Dec 30 Obama golf game forces Army couple to move wedding By Josh Lederman and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press HONOLULU — A couple getting married near President Barack Obama's vacation spot in Hawaii learned the hard way that the big day rarely goes exactly as planned. Continue reading
Dec 30 Think you know how oil prices work? By Simone Pathe A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research remodels the relationship between oil prices and production, suggesting that the actual pressure inside the wells dictates the pace of extraction more than price swings. Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch 54:17 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 29, 2014 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, the search widens for a missing AirAsia jetliner. Also: The U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan comes to a close, Greece’s prime minister calls for elections, how the ice bucket challenge sparked a year of viral philanthropy,… Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch 2:22 U.S., NATO end combat role in Afghanistan amid resurgence by Taliban - Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch 6:02 Website that kept watch on D.C. homicides shuts down By PBS News Hour Homicide Watch, an online database that records and tracks homicide cases, was created to document under-reported crimes in Washington, D.C. The site has been praised by law enforcement and the families of victims, but is shutting down in that city. Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch 7:27 Did the ALS ice bucket challenge take attention away from other, worthy charities? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch 1:57 News Wrap: Hundreds rescued off burning Greek ferry By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, 427 people were rescued from a Greek ferry off the coast of Albania. At least 10 people died after a fire broke out Sunday on the boat’ car deck. The rescue was hindered by rain… Continue watching
Dec 29 U.S. population to top 320 million at start of 2015, Census reports By Joshua Barajas The U.S. population is expected to reach 320.09 million people on Jan. 1, 2015, a 0.73 percent increase from the previous year, the U.S. Census Bureau said in a statement Monday. Continue reading
Dec 29 Facebook's inability to be 'human' results in messy 'Year in Review' By Colleen Shalby It’s had its criticism over the years, and most recently has been chastised for Facebook users’ Year in Review summary that weaves together your most popular posts from 2014. Popularity, however, is based not on circumstance, but engagement. Continue reading