Feb 19 How closely should you eye your online shopping cart? By Anna Sillers Although online prices are "stickier" than economists might guess, the proliferation of dynamic pricing means online prices might soon start swinging more often. Continue reading
Feb 19 Lawmakers call for guns on college campuses to prevent rape By Marina Lopes Legislators in 10 states are sponsoring bills that would allow concealed guns on college campuses, saying this measure would prevent sexual assaults. Continue reading
Feb 19 Twitter chat: Can a sitcom challenge Asian-American stereotypes? By Nora Daly Asians are one of the fastest growing groups in the U.S. So why did it take so long for a television network to produce a show focused on this growing demographic?… Continue reading
Feb 19 Oliver Sacks teaches us what it's like to be 'face to face with dying' By Colleen Shalby In an op-ed penned for the New York Times, 81-year-old Oliver Sacks revealed today that he has terminal cancer. Continue reading
Feb 19 Stores pull ground cumin from shelves as peanut-related recall expands By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Hundreds of products are being pulled from store shelves after traces of peanut were found in ground cumin spice — a life-threatening danger to some people with peanut allergies. Continue reading
Feb 19 Democrats to Boehner: Postpone Netanyahu speech By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Almost two dozen liberal Democrats on Thursday asked House Speaker John Boehner to postpone Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to a joint meeting of Congress next month. Continue reading
Feb 19 White House economic report pushes for higher wages to combat stagnation By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's top economists say that even as the U.S. has managed to kick start a lasting and growing recovery, modest wage gains are far from making up for decades of paycheck stagnation for middle-class workers. Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch 53:41 PBS NewsHour full episode Feb. 18, 2015 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, an assault by Russian-backed separatists forces thousands of Ukrainian troops to retreat from a key town in Eastern Ukraine despite a cease-fire. Also: Confronting extremism at home and abroad, Boston digs its way out of 100… Continue watching
Feb 18 Watch 10:11 What can the U.S. do to stop radicalization at home? By PBS News Hour With growing concern over global extremism, the question of how to counter and prevent radicalization is the focus of a three-day summit at the White House. Judy Woodruff talks to Zainab Al-Suwaij of the American Islamic Congress and Matthew Levitt… Continue watching
Feb 18 Watch 4:39 No stranger to snow, Boston struggles to weather a relentless string of storms By PBS News Hour Cold, snowy winters are well-known to Bostonians. But this year, there's been so much snow, coming so fast and with no end in sight. Since the end of January, the city has received almost 100 inches, with no thaws and… Continue watching