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Video: Best ways to burn calories without exercising

Cynthia Sass shared with Russ Mitchell some surprising ways to burn more calories throughout your day including at the office, at home, outside, with your mate, and while you rest.

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Video: Coping with the signs of aging

Psychologist Dr. Jennifer Hartstein gave Russ Mitchell some tips on how to best deal with the inevitable aging process and try look at it in a more positive light

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Kite-Morgan, Schulz-Hallberg tied for Legends lead

Tom Kite and Gil Morgan shot a 10-under 62 in better-ball play Friday for a share of the first-round lead with Ted Schulz and Gary Hallberg in the Champions Tour's Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf.

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Donald takes Heritage lead

PGT: Luke Donald moved a step closer to golf's No. 1 ranking Friday, shooting a 65 and grabbing a one-stroke lead halfway through The Heritage

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Lend To Carbon-Cutting Entrepreneurs With Kiva’s New Green Loan Program

Chances are, you've at least heard of Kiva , the microfinancing nonprofit that allows users to give bite-sized loans to entrepreneurs in poverty-stricken regions. Because people like to feel good by offering cash to worthy causes (or so we've heard), Kiva has done exceptionally well, funding $200 million worth of microloans since its launch in 2004. And as of today, you can specifically fund what are, in our opinion, the smartest entrepreneurs--the ones who realize that efficiency is the key to becoming self-sufficient.

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Could It Happen Here, Here, or There? A Map Of Nuclear Risk

Nature News and Columbia University team up and produce a Google Earth map that makes nuclear risk stark. Nature News and Columbia University have joined forces to make a Google Earth map showing the world populations at risk from nuclear fallout. The interactive map combines data on population and the locations and sizes of reactors, plotting risk graphically in the form of circles.

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SimpleGeo Makes Location Data Free, Complicates Smartphone Tracking Worries

SimpleGeo has placed 20 million locations for "places" in the public domain to drive developers of location-based service apps. The thing is that data, combined with location-tracking smartphones, could spark unsavory uses too. In a direct challenge to Foursquare's effort to become the "Rosetta stone" for location-data on identifiable geo-located "places," SimpleGeo is trying to spark a revolution in location-based app writing by making the data for 20 million places available on its servers under the Creative Commons Zero license--essentially placing the data for free into the public domain.

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