We took our complete list of 120 products from last year and sent it off to our Retailer Advisory Board to ask them if any of the products listed struck a chord at retail in their stores whether through attracting consumers to the store or in effective sales. We took our complete list of 120 products from last year and sent it off to our Retailer Advisory Board to ask them if any of the products listed struck a chord at retail in their stores whether through attracting consumers to the...

Timothy Swager began developing bomb-sniffing technology a decade ago under a Pentagon-funded research project to help detect land mines -- a use for which Swager's invention has yet to see action in many of the world's war zones. Financial obstacles, rather than technical ones, have so far prevented the invention's use in helping pinpoint the location of old land mines, Swager said. Instead, US soldiers in Iraq are using Swager's hand-held device to scan people and autos for traces of...

Bush, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Europe, Egypt, White House, Dick Cheney, Los Angeles, Middle East, International Atomic Energy Agency "Should Washington contemplate dealing with Iran militarily by invading possibly, it would, to my mind, be a monumental blunder: the biggest ever. Bush, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Europe, Egypt, White House, Dick Cheney, Los Angeles, Middle East, International Atomic Energy Agency "Should Washington contemplate dealing with Iran militarily by invading...

At Ocean Farm Technologies of Searsmont, which exports fish cages designed to withstand rough ocean conditions, company President Steve Page says Maine's experience with inshore salmon farming, combined with research at the University of New Hampshire and the University of Maine, gives the region an opportunity to be an industry leader. At Ocean Farm Technologies of Searsmont, which exports fish cages designed to withstand rough ocean conditions, company President Steve Page says Maine's...

It's a rather modest monthly grocery list, but its uncertain fate has caused anxiety among thousands of low-income seniors who rely on the cardboard boxes filled with food they receive from the federal government. Ash contended that Bush has run up such a huge deficit by funding the war in Iraq, he is looking at comparatively tiny cuts around the edges to save money. Last year, Congress refused to do away with the program, but agreed to trim the number of recipients by about 10 percent....