Companies are accustomed to dismissing employees for misuse of computers at work. - Bill Dedman 1 Share Now -
Each year, at the typical nuclear reactor in the U.S., there's a 1 in 74,176 chance of an earthquake strong enough to cause damage to the reactor's core, which could expose the public to radiation. No tsunami required. - Bill Dedman 2 Share Now -
Some parents believe that competition helps prepare children to succeed. Others fear that their children will not be able to handle failure. - Bill Dedman 3 Share Now -
Federal regulations forbid delaying inspections for fracture-critical bridges like the fallen Minneapolis bridge - the kind with a lack of redundancy in design, so that a single failure in a load-bearing part can cause the entire bridge to collapse. - Bill Dedman 4 Share Now -
In Illinois, where legislators are paid $45,000, plus as much as $10,000 for leadership work, about half are full-time politicians. - Bill Dedman 5 Share Now -
Disclosure of private e-mails from government officials has been a legal issue in many states. - Bill Dedman 6 Share Now -
While the House of Blues slogan has been 'In blues we trust,' its stages are usually filled with more reliable moneymakers - Neil Diamond and A Tribe Called Quest among them. - Bill Dedman 7 Share Now -
