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Businesses improve when they experiment with new structures and formulas — and then actively analyze their mistakes, Tim Harford says. In Adapt, his new book, the Financial Times columnist examines the merits of failure.

Along the Oregon coast sits a monument to three unknown sailors who washed ashore back in 1865. The monument offers few clues about who they were — no names, no country — just the words "Found on the beach." A local amateur historian uncovers some of the mystery that shrouds this stone memorial.

For the past few decades, land managers have been trying to eradicate the non-native tamarisk bush. Most recently, they turned to another a non-native species – a leaf beetle - which may be causing more problems that it's solving.

Throngs of newly licensed entrepreneurs have taken to the streets of Havana, setting up stalls and makeshift shops in front yards and doorways. The next step for Communist-run Cuba may be getting the businesses back into empty storefronts nationalized by Fidel Castro more than 40 years ago.

The new approach aims to enlist local officials for help spotting potentially violent extremists.

The New Jersey city has surpassed its previous record for murders. City officials, who say the unionized police force has too many perks, turn to the county to provide a larger and cheaper force.

Rising temperatures mean increased risk of wildfires. Local CAL FIRE officials are urging San Diegans to be prepared.

After an outbreak of E. coli in spinach killed several people in 2006, farmers clamped down on every possible source of contamination. Those safety efforts have also pushed out wildlife, destroyed sensitive habitats and increased pollution in waterways.

Watch what you post! Twitter, Facebook, Linked-in, logging on to social media, could keep you from landing that great job.

A new program is teaching university researchers how to make their promising new technologies a reality. They're mentored by entrepreneurs who help them rethink their strategy, and are told to treat everything they think they know about business as nothing more than a hypothesis.