Mar 09 Watch 7:02 How new rules could protect you from credit errors By PBS News Hour In the past, the way credit rating agencies reviewed disputes or errors frequently hurt consumers. The nation’s three largest credit rating agencies have negotiated with the state of New York to change their review process, and to wait longer before… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch 5:42 News Wrap: GOP senators write open letter to Iran over nuclear deal By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch 1:00 Iditarod imports snow for race's slushy start By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares video of the day, high temperatures meant there wasn’t enough snow on the ground at start of the annual thousand-mile Iditarod sled dog race across Alaska. Snow was brought in just for the weekend’s opening festivities. Continue watching
Mar 09 University of Oklahoma students and faculty react to racist frat video By Jasmine Wright Students and faculty at the University of Oklahoma are outraged by a video that went viral on YouTube Sunday night that features members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity chanting racial slurs. Continue reading
Mar 09 Is right-to-work the kiss of death for labor unions? By Sarah McHaney Wisconsin labor unions took another hit today as Governor Scott Walker signed a bill known as the “right to work” into law Monday morning. In 2011, Governor Walker won a bitter fight to restrict collective bargaining for public sector… Continue reading
Mar 09 Sam Simon, co-developer of 'The Simpsons,' dies at 59 By Justin Scuiletti Sam Simon, a television producer and writer who also co-developed the long-running series "The Simpsons", died on Sunday at the age of 59. Continue reading
Mar 09 Are you celebrating Pi Day? By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Saturday, March 14, is a special holiday for math-lovers. Known as Pi Day, a holiday meant to celebrate the mathematical constant pi. This irrational number is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its radius, and it starts with 3.1415926535897...the… Continue reading
Mar 09 Florida environmental officials banned from using the term 'climate change' By Anna Sillers In Florida, a state that environmental scientists have agreed would be hit hard by extreme changes in climate, is not allowed to speak about these changes. At least, not by members of the Florida's Department of Environmental Protection, the state… Continue reading
Mar 09 Your relationship means nothing to Social Security unless you're married By Laurence Kotlikoff Marriage is the only way to validate a relationship before the Social Security Administration. Even if a couple has raised children together and one partner dies, Social Security does not consider the other partner eligible for the late partner's widow(er)'s… Continue reading
Mar 09 LIVE BLOG: Follow the Boston bombing trial By News Desk Nearly two years since the attack on the Boston Marathon, the trial for suspected bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is underway in a federal courtroom in Boston. Follow live updates from the Boston Globe. Continue reading