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The Constantina Fire burning in Long Valley, Calif., in 2010, very likely started in cheatgrass.

In Arid West, Cheatgrass Turns Fires Into Infernos

Cheatgrass is about as Western as cowboy boots and sagebrush. And until recently, scientists didn't realize that the yellowish plant is making Western wildfires much worse.

In her series for <em>The New York Time</em>s, reporter Louise Story says that the manufacturing sector — automakers, in particular — benefit the most from incentive packages.

A Thin Line: Economic Development Or Corporate Welfare?

In her new series for The New York Times, reporter Louise Story traces the complicated relationship between localities and the corporations they want to lure to their states, counties and cities to help promote economic growth.

Cleanup continues on the site of a demolished home on the Rockaway Peninsula in New York on Nov. 29.

White House To Seek Emergency Sandy Funds

The Obama administration is expected to ask for $50 billion to $60 billion. Top administrators told Congress Wednesday that they want at least some of that money to go toward preventing the kind of devastation caused by Sandy and other recent storms.

'Star Wars' Fan Builds Life-Size Millennium Falcon

Chris Lee bought 88-acres of land for the project in Tennessee. The BBC says a college student in Alabama has already built the spaceship's console.

Perfume Evokes Smell Of Pizza Box Opening

When you crack open a pizza box, the heat's released and you get that scent from the dough and cheese and sauce. Pizza Hut in Canada has released that scent in a bottle of perfume. The company made 110 bottles and distributed them to its Facebook followers.

Alan Simpson Goes 'Gangnam Style'

The 81-year-old former senator busts some moves (sort of) in a video that tells young people to press their elders for a solutions to the nation's debt and deficit problems.

In an experiment, people who saw a picture of a big bowl of soup before eating lunch were less hungry a few hours later than those who saw a smaller bowl, regardless of how much they ate at the meal.

Hours After A Meal, It's The Memory That Matters

What a person remembers of a meal hours later, not the actual calories consumed, matters more when it comes to hunger. Eating while watching TV sets us up to eat more food than we should, but a new experiment shows how manipulating our memories of a meal can change how hungry we feel.

Now we know why we'll never see a common fruit fly (<em>Drosophila melanogaster</em>) sitting on a beet.

Fruit Fly Nose Says Steer Clear Of Deadly Food; Human Nose Not So Reliable

Although we can usually smell when food goes bad, humans just don't have the fruit fly's direct path from nose to brain that alerts it to food poison. But the detection of this pathway could someday lead to more research that could help us develop better bug repellants.

A Syrian soldier aims his rifle during clashes with rebel forces in the Damascus suburb of Daraya on Sunday. Syrian soldiers have been taking over private homes and apartments, and have sometimes looted and trashed them, according to Syrian civilians.

With Looting, Syria's Army Isn't Winning Hearts And Minds

Syrian soldiers have increasingly been taking over civilian homes and apartments, and trashing and looting them before they leave.

Michigan Lawmakers Pass Right-To-Work Bills Amid Protests

Demonstrators filled the Michigan capitol's rotunda and at one point attempted to rush the Senate floor. The images were reminiscent of the protracted stand-off between union workers and the legislature in Wisconsin.

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