Runner to Take on 50 Marathons in 50 Days

This fall, 43-year-old long dis­tance run­ner [Dean Kar­nazes] will tack­le one marathon a day for 50 con­sec­u­tive days, run­ning a total 1,310 miles (2,108.2 km) in 50 days. And for each 26.2‑mile (42.2 km) race, Kar­nazes and his fam­i­ly of four will trav­el to a dif­fer­ent U.S. state.

Democrats’ Stock Is Rising on K Street

Wash­ing­ton lob­by­ing firms, trade asso­ci­a­tions and cor­po­rate offices are mov­ing to hire more well-con­nect­ed Democ­rats in response to ris­ing prospects that the oppo­si­tion par­ty will wrest con­trol of at least one cham­ber of Con­gress from Repub­li­cans in the Novem­ber elections.

Nintendo Offers Free Wii Play Online

Nin­ten­do of Amer­i­ca’s ebul­lient pres­i­dent, Regi­nald Fils-Aime, released some inter­est­ing infor­ma­tion about the upcom­ing Wii game con­sole in an inter­view with USA Today.

Will Sony Ever Be Sony Again?

John C. Dvo­rak points his can­tan­ker­ous nature towardst he once great elec­tron­ics giant Sony Corp. Come for the opin­ion, stay for the can­tankerySony Corp.

New Planet Definition Enlarges Solar System

The Inter­na­tion­al Astro­nom­i­cal Union (IAU) has craft­ed a new def­i­n­i­tion for what con­sti­tutes a plan­et that would expand the solar sys­tem to Plu­to and beyond, encom­pass­ing 12 bod­ies in all.

South Florida Dike Poses Grave Danger, Engineers Say

An alarm­ing engi­neer­ing report on the 140-mile (225-kilo­me­ter) dike around Flori­da’s Lake Okee­chobee has prompt­ed emer­gency man­age­ment offi­cials to pre­pare evac­u­a­tion plans for 40,000 res­i­dents liv­ing near the lake.