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Although sleep is as vital to health as food and water, millions of Americans go to bed each night only to find themselves wide awake a few hours later, tossing and turning until sunrise. If this sounds like you and ...

When the Environmental Protection Agency released its much-anticipated rule this year broadening its interpretation of the Clean Water Act, there was immediate pushback from farmers, homesteaders and their allies. The rule, they said, would give the federal government unprecedented oversight ...

A material currently classified as hazardous waste would be added to roads and driveways in Michigan if some state legislators get their way. The lower chamber of Michigan’s state legislature has passed a bill that would allow the use of ...

We spend a considerable amount of time and money in keeping our cupboards stocked and our refrigerators full. It can be discouraging when we see our fruits and vegetables spoiling faster than we can eat them. According to the Natural ...

US Marine Andrew Tahmooressi took a wrong turn in San Diego with legal guns in his vehicle and has been held in a Mexican jail for almost two months. He was charged with weapons trafficking. The 25-year-old Marine Reserve sergeant ...

Using chemicals in your garden is like using a hammer to swat a fly. It’s overkill. It’s also expensive. Giving up the chemical habit does not create more work for you, if you approach your garden as an ecosystem. Rather ...

The city building code in Austin, Texas, applies to all structures — even a child’s treehouse. The Meroney family discovered this the hard way when they found a notice to stop work on their son’s new treehouse taped to their ...

The First Amendment is under attack once again, as the Senate is scheduled to vote on a proposed constitutional amendment limiting the amount of money spent during election cycles. The Senate has yet to schedule a vote, although one is ...

An innocent man spent 10 days in jail, faced felony charges that carried a potential sentence of 20 years in prison, and lost his job because he had the same first and last names as a suspected heroin dealer. A ...

Most residents of California’s far north are against the idea of seceding from the nation’s most populous state, although one county is for it. Voters in two of three Northern California counties have rejected ballot measures that urged county governments ...