Green Gasoline

New catalytic processes can produce engine-ready gasoline from wood chips, sugar or plant refuse

1-800-SCAMMER

Prepaid calling cards rife with fraud, ripping off immigrants who can't speak English

Way Ahead of His Time

British man says he invented iPod in 1979, seeks compensation from Apple

Feds' Friends on Facebook

DHS, FBI routinely use untrustworthy social-networking sites, Wikipedia to check up on people crossing borders

Review: A Pretty Fast Start

Google's first Web browser is like everything else company does: speedy, spare and still in progress

Green With Envy

Hybrid-car owners smile all the way to the gas station as neighbors fume

Such a Surprise

Much-ballyhooed Bigfoot body turns out to be Halloween costume packed with animal guts

Al Qaeda Aliens

Sept. 11-themed version of 'Space Invaders' draws fire at German video-game convention

Buyer Beware

Online academic degrees often worth less than paper they're laser-printed on, as several sad 'graduates' attest

'Montauk Monster' Is Toast

EBay seller offers breakfast bread bearing likeness of mysterious creature that washed up on N.Y. beach

A Grand for Nothing

Apple sells iPhone screensaver called 'I Am Rich' for $999.99

All the Wrong Places

Social networking sites such Facebook, MySpace may be changing the online-dating landscape

Outer-Space Free-for-All

Space exploration goes global as U.S., Europe, Russia, China, Japan, even India plan moon shots | PHOTOS