Kenny Perry shoots four birdies in his opening four holes to help him to a two-stroke lead going into the final round of the Tour Championship event in Atlanta.

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Southern California dropped nine spots and out of the top 10 in The Associated Press college football poll and Washington moved into the rankings for the first time in six years.

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Mike writes “Today Washington DC-based company Envion opened a $5 million dollar facility that they claim will be able to efficiently transform plastic waste into a source of oil-like fuel. The technology uses infra-red energy to remove hydrocarbons from plastic without the use of a catalyst, transforming 82% of the original plastic material into fuel. According to Envion, the resulting fuel can then be blended with other components, providing a source (more…)

After watching the stock market struggle for the past year, financial experts from Wall Street and academia are putting more effort into bringing behavioral modeling into their complex financial calculations. “The risk models proved myopic, they say, because they were too simple-minded. They focused mainly on figures like the expected returns and the default risk of financial instruments. What they didn’t sufficiently take into account was human behavior, (more…)

Some Redskins fans can no longer afford their tickets and want to cancel them. So what does the team do? Sue them!

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World number three Rafael Nadal is given a stern test by Nicolas Kiefer before coming through in four sets to reach round three of the US Open.

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