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Health Care Reform in the Supreme Court: Day 2 Audio and Transcript
March 27, 2012 | Court sketch by William J. Hennessy Jr. On day two of arguments before the Supreme Court about the health care reform law, the justices tackled the central question of whether it's constitutional to require most Americans to either buy...
Health Care Reform by the Numbers
March 23, 2012 | It's almost judgment day for the health care reform law signed into law two years ago. As the Supreme Court considers next week whether to strike down President Obama's signature domestic accomplishment, all the numbers thrown around for the last...
Which Cities Have the Biggest Gaps Between Rich and Poor?
October 26, 2011 | The U.S. Census Bureau released a report Wednesday outlining where different U.S. cities fall on the scale of income inequality. This report uses the Gini Index, which we used previously to show how other countries compare to the United States...
Morganza Spillway Before and After Photos Released
May 16, 2011 | After engineers opened the Morganza spillway Saturday in an attempt to divert surging floodwaters from heavily populated areas in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Google and GeoEye released some before and after satellite photos Monday evening. Above: wide shot of...
NASA Releases New Images of Mississippi River Flooding
May 10, 2011 | NASA's Earth Observatory has released new before and after images of the Mississippi River flooding around Memphis. The Mississippi River reached 47.87 feet in Memphis on Tuesday. Memphis on April 21, 2010 Memphis on May 10, 2011...
Mississippi River Valley Flood Areas: Before and After
May 4, 2011 | Despite some relief after the Army Corps of Engineers this week blasted holes into a Missouri levee to draw down the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, flooding fears continue flowing south. Parts of southeastern Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana...
Explainer: What Is the Difference Between Radiation and Radioactive Contaminants?
March 29, 2011 | The damage caused at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami has created a host of potential hazards for workers and residents. Radiation and radioactive contaminants can have serious effects on humans, and can spread...
Photo Essay: Images Show Changes From 2000 to 2010
December 31, 2010 | As 2010 comes to a close, we look at some striking differences and similarities between images captured between the years 2000 and 2010....
Delete Older Facebook Apps -- or Risk Everyone's Privacy
December 27, 2010 | If you have a Facebook page, you've probably added quite a few apps. If you've linked your YouTube account, New York Times account, or just about any mobile app to your Facebook profile, you've also installed their app -- and...
Track #TSATime at Your Airport From Your Phone
November 24, 2010 | We have enabled our #TSATime tracker to work on most smartphones. You can use our web app to track wait times at 52 major airports across the U.S. Supported Phones include: Blackberries with 6 OS including the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9780,...
NASA Snaps Photos of Comet Hartley 2
November 4, 2010 | A NASA fly-by mission snapped and then beamed back pictures of a small peanut shaped-comet Thursday, marking only the fifth time that a comet's core has been viewed so close. The spacecraft, formerly known as Deep Impact, but renamed...
Images: BP's Operation to Close Oil Well
July 15, 2010 | These images were captured from the BP live video feed in the moments after the company announced that it had fully stemmed the flow of oil from its broken well in the Gulf....
World Cup Statistics: Fastest, Farthest and Foulest
July 9, 2010 | All statistics only include players listed in FIFA statistics. *BEST PASSING ACCURACY: Includes only players who played in all of their team's possible matches and attempted at least 200 passes....
