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Roads and bridges are crumbling in America. The Highway Trust Fund is broke and new revenue other than stimulus funds are unlikely, so some state transportation officials are applying innovative methods to spread the road funding they have secured.

Some younger families and retirees are choose to "downsize" their homes. The decision comes with several lifestyle benefits.

From world overpopulation to global warming, writer Michael Crichton asks whether it is time for 'some healthy skepticism?'