Nation Feb 17 Photo: Washington's false teeth https://twitter.com/BeschlossDC/status/435447570140106752 Historian Michael Beschloss shares this photo of one set of President Washington's false teeth. Mount Vernon has a wonderful writeup of the first president's complete dental history, noting that "When Washington was inaugurated President in 1789, only one…
World Feb 15 Social entrepreneurs use mobile technology to take on challenges of developing world From products that help small businesses track their finances to a text message-based app that helps workers in India’s informal workforce find better jobs, cell phone technology is being used across the developing world to solve serious problems and respond…
Nation Feb 14 Hunters track killer tiger in India Over the last seven weeks, 9 people have been killed by a Tiger roaming the fringes of one of India's last protected tiger habitats.
Nation Feb 14 Here's the latest Olympics medals count The latest medals table from #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/dmamnAzYZK — AFP news agency (@AFP) February 14, 2014…
Arts Feb 02 Philip Seymour Hoffman is dead at 46 Oscar award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on Sunday. He was 46.
Nation Jan 30 U.S. to seek death penalty for Boston Marathon bomb suspect Federal prosecutors announced Thursday that they will seek the death penalty for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should a jury convict him on charges related to the April attack. Tsarnaev and his brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed…
Politics Jan 29 Tell us: How did Obama address the issues most important to you? In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Barack Obama vowed to use his executive action to increase the minimum wage for federal contract workers and make it easier for millions of low-income Americans to save for retirement. What…
Politics Jan 28 GOP response focuses on empowering Americans, not government Republican House Conference Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., delivered the official GOP rebuttal to President Obama's State of the Union Tuesday evening with an appeal to America's equality of opportunity.
Nation Jan 28 Obama: Troops may remain in Afghanistan beyond war In his fifth State of the Union address Tuesday, President Barack Obama pivoted briefly to foreign policy, reaffirming that the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan will formally conclude at the end of this year.
Nation Jan 28 Obama: Let's 'fix our broken immigration system' In his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, President Barack Obama pointed towards hope for lasting immigration legislation in 2014.