Drivers Call LA Commute Nation's Most 'Painful'

Need a date? These are the best cities in the US if you're single and looking

(NEWSER) - True love is hard to find, but your odds are substantially higher if you live in one of Forbes' top 40 cities for singles.

1. San Francisco-Oakland
2. New York
3. Los Angeles

City's drivers are angriest in the US

(NEWSER) - New York drivers are the most aggressive and angry in the US, an annual road rage survey finds. Gotham cut off Miami, which had zoomed to the top of the list the past 4 years, Reuters reports. "New Yorkers were most likely to wave their fists or arms," honk their horns, and "make some sort of obscene gesture," said a rep for the company that ordered the survey. More»

City of Brotherly Love has many of New York's charms—but at a big discount

(NEWSER) - Cheesesteaks aren’t the only things luring young people to the City of Brotherly Love, MSNBC reports. A survey by Apartments.com and Careerbuilder that factors in the cost of apartments, job opportunities, and the number of 20-somethings, puts Philadelphia—$962 for a one-bedroom compared with $1,520 in NYC— atop its list. The rest of the top 10: More»

DC is No. 1, but Texas has a bunch in the top 10

(NEWSER) - The number-crunchers at Forbes have come up with a list of the top cities where the recession is easing. The formula takes into account projected job growth and housing prices. Here's the list:

1. (tie) Washington, DC-Arlington-Alexandria
2. (tie) Austin-Round Rock
3. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
4. (tie) Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington
5. (tie) Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown

Trauma centers couldn't treat influx of victims

(NEWSER) - Hospitals in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and other major US cities don't have the emergency room capacity to handle even a moderate terrorist attack, a congressional committee says. A survey last month of 34 hospitals revealed they could not handle a sudden surge of trauma victims, a situation described in the report as "truly alarming," reports USA Today. More»