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The Easy-Bake Oven is falling victim to the fight against global warming. The incandescent light bulbs that heat the toy ovens are being phased out in 2012 in favor of energy-efficient compact fluorescents. But precisely because they are energy efficient, they don't get hot enough to bake a cookie.

Just weeks after his abrupt departure from MSNBC, Keith Olbermann has found a new home at Current TV, the small news and public affairs network backed by former Vice President Al Gore. Will his new viewers see the charming and witty Keith -- or the surly and nasty one?

It has become clear to politicians and scientists that corn-based ethanol isn't the solution for creating a home-grown fuel source. Enter "cellulosic ethanol," made from wood chips, weeds or algae. Could it be the fuel of the future?

Do celebrity board members help a company? Surprisingly, recent research suggests that celebrity board appointments can add as much as 2% to the price of a company's stock. Here are eight well-known individuals from different backgrounds currently sitting on corporate boards.

Among Friday's top online stories for investors: advice for the super-rich, how Obama can save the housing market, what Warren Buffett and Jay-Z have in common, and why Apple's iPad won't get any smaller.

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore was a leading voice in the fight against climate change just three years ago. Now, amid accusations of sexual misconduct, he faces an image problem. Is the environment losing a key spokesman?

There was no tell-all article in a national gossip magazine. No racy photos. No whispering about an unexpected pregnancy. Just an e-mail. After 40 years of marriage, Al and Tipper Gore announced they were calling it quits. The e-mail that announced their split said simply: "After a great deal...

Al Gore's latest eco-treatise, Our Choice: A Plan To Solve the Climate Crisis, is set to hit stores Tuesday. The former vice-president says he will donate 100 percent of the proceeds from the book to the the Alliance for Climate Protection, a green group. But it turns out that the book money is...

California start-up Fisker Automotive has received a $529 million loan from the U.S. to try to build a hybrid sports car in Finland. $529 million of your money. To build a sports car. In Finland. News of the Fisker loan comes amid questions about the controversial $465 million taxpayer loan to...

Land, it's said, is a good investment -- after all, they're not making any more of it. On the internet, however, that's not the case. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, the not-for-profit body that oversees the web's addressing regime, is creating vast amounts of...