- Chocolate-powered racecar makes sustainability sexy (Reuters)
- Reuters - Fueled by leftover chocolate and with components made from carrots, potato starch and flax, the world's first sustainable Formula 3 racing car has a top speed of 135 miles per hour and can go from zero to 60 in 2.5 seconds.
- Hoyer says some trying to politicize Massa case (AP)
 AP - House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer accused political opponents Wednesday of trying to exploit the controversy surrounding former Rep. Eric Massa, who resigned from Congress amid accusations of sexual harassment.
- Runaway Prius driver: Brakes were 'almost burned' (AP)
 AP - Before he called 911, James Sikes says he reached down with his hand to loosen the "stuck" accelerator on his 2008 Toyota Prius, his other hand on the steering wheel. The pedal didn't move.
- NASCAR puts Carl Edwards on probation for 3 races (AP)
 AP - Sticking with its "boys, have at it" attitude, NASCAR won't force Carl Edwards to miss any races after he deliberately wrecked Brad Keselowski's car last weekend in Atlanta.
- Researchers back cancer-fighting properties of papaya (AFP)
 AFP - Researchers said Tuesday that papaya leaf extract and its tea have dramatic cancer-fighting properties against a broad range of tumors, backing a belief held in a number of folk traditions.
- Pink Floyd goes to court in royalty row with EMI (AP)
- AP - Pink Floyd has begun legal action against music label EMI Group Ltd. over the way royalty payments are calculated in the digital era.
- Obama pushing on health care end game (AP)
 AP - President Barack Obama is pushing a new anti-fraud plan and his top health official is challenging the nation's insurers as the administration cranks up the pressure for a sweeping overhaul of the nation's medical system.
- Immigration reform rests on a national worker ID (The Christian Science Monitor)
- The Christian Science Monitor - During their day-to-day activities in public, some 10 million people in the United States live a lie. They pretend to be legal residents when they are not.
- 'Jihad Jane' indictment shows terror's evolution (AP)
 AP - The self-described "Jihad Jane" who thought her blond hair and blue eyes would let her blend in as she sought to kill an artist in Sweden is a rare case of an American woman aiding in foreign terrorism and shows the evolution of the global threat, authorities say.
- Lindsay Lohan takes swipe at E-Trade babies (AP)
 AP - Lindsay Lohan is feuding with the E-Trade babies.
- Biden: Palestinians deserve 'viable' state (AP)
 AP - Vice President Joe Biden's displeasure over an Israeli plan to enlarge an east Jerusalem settlement was on display Wednesday as he warned against actions that "inflame tensions" and reassured his Palestinian hosts that they deserve a sustainable, independent state.
- Business groups launch ad against health care bill (AP)
- AP - Major business groups Tuesday announced a multimillion-dollar ad campaign to stop President Barack Obama's health care overhaul as it approaches a make-or-break vote in the House.
- Woman delivers surprise baby, picks up other son (AP)
- AP - A 32-year-old Kentucky woman who said she didn't know that she was pregnant delivered her newborn son on the floor of her laundry room by herself and even cut the umbilical cord. Kelly Bottom told The Advocate-Messenger that she also picked up her other son from school and stopped in at the baby's grandmother's house to show her the infant before going to the hospital Thursday.
- Obama pushes climate change in White House meeting (Reuters)
 Reuters - President Barack Obama, weighing in on the Senate's efforts to pass a climate change bill, gathered Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday to try to jumpstart an overhaul of U.S. energy policy.
- China, India give qualified nod to climate deal (AP)
 AP - China joined India on Tuesday in giving qualified approval to the Copenhagen climate accord calling for voluntary limits on greenhouse gas emissions.
- Greene leads No. 1 UConn to 16th Big East title (AP)
 AP - UConn finally celebrated — just a little bit.
- Fishermens fear: Public's 'right to fish' shifting under Obama? (The Christian Science Monitor)
 The Christian Science Monitor - The Obama administration has proposed using United Nations-guided principles to expand a type of zoning to coastal and even some inland waters.
- China tries microblogging top political event (AP)
 AP - So this is how you get through China's biggest political event of the year: "Sit still, stare toward the front, pretend like you're looking but you're really not, pretend like you're listening but you're really not ... make your brain blank."
- Bank of America to stop debit card overdrafts (AP)
 AP - Bank of America customers will soon be unable to spend more than they have in the accounts linked to their debit cards. It's a step that may become a common move ahead of new regulations limiting overdraft fees.
- Why Israel jailed me for talking too much (The Christian Science Monitor)
- The Christian Science Monitor - The Palestinian elected leadership is weak. And even with Vice President Joe Bidens visit to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan this week, the renewed Middle East peace process appears to be little more than a charade.
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- Klein assumes ASCP president's post
- Fatal furniture store fire results in $1.2 million settlements
- Fire officials suspect ComDust in Australian pellet plant explosion
- AHFA reps address regulatory concerns in Washington
- Canada housing starts jump again in February
- Southern yellow pine framing lumber orders and shipments decline
- Global melamine market to reach 1.8 million tons by 2015
- Asbestos found in destroyed plywood plants fire ash
- Faulty motor blamed for PenPly mill fire
- Construction unemployment hits 27.1% in February
- German woodworking machinery sales drop 42% in 2009
- New furniture orders gain 12% in December
- Study says green building boosts U.S. economy
- Stiles EBC sheds new light on factory automation
- Pella to clean up hazardous waste at window and door plant
- Daiso to pay $2 million fine and stop importing toys into the U.S.
- Fire breaks out at reopened PenPly mill
- NAHB supports Cash for Caulkers proposal
- Canadian housing starts expected to grow in 2010 and 2011
- Homag posts improvement in Q4, loses $28 million in 2009
- Fire does about $1 million damage to Emerald Forest Products
- Pine prices forecast to rise in 2010
- Fire destroys Montana wood products shop
- KBIS organizers expect big boost in attendance
- KCMA partners with OSHA on table saw safety
- Students make crutches for Haiti quake victims
- When wood technology education teacher Garrett Mattes saw videos of the devastation in Haiti after the recent earthquake, he decided to take action. Mattes put students in his woodworking class at Stow-Munroe Falls High School in Stow, OH, to work, designing and fabricating wood crutches for the victims.
- New home sales decline in January
- Sales of newly built, single-family homes declined 11.2% in January toa seasonally adjusted annual rate of 309,000 units, the slowest pace onrecord, according to figures released by the U.S. Commerce Department today.
- NexGen sponsors call event a success
- Furniture importers face shipping woes
- Group targets Weyerhaeuser in attempt to discredit SFI certification
- Merillat assists in fraud investigation of waste hauler
- JPMA supports CPSCs crib safety efforts
- OSHA cites pig feed maker for ComDust violations
- Industry reps air their views on OSHA ComDust
- WMMA letter to OSHA addresses wood industrys ComDust rule concerns
- CPSC chief wont relent on crib safety
- Remodeling market continues to deteriorate
- Market conditions for residential remodeling tumbleddownward during the fourth quarter of 2009, according to the latestNational Association of Home Builders' (NAHB) Remodeling Market Index(RMI).
- Cabinet sales decline 28.3% in 2009
- Safety focus of plans to replace 6,350 windows at Atlanta hotel
- Housing starts rise in January
- Nationwide housing production hit its strongest pace in the last sixmonths this January, posting a 2.8 percent gain to a seasonallyadjusted annual rate of 591,000 units, according to figures releasedtoday by the U.S. Commerce Department.
- Builder confidence improves in February
- Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homesrose two points to 17 in February as favorable home buying conditionsand signs of healing in the job market helped boost the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), released Feb. 16.
- WoodWorks CA announces 2010 award winners
- WoodWorks California announced the winners of its 2010 Wood Design Awards at Januarys Wood Solutions Fair in Long Beach.
- Taxpayers may foot bill for flawed court case against UK cabinetmaker
- Grizzly now ships to Canada
- Wooden pull toys recalled
- Wood makes a stand at 2010 Olympics
- When Alexandre Bilodeau stepped on the podium to receive his medal inFreestyle Skiing Mens Moguls on Feb. 14, it marked the first time aCanadian has won gold on home soil in the Winter Olympic Games. Alsoof cultural significance, Bilodeau received his gold medal standing ona podium made from wood indigenous to British Columbia.
- Closets Expo rocks!
Enthusiasm runs high at the 6th annual Closets & Home Organization Conference & Expo in Long Beach.
- OSHA releases new workplace injury and illness database
- Masco combines cabinet brands under Masco Cabinetry umbrella
- Holz-Her back to business as usual
- Holz-Her Reich Spezialmaschinen GmbH, the parent company of Holz-Her U.S. and Holz-Her Canada, is now continuing all business activities after management filed for reorganization on Jan. 14, 2010.
- Closets Expo rocks on day one
- IWF 2010 announces the Challengers Award call for entries
- Houghton wins top prize in CLOSETS' design contest
- NexGen demonstrations focus on increasing productivity
- Ways to increase productivity through lean manufacturing and newtechnology advancements were showcased by participating companies atthe 2010 NexGen Event. The weeklong event in North Carolina runs through Friday, Feb. 12.
- CPSC recalls half-million cribs of defunct firm
- Canadian housing off to rousing start for 2010
- Dept. of Labor may fine businesses $15,000 for not having email
- Cabinet Conference speaker dies
- New and integrated machines featured at NexGen
- New developments in technology shared the stage with integrated manufacturing cells and standalone machine operations at the 2010 NexGen Event, which began Monday, Feb. 8 and runs through Friday, Feb. 12, at 10 participating companies in North Carolina.
- SIBO organizers forge ahead
- New products to debut at Closets Expo
- Most woodworking associations see improvement in late-2010
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