An anti-piracy enforcer would be installed in the White House under a broad proposal to strengthen the government's hand in the war on intellectual property crimes. That proposal cleared its first big legislative hurdle Thursday.

One of the eight findings are that specific links exist between high levels of music training and the ability to manipulate information in both working and long-term memory; these links extend beyond the domain of music training.

Once we look at the situation a more closely, we discover that published oil reserves really aren't all that helpful in telling us about future production. In fact, the evidence suggests that oil shortages may not be many years away.

Consumers and global companies benefited, but critics see pitfalls. Clinton "used to say, 'If it doesn't work, let's redo it,' " Faux said. "Well, it's not working. . . . It's time to rethink the whole strategy."

Making Sense of Carbon "Offsets" in a Carbon-Constrained World. Members of Congress this year can take an important step toward a U.S. cap-and-trade marketplace in greenhouse gas emission allowances.

The subprime crisis is just the tip of the iceberg. Fundamental changes in American life may turn today€™'s McMansions into tomorrow'€™s tenements.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates returned mostly empty-handed from India, with India's ruling coalition still sitting on a landmark bilateral deal on civilian nuclear cooperation.

After decades in the shadows, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is turning heads by making high-profile investments across the globe.