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Using tens of thousands of dollars of his own money, a U.S. Army soldier has created the world's first iPhone app for use on the battlefield.

"Confessional" is an app that seeks to aid Catholics in confessional. As the world modernizes, so do religions.

She knows you. Too well.
If you live in a major city, you probably pass at least a few pieces of eye-catching architecture on your daily commute—but have you ever...

Target and RadioShack are buying old gadgets, making it all the easier to keep e-waste out of landfills.
John Fetterman is remaking a deserted rust-belt town for a new creative class. This summer, across the street from a sprawling steel mill, 800...
Mayors are today's real agents of political change. Behold eight of the world's most innovative and effective civic leaders. 1 Helen Zille Cape...

Who says sleet, flooded postholes, mud baths and icy winter wind should stymie your urge to document your good deeds?

The equipment matters far less than the subject-and the skill of the photographer, as Damon Winter proves in his new series for the Lens.

Apple's special new screws are keeping consumers out of their own gadgets and slowing the open-source progression on which computers rely. Why?

Fantastic new technology gives a bit of sight to the sightless.

In the wake of its tragic earthquake, Japan gets an iPhone app to alert residents to future tremors. Let's hope America's next.
The photographer Ed Morris describes the bicycle as "the perfect vehicle for traveling across the country," and the mayor as the "perfect...
Braddock, Pennsylvania, once a booming steel town, has been deteriorating for decades. In the 1950s it had a population of around 20,000. By...

On Monday, The Wall Street Journal ran a piece chronicling the attempt by Robert Duffy, the mayor of Rochester, New York, to take over his...
Ray Nagin, a nationally known but locally detested figure since Katrina, cannot run again in the mayoral race of 2010. But as of now, no inspiring...

If he wins the Chicago mayoral race, will Rahm Emanuel agree to give up control of the city's schools?

This is a master class in effective confrontation.

A new ordinance will allow urban farmers to sell the food they grow.

Mayors pitch in with the CDC to improve the health of their communities.