Americans Anxious for "Cash for Kitchen Clunkers" to Start

A check of the top Google search trends show that consumers are anxious for the "Cash for Kitchen Clunkers" (or "Cash for Old Applicances" or even "Cash for Refrigerators " to begin. The program is designed to help consumers buy newer energy-saving appliances to replace their old, less-green ones.

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11 Strange Clean Energy Sources

Why stick with boring old oil when you could be powering your home, car and gadgets with slaughterhouse waste, garbage and onions?
As strange as transforming these substances into renewable fuels might seem, many of them are viable energy sources and some are already in use around the world.

Watermelon, Dead Turkeys, Urine And More

Scion Of Legendary Secretariat Rescued From Farm

A descendant of some of horse racing's greatest winners has been nursed back to health after being found neglected and virtually abandoned on a Northwest Miami-Dade farm.

Scion Of Legendary Secretariat Rescued From Farm

The Top 5 Health and Wellness Magazines

Health and fitness are back in vogue.
Americans in increasing numbers are beginning to push back from the dinner table and get up off the couch to revitalize themselves

The Top 5 Health and Wellness Magazines

Dogs chase bubbles

Dogs chase bubbles

Two pups have a ball trying to catch a fountain of bubbles in their mouths.

Watch the little one jump

Also:

• Make your own bubbles
• Catnip and a big floor

Save $1,500 on your energy bills

Save $1,500 on your energy bills

Thanks to new federal tax credits, these four money-saving ideas will pay for themselves.

More than just light bulbs

Also:

• Electricity vampires
• Solar cell breaks record

Unusual Holidays and Celebrations

Well, we actually could not find any holidays or celebrations for today.
So, let's make one up on our own for the day.

How about, "96" Day?
To celebrate the fact it is September 6th.

Daily Almanac

Today is Sunday, Sept. 6, the 249th day of 2009.

There are 116 days left in the year.

Today In History September 6

Our Readers

Some of our readers today have been in:

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
Guilford, England, United Kingdom
Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam
London, England, United Kingdom
Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands

Daily Horoscope

Today's horoscope says:

Whoa!
What the heck was that?
Did you just feel the earth move under your feet?
Lately it feels like foundations that you take for granted no matter what are being awfully shifty and unreliable.
It's important to remember that in this world, the only constant element is change.
So while it feels like everything is in a state of upheaval, hold on to a sense of perspective and you'll be just fine.

That I can do.

Top choices for a second career

Top choices for a second career

If you've ever considered changing jobs, here are 10 promising professions with bright prospects. Pays at least $40K

Also:

• Start second careers
• Highest job satisfaction

Scams tourists often fall for

Scams tourists often fall for

Next time you're on vacation watch out for these five sneaky scams aimed at tourists.

Fake cop

Also:

• Avoid travel scams
• Airlines fighting flu

America's most hated bird

America's most hated bird

Called "flying bullets" by one wildlife expert, they arrived in the U.S. with Shakespeare's help.

Ongoing battle

Also:

• World's rarest birds
• Pigeon's 'secret' sound

Unexpected smell of space

Unexpected smell of space

Rookie astronaut Kevin Ford says space has a smell — and he'll never forget it.

What it compares to

Also:

• Survive in outer space
• Space station buzzed

Great moments in cable news

This is a thing of beauty.

John Harwood on MSNBC actually calls the people responsible for the histrionics over Obama's school speech stupid. It's so refreshing to hear the truth for a change, especially on cable!!!

Maybe there is hope for the truth to return to the media after all.

Warmer climate could make succulent meat a memory

Warmer climate could make succulent meat a memory

Pork chops will become soggier and paler as the world warms, say veterinary scientists, and steaks could become blander, leaner and darker

Keith does it again

Keith Olbermann corrects and deconstructs more of Glenn Beck's observations regarding Rockefeller Center.

The Health Care Debate is Deranged

Bill Moyers addressed the health care debate, and more, on Friday's Bill Moyers Journal.
He pulled no punches, and called the health care debate "deranged," and said that "red, white, and blue kooks are as American as apple pie."

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The Great Jobs Question: What if they don't come back?

The implications of prolonged high unemployment—should it materialize—haven't been fully explored. People who don't have jobs don't acquire skills. Young college graduates are already having trouble getting work. High unemployment could depress wage gains for years. It could foster protectionism and long-term poverty. "In a tight economy like the late 1990s, firms are more willing to take chances on more disadvantaged workers," says Harvard economist Larry Katz. EPI's Lawrence Mishel thinks the effects on low-income families would be devastating; the child poverty rate could jump from 18 percent in 2007 to 27 percent.

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Great white sharks tagged for 1st time

Massachusetts officials are using high-tech tags to track the movements of two great white sharks near Cape Cod - the first time the fearsome fish have ever been tagged in the Atlantic Ocean.

Great white sharks tagged for 1st time