GE To Build America's Largest Solar Panel Factory In Colorado

General Electric Co. will build the largest solar factory in the U.S. near Denver.

The company, which had announced in April it would build the factory, said Thursday it had selected Aurora, Colo., a suburb east of Denver, as the location.

GE is a leader in manufacturing natural gas turbines and wind turbines, but it had mostly stayed away from solar until it acquired PrimeStar Solar, a small panel maker, earlier this year.

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Ford-UAW deal may add nearly 6,000 new jobs

Ford Motor and the United Auto Workers union reached a tentative labor deal early Tuesday morning that the two sides say will create almost 6,000 new hourly jobs at Ford's U.S. factories in the next four years.

Those jobs will come from about $4.8 billion in additional product development, plants and equipment that Ford commits to in the new deal.

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Solar Power Shines In San Antonio As Texas Green Movement Gains Momentum

Al Ritter's power bill was pretty high this month. But not as high as it might have been.

Ritter, a retired Air Force electrical engineer, lives in San Antonio -- a city hit hard by the great Texas drought of 2011, the worst in the state's history. Temperatures have regularly topped 100 this summer, and the earth is baking. In the Ritters' front yard, the cedar elm, starved for water, is losing its leaves several months ahead of schedule.

Like everyone else in town, Al and his wife have had the air conditioning working overtime.

"I expected I would've had a bill that was over $300 for the month for electric power," Ritter told The Huffington Post.

Instead, he said, his most recent bill came to $252 -- a savings he attributes to the array of 24 solar panels the Ritters had installed on their roof in August.

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Home prices climb for fourth straight month

Home prices in July climbed for the fourth month in a row, but are still down from a year ago.

According to the latest S&P/Case-Shiller home price index of 120 major cities, prices rose 0.9% in July compared with June, but they're still 4.1% lower than 12 months ago.

Some positive signs for the struggling housing market. Existing home sales were up 20% in August compared with 12 months earlier. Foreclosures have dropped most of the year.

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Borders Seller Donates 8,000 Books To Chicago Schools

On Wednesday, the last remaining Borders book store in Chicago will shut its doors. While the closures have disappointed some local residents, some Chicago public schools are looking forward to receiving thousands of new books donated by the company hired to liquidate the stores.

According to a media release, Hilco Trading LLC has agreed to donate 8,000 books worth about $130,000 to Chicago schools. The "academic quality books" include titles covering science, math, poetry, travel, hobbies, Chicago history, business, computers, careers, politics, law and more.

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The Highest Paying Jobs With The Most Time Off

The vast majority of high-paying jobs require a significant initial commitment in the form of education, training and tuition, and then hard work while on the job. Most high-paying jobs require significantly more hours on the job than the average American puts in. 24/7 Wall St. has identified nine jobs that pay well above the national median income, while requiring less working hours than average.

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50 Cent's New Energy Drink To Bring 50 Billion Meals To Africa (VIDEO)

Moved to action by a recent trip to famine-torn Africa, 50 cent has launched an energy drink whose profits will bring 50 billion meals to the region.

The rapper has teamed up with Pure Growth Partners to bring Street King, a new energy drink, to the market, PopCrush.com reports. Proceeds from every sale will go toward providing 50 billion meals over the next five years.