Feb 1st, 2010 · Electric bikes are a new global growth industry — they are competing with regular bikes and cars now. In the U.S., the retailer Best Buy now sells electric bikes. Some are made with lighter materials and are designed to appeal to baby boomers, as The New York Times reported Monday. China, which has a widespread tradition of biking, has $120 million electric bicycles on the roads — compared with 200,000 in the U.S.
Dec 23rd, 2009 · "Balloon boy" parents Richard and Mayumi Heene are sentenced.
Oct 29th, 2009 · U.S. District Judge Michael Mihm could have sentenced Ali al-Marri to as many as 15 years. But Mihm handed down the lighter sentence in consideration of what he called "very severe" conditions under which Marri was kept during the almost six years he was held without charges in a U.S. Navy brig in South Carolina.
Sep 21st, 2009 · The next generation of hybrid and electric vehicles will have a lighter and more powerful kind of battery inside — lithium ion batteries, which automakers are investing billions in developing.
Aug 27th, 2009 · In Rhino Ranch, Larry McMurtry returns to his lighter side and his recurring protagonist, Duane Moore. The gentle comedy tracks the once-powerful oilman as he adjusts to his own retirement and to the changes a new nature preserve brings to his small Texas town.
Aug 22nd, 2009 · Father James Martin believes there may be a levity deficit in religious life. Host Scott Simon speaks with Martin, associate editor of America Magazine about the importance of humor in a religious lifestyle, and when that humor can go too far.
Jul 17th, 2009 · Light-colored clothing is cooler in the sun, and the same goes for cities. Hashem Akbari has studied the advantages — in reduced energy use and lower carbon dioxide emissions — of switching dark-colored roofing and pavement materials for lighter, more reflective alternatives.
Jun 16th, 2009 · Summer is a time for cultural froth — action movies, pulp novels and hot dogs on a stick. David Was suggests that no heavy lifting is required when it comes to music, as well. Here are some of his lighter-than-air suggestions for the dog days before us.