Like many tech companies, PeopleSoft skidded through 2002. The Pleasanton software firm's shares plummeted 53 percent. It earned $182. 6 million, down 5 percent from 2001. And sales tumbled 8 percent.

Firefighters in Wyoming have been containing wildfires with a substance they call “green slime,” a super-absorbent gel that is also the secret ingredient of disposable diapers. Reuters describes how ...