Survey of The Day

On Thanksgiving you can count on two things: overeating, and watching a ton of football.

The rush to join the extended family for turkey and stuffing makes the Wednesday before Thanksgiving the busiest travel day of the year. And this year it's going to be a busier than last year.

Doug Pensinger, Getty Images Last week the Colorado Rockies announced that popular former player Walt Weiss would become the sixth manager in the history of the franchise. Colorado is coming off a 64-98 season and need someone to turn things around, especially when it comes to pitching. Do you think Weiss is the right man for the job?

By 401(K) 2012, Flickr Financial struggles appear to be pushing the golden age of retirement back—way back. A recent survey indicates that the middle class does not plan to leave the workforce until they are in their 80s.

J.D. Pooley, Getty Images Over the last few electoral cycles, we’ve heard more and more about early voting. And we should be: the voting option is becoming more and more popular, reaching new levels of participation this year.

Lawyers have never been particularly popular with the general public, but just how unpopular is the profession exactly?

Thanks to text messages, and now Twitter and Facebook, a whole new language of abbreviations has developed. But if you don’t know your IMHOs from your YOLOs, you are not alone.

Recently, Congress directed the FAA to revise its safety regulations on unmanned aircraft, clearing the way for more domestic use of drones. This would mean, among other things, that local police departments would be freer to use drones for surveillance. While having a movable eye in the sky would clearly aid the cops in some of their duties, it also presents civil-liberties issues.  According to

The amount of Abandoned Mine Land (AML) payments Wyoming receives will be capped at $15 million under a resolution that was approved by the U.S. Senate on Saturday. Wyoming has been receiving roughly $150 million annually, meaning the state would lose about $700 million in AML funding over the next ten years if President Obama signs the bill.

Three states in the U.S. have measures that would effectively legalize the recreational use of marijuana coming up on the ballot in November; Oregon, Washington and Colorado. In Colorado, Amendment 64, if passed, would regulate the sale and use of marijuana in a similar fashion to regulations already in place for alcohol ...