Study of views from the pulpit shows significant support for splitting worldwide Anglican Communion and Church of England itself along liberal-conservative divide.

"The environmentally friendly funeral industry is booming," says The Atlantic, as Americans seek out ways to go green even after they're dead.

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The average gas price in the U.S. will drop below $3 a gallon for the first time since Dec. 22, 2010, snapping the longest streak above that level, according to AAA.

The incoming leader of our top scientific research organisation is promoting water-dowsing to Australian farmers. The CSIRO has a new leader, Dr. Larry Marshall, who will take the reins in 2014-12. Currently

As handy as services like AirDrop or Android Beam may be for shuffling content between nearby devices, they're platform-exclusive. That's not much help

Federal drug sentencing reforms adopted earlier this year by the US Sentencing Commission went into effect today. They should result in tens of thousands of federal prisoners seeing their sentences cut and being released early, as well as ensuring that future offenders are not sentenced so harshly.