Many of the recommended metrics seem sensible. But the flaw with these and other metrics that sound plausible but aren't actually useful is apparent the minute you implement them.

Easthampton resident Vinny Valetutti’s constructed a 30-foot-tall “Sea Level Rise Ruler” to raise awareness about the dangers of rising sea levels due to climate change and ice caps melting.

Sharjah Ruler approved, on Monday, Dh100 million to compensate owners of old homes in the Al Madam area who had previously been compensated with new homes.

Ensso has designed an all-in-one fountain pen with scale ruler for architects and engineers, graded with imperial and metric scales.

A teacher at a Miami Gardens school is facing child abuse charges for allegedly striking her 5-year-old student with a ruler, leaving a cut on his face, police said.