Oct 29 Lost and found? Fragment of Earhart's missing plane identified By Lorna Baldwin After 77 years of searching, researchers announced they are one big step closer to knowing where aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart and her plane ended up. An aluminum fragment found in 1991 on a remote, uninhabited coral atoll in the Pacific… Continue reading
Oct 29 California orders 21-day quarantine on travelers from Ebola-afflicted countries By Joshua Barajas Passengers who arrive in California from an Ebola-stricken West African country and have had contact with an infected patient will face a 21-day quarantine, state health officials said Wednesday. Continue reading
Oct 29 Zambian Cabinet appoints white interim president By Ayan Sheikh Cabinet ministers in Zambia have appointed Vice President Guy Scott to serve as an interim-president of the African country, making him Africa’s first white head of state since apartheid. Continue reading
Oct 29 How concerned should Coloradans be about voter fraud? By Grace Hood, KUNC With Colorado's eligible voting population around 4 million and several tight midterm races, the state's new vote-by-mail system is being put to the test in 2014. Continue reading
Oct 29 The Fed's dual mandate in song: it's 'harder than you'll ever know' By Jon Shayne As the Federal Reserve's policy committee ends its two-day meeting Wednesday, Nashville money manager Jon Shayne (aka econo-crooner Merle Hazard) releases his latest music video bemoaning the central bank's "Dual Mandate" to, on the one hand, keep prices stable, and,… Continue reading
Oct 29 Troops returning from Ebola mission will be quarantined for 21 days By Associated Press Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday approved a recommendation by military leaders that all U.S. troops returning from Ebola response missions in West Africa be kept in supervised isolation for 21 days. Continue reading
Oct 29 FBI impersonated repairmen in ruse, court filing says By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press Federal agents turned off Internet access to three luxury villas at a Las Vegas hotel then impersonated repair technicians to surreptitiously get inside and collect evidence in an investigation of online sports betting, according to defense lawyers challenging the practice. Continue reading
Oct 29 Don't let your Medicare Advantage plan disappear on you By Philip Moeller If your current Medicare Advantage plan will no longer be offered next year, you should have received a notice to that effect. And you should have read it. Maybe you did and maybe you didn’t. Making Sen$e Medicare Maven Phillip… Continue reading
Oct 28 Watch PBS NewsHour full episode Oct. 28, 2014 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, we examine a closely fought Senate race in politically divided North Carolina. Also: How third-party candidates could affect the midterm elections, Iraq’s refugees search for safety, a look at one way Ebola is affecting business and… Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch New thriller breaks into the Federal Reserve By PBS News Hour Matthew Quirk’s “The Directive,” a sequel to his bestselling novel “The 500,” imagines a heist to steal billions from a trading desk at the Federal Reserve. Jeffrey Brown talks to Quirk about how he researched the high-stakes break-in. Continue watching