After getting pretty well beaten up for taking so long to process veterans' disability benefit claims, the Veterans Administration (VA) has ordered its employees to work overtime to catch up on it. Read More...

Summer is here. Everybody in the pool! But don't drink the water, because a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study has found that human feces are frequently introduced into public pool water by swimmers, greatly increasing the threat of E. coli contamination. Read More...

A new program just announced by the White House will help US service members gain the training and certifications they need to get good jobs in the super-competitive information technology (IT) industry after separating from the military. Read More...

Predicting the move would save at least 1,000 lives a year, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended that all state legislatures lower by nearly one-third the blood-alcohol content (BAC) limit used to determine drunken driving. Read More...