Obama's choice of Chopra underscores the president's drive for technological innovation.

State and local government observers foresee an agenda of innovation.

Houston gets $4.5 million grant for broadband Internet, training and equipment.

Bridge safety, stimulus funds and financial information.

Two workers, who were hired to paint the Queens and Bronx bridge towers, were injured after a large overhead sign fell on to the roadway. According to this news report, the sign and metal support system feel after it was

A suspected drunken driver injured a group of people when his speeding vehicle jumped a curb near the street intersection of Steinway Street and Northern Boulevard. According to a news report in the Daily News, 24-year-old Renis Kuci was driving

Suffolk County police officials are looking for a hit-and-run driver who they say struck and injured a female pedestrian as she was attempting to cross Sunrise Highway in East Islip, according to this ABC news report. The New York pedestrian

The Supreme Court must decide whether an Arizona school went too far in strip-searching an eighth-grade girl for drugs.

A lawsuit claiming that the Army Corps of Engineers made the flooding worse starts today.

Lawmakers face issues ranging from a huge deficit and bank regulations to healthcare reform and climate change.

If part of the genie is out of the bottle, release the whole thing.

Another deadline looms for talks between Network Ten owner Canwest Global Communications and its creditors this week in talks to restructure the Canadian media company's debt-laden balance sheet amid a sharp downturn in the advertising market.

Ongoing concerns about the economy will result in a 15% cutback of consumer spending on subscription TV, broadband and mobile services, resulting in a $5 billion drop in revenue, according to a new report.

Image Entertainment formally pulled the plug Monday on protracted merger negotiations with Nyx Acquisitions after it failed to deposit an additional $1 million into the business interruption fee account by the end of the business day April 17.

One day after its national board approved a new TV-theatrical contract, SAG said it plans to lay off about 35 employees, or about 8% of the staff.

The movie and TV industry contributed 2.5 million jobs and $41.1 billion in wages to the U.S. economy in 2007, according to an MPAA report.

WASHINGTON - MPAA chairman and CEO Dan Glickman on Tuesday pitched Hollywood as a powerful economic engine to U.S. decision makers.

WASHINGTON - The importance and value of production tax incentives was in focus during a panel of film office representatives here Tuesday morning.

The year 2008 is one German distributor/producer Senator Entertainment might like to forget.

Dwayne Johnson and Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah entertained and informed a luncheon here Tuesday at the MPAA's second biennial "The Business of Show Business" symposium.