Sneaking in past the royal wedding media blitz in the news was a little renewed interest in the 'God particle.' A memo that was later said to be unconfirmed stated that the Large Hadron Collider in France had uncovered the much sought-after subatomic particle. The God particle is the pet name for the Higgs boson. ...

Ken Sanders, who has appraised books for Antiques Roadshow, occasionally hits upon a real treasure. Such was the case when a gentleman walked into a tiny fundraising event at the Sandy, Utah Museum and paid two dollars for an appraisal of his 1494 Nuremberg Chronicle. ...

It's unlike any Baptist-produced Easter video you've ever seen, and it's gotten more than 300,000 views on YouTube -- and lots of positive feedback from around the world. ...

SAN FRANCISCO (DOW JONES)--Google Inc.'s (GOOG) YouTube said Tuesday it has acquired digital video technology maker Green Parrot Pictures for an undisclosed amount. ...

President Obama's fiscal 2012 budget doesn't cut much of anything (see above), and certainly not the Internal Revenue Service. The White House is requesting that the most beloved of all government agencies get an additional 5,100 agents next year, no doubt to wring further tax revenue from Americans. The White ... ...

The planned investment fund, run from the New York company's asset-management unit, is expected to raise between $500 million and $750 million, these people said. Marketing materials were sent to prospective investors starting about two weeks ago. ...

But one group was conspicuously absent members of the Westboro Baptist Church, the small and controversial congregation from Kansas that has made a name for itself by picketing soldiers' funerals around the country. ...

Jefferson City, MO (KSDK) -- Missouri State Senator Kevin Engler (R-Farmington) has filed a bill to prevent protests from taking place at funerals for slain members of the military. ...

For decades, much of advertising has been a passive, lean-back experience. But ads have begun to make consumers work harder during the past few years, a trend Madison Avenue executives predict will accelerate in 2011. ...

I'm not sure how much the LPGA example helps with my understanding of the issue. When someone applies to play on the LPGA tour, a simple question asked in private -- were you born female? -- probably would take care of the "screening." (That is nothing compared to the personal questions the Red Cross asks ...