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• When building green harms the environment
Gay Browne and her husband Tony have set out to build the greenest house in Montecito, Calif., in a small gated community near the ocean. They'll find the task much simpler than when they pursued the same green goal, in 1994, in Pacific Palisades ...
• Best Buy smashes the clock
The nation's leading electronics retailer has embarked on a radical — if risky —experiment to transform a culture once known for killer hours and herd-riding bosses. The endeavor, called ROWE, for "results-only work environment," seeks to ...
• Extinction feared for Hawaiian monk seals
In the marine environment, so much of what the animals do is a complete secret because you're not quite sure where they're going at any given time," said Charles Littnan, foraging ecologist with the National Marine Fisheries Service's Hawaiian monk ...
• Easily startled? Gene may be to blame
... evolutionary terms and is seen only in humans, and not in other primates. He speculates that the gene variant gave humans a level of "wariness" to protect them in a threatening world. "It was an advantage to be more anxious in a dangerous environment ...
• Starbucks increasing beverage prices 9 cents
We’re always looking at the business costs, and given the rising cost environment in which we operate we think this is an appropriate time,” Borrman said. Borrman said the increase will apply to coffees, lattes, frozen Frappuccinos and some tea ...