Have you hugged your fridge today? Hot weather is the perfect time to appreciate it, even 'cook' with it

Which modern appliance most drastically changed cooking? Was it the microwave? Push a couple buttons and zap, your food is done. The gas or electric range?

Sir James Dyson: Britain needs to copy the French and love its engineers

Sir James Dyson says the Government needs to invest in future inventors and engineers if we're to compete with China and India.

Workers find second half of missing coupling at center of water crisis

Travis Andersen/Globe Staff The first half of the coupling, an item that caused a pain in the water bottle for nearly 2 million people in the Boston area in early May, was lifted out of the ground today. By...

Letters to the editor: July 29, 2010

Here are the letters to the editor from the Daily News editions of July 29, 2010

News Briefs

The White House has confirmed that President Obama and his family will vacation on Martha's Vineyard in August following a trip to the Gulf. On Saturday, August 14, the First Family will travel to Florida's Gulf Coast, where they will spend the weekend.