Ford, GM, and Chrysler CEOs say they'll accept $1 salaries and make hybrid and electric cars... in exchange for a bailout. more »
How does marketing affect perceptions of food? One reporter investigates the “health halo” effect. more »
And who will pay for all this, with what financing? more »
CBS 5 has learned that a key statewide environmental agency, the California Ocean Protection Council, has recommended to the California State Legislature that all customers pay a fee anytime they use a plastic or paper bag at the market. [Ecological full cost accounting is smart long-term] more »
Tourists carry their luggage through flood waters in Venice December 1, 2008. The Centro Maree, which forecasts water levels, said sea levels in the Adriatic rose 1.56 metres (5.1 ft) -- a level not seen since 1986. more »
GM's current precarious situation didn't come about overnight. more »
With airports and highways more congested than ever, new steel-wheel and maglev lines that move millions in Europe and Japan have the potential to resurrect the age of American railroads. more »
When Steve Hewitt took the job as city administrator for Greensburg, Kan., in 2006, there was nothing extraordinary about the town of about 1,400 people. Less than a year later, however, everything that was Greensburg was gone... Now the city is being rebuilt super green: to LEED Platinum standards. more »
The industrial chemical melamine is safe in baby formula in small amounts, U.S. regulators said, revising their earlier recommendations. more »
While that quandary won't be solved soon, Maryland is looking to solve another problem with poultry: manure. more »