persist over the Great Lakes and move into the Northeast on Tuesday.

Disney World's Animal Kingdom theme park. Peggy Macdonald As cooler weather arrives in Central Florida, the ostriches, giraffes, elephants, cheetahs, wildebeest, and other African species who call Disney's Animal Kingdom home become more active, providing animal spotters with improved viewing opportunities on the Kilimanjaro Safari and on the many ...

Cooler weather has arrived, which means a change in wardrobe. Does a "change" mean spending money? No, not necessarily.

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Nearly all of the hard red spring wheat grown in the Upper Midwest made top grade this year, while about three-fourths of the durum crop was top grade - a big improvement over last year, according to North Dakota State University researchers.

Small grains and other field crops: Some alfalfa will be affected by the rain; how much remains to be determined.

Assembly Republican Leader Sam Blakeslee pitched a tantrum last week, and it nearly killed a water package his colleagues have toiled over for years.

Cooler weather demands warm foods. Change up the usual chili with cornbread for this version of white chili with chicken.

The Weather Underground forecast for Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, shows rain and snow will blanket the Plains and the Midwest as a front advances from the West.

Less than a day after becoming the second strongest Eastern Pacific hurricane in history, Hurricane Rick dropped back to a category four storm with further weakening expected before landfall late Tuesday.

A cooling trend that will start today should bring relief to the inland valleys, many of which topped 90 degrees yesterday.

An Alberta Clipper from southern Canada was forecast to drop into the northern tier of the nation Thursday.

Cool's John Saunders replaces a wiper blade in advance of torrential rains forecast to sweep into Northern California on Tuesday.