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Cant telecommute? Watch this!: With gas prices soaring and seemingly no end in site, drivers are going to great pains to save at the pump. But it seems something obvious has been overlooked: skipping the commute and working from home. Fewer than 10 percent of Americans work from home even one day per week. ›17:04, 2.07
Al Gore's Nobel Patrol: A vigilant fan of the former veep keeps watch as the Nobel Committee announces its peace prize. ›15:10, 12.10
Video: Former Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86: July 4: Jesse Helms, the blunt-talking North Carolina Republican served thirty years in Congress before retiring in 2003. NBCs Martin Savidge reports.(Nightly News) ›23:13, 4.07
117 in L.A.? Experts see hot future: A new climate model estimates that by 2100 high temperatures for once-in-a-generation heat waves will rise twice as fast as everyday average temperatures. ›21:00, 2.07
U.S. economy lost 62,000 jobs in June: Employers cut payrolls by 62,000 in June, the sixth straight month of nationwide job losses, underscoring the economys fragile state. The unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 percent. ›15:08, 3.07
Sailor ends 4,800-mile wave-powered trip: Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie took more than three months to sail from Hawaii to Japan in a boat powered by the energy of ocean waves. ›16:08, 5.07
Terror Watch: Gonzales Lawyers Up: Still under investigation by Congress and Justice Department lawyers who once worked for him, the former attorney general has turned to a leading Washington attorney to help him beat the rap. ›18:12, 10.10
Study: Orangutans could face extinction in wild: Orangutan numbers have declined sharply on the only two islands where they still live in the wild and they could become the first great ape species to go extinct if urgent action isn't taken, a new study says. ›13:01, 5.07
Many ideas to help lost N.J. dolphins: From the sensible to the silly, there is no shortage of suggestions from spectators lining the banks of a river near the Jersey shore on how to get a group of bottlenose dolphins back into the ocean. ›09:59, 3.07
ConsumerMan: Get a cheap cell headset: If you want to drive and talk on the phone you must use a hands-free device. A headset can set you back $100. But you dont have to pay anywhere near that if you know where to shop. ›21:18, 2.07
U.S. share of foreign visitors slips, experts say: Despite the weak U.S. dollar, a boom in international travel around the world hasn't translated into an explosion of foreign tourists to the United States. ›15:36, 5.07
Bill Gates Answers Your Questions: The Microsoft co-founder and leading philanthropist answers selected reader questions in this exclusive NEWSWEEK forum. ›22:02, 9.10
Real Estate: Keeping Tabs On 'This Old House': Now in its 28th year, 'This Old House' has helped transform dozens of houses. But what does it really cost to be part of this DIY club? ›17:21, 9.10
Rocky Mountain land deal tops $500 million: Some of the most prized land in the northern Rocky Mountains is being protected from development in a conservation land deal hailed as the largest of its kind in U.S. history. ›00:37, 1.07
Quest for oil, gas off Fla. begins: Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide. ›22:51, 4.07
Job losses add to consumer worries: As they cope with rising food and energy costs and declining home values, more Americans took another financial hit in June: the loss of their paycheck. ›15:05, 3.07
Google in deal with Brazil to fight child porn: Internet search company Google signed an agreement with Brazilian public prosecutors on Wednesday to help combat child pornography on its social networking site Orkut, an accord that the company believes is the first of its kind internationally. ›17:26, 3.07
Poll: Gas prices change energy views: High gas prices have shifted views on energy and the environment, with more Americans now viewing oil drilling as a greater priority than energy conservation, a new survey found. ›22:28, 1.07
Video: Crews struggle to slow huge fires: July 4: Two massive wildfires along the California coastline are keeping weary firefighters busy this Independence Day. NBCs George Lewis reports.(Nightly News) ›23:27, 4.07
Struggling Starbucks woes could get worse: If economic woes continue, some say things could go from bad to worse for Starbucks, which this week announced plans to close 600 U.S. stores. ›20:50, 2.07
Volcanoes on Mercury solve 30-year mystery: A NASA spacecraft's first flyby of Mercury has yielded a wealth of information about the innermost planet, some of which confirms that volcanism occurred there, settling a longstanding debate. ›22:23, 3.07
Books Q&A: The Real Charles Schulz: 'Peanuts' creator Charles Schulz emerges as insecure and an emotionally distant father and husband in a new biography and documentary. ›22:32, 9.10
Gellman: A Letter to a Bigot: What I want to say to a person of prejudice. ›22:12, 12.10
Interview: Susan Faludi on 9/11 Myths: In her new book, Susan Faludi examines the cultural impact of the 9/11 terror attacks. What she says about their effect on U.S. politics, feminism and the differences between American and European approaches to history. ›17:08, 8.10
