Report: Ordinary Americans caught up in data sweep

WASHINGTON — When the U.S. National Security Agency intercepted the online accounts of legally targeted foreigners over a four-year period it also collected the conversations of nine times as many ordinary Internet users, both Americans and non-Americans,...

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How to handle emergency with push-button ignition

In your column you gave advice on what to do if someone experienced a stuck throttle. With a traditional key I understand the steps you mentioned. But our next vehicle may be equipped with a push-button ignition. How would we handle an emergency situation...

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How I edited my summer vacation

Summer vacation means lots of photos and videos waiting to be edited and preserved, and Animoto for iPad has arrived just in time to make the process easier than ever. Animoto started out as a Web-based videomaker, added a smartphone app and recently...

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Fiesta’s a fuel-sipper with power

Finding a sedan that has both fuel economy and power is a pet project of mine, because my commute includes a 200-mile round trip along the Mass Pike several days a week, plus additional miles in and around Boston. The 2014 Ford Fiesta is appealing as...

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Potential Houston midair plane collision averted

HOUSTON — Federal Aviation Administration authorities say air traffic controllers at a Houston airport averted a potential midair collision of two planes. The incident happened Thursday night 10 miles northeast of Bush Intercontinental Airport, when...

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Boston firms hosting startups

Some of Boston's big companies are teaming up to house startups in their headquarters to provide mentoring and guidance. "The idea is to create an industry-specific location that works well with (startups)," said Bill Jacobson, co-founder and CEO of...

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Website sells work of disabled artists

Allen Chamberland has lived on disability for the past decade, but a startup that sells the work of disabled and homeless artists might just change that one day. About three years ago, Chamberland began doing paper cuttings, intricate designs cut out...

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17 coal miners trapped underground in west China

BEIJING — Rescuers on Sunday worked to free 17 miners trapped following a gas explosion at a coal mine in western China, the country's official news agency reported. The blast at the mine 120 kilometers (70 miles) from Urumqi, the capital of the sprawling...

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Nonprofits' contraceptive cases next for justices

WASHINGTON — Faith-affiliated charities, colleges and hospitals are leading the next legal dispute over religion, birth control and the health law that's likely to be resolved by the Supreme Court. The issue in more than four dozen lawsuits from religious...

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Judge to mull senator's suit over health exchanges

MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge will hear arguments this week on whether to toss a U.S. senator's lawsuit challenging rules that force congressional members and their staffs to obtain government-subsidized health insurance through small business exchanges....

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