Today has been declared Caps Lock Day by whoever gets to decide these sort of things. The idea is that today is the day to turn your famously annoying vanguard of rage on and, presumably, not turn it off till midnight. So, please remember to celebrate responsibly, preferably by not celebrating at all. Caps Lock, let us remember, is sort of like decaf coffee: pointless ... Discuss

The Salvation Army has reported that it raised over $147 million during its annual red kettle fundraiser centered around the holidays. That amount was 3.4 percent over the amount brought in in 2010 ...

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Professors at John Hopkins University have proposed a new kind of calendar that would sync days with dates. Your birthday would always be on a Wednesday, Christmas would always be on a Sunday, and so on. The fixed calendar would involve changing how many days are in each month and eliminating time zones, but would allow individuals and organizations to keep the same yearly schedule and somehow would never break the cycle of the Sabbath ...