Mar 14 Watch How well do you know Pi? By Ellen Rolfes, Frank Bi and Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Continue watching
Mar 14 Pi Day Quiz: How many digits can you name? By Frank Bi For math geeks, March 14 is a delicious holiday that celebrates one famous number -- pi or approximately 3.14. The mathematical constant, which is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, can be used to find the area… Continue reading
Mar 14 For profit college industry pushes back against proposed regulations on financial aid By Philip Elliott, Associated Press The proposed regulations would penalize career training programs that produce graduates without the training needed to find a job with a salary that will allow them to pay off their debt. Schools, for-profit or not, that don't comply would lose… Continue reading
Mar 14 High marks for cooks lifted rating for cheating nuclear missile operators at Minot By Robert Burns, Associated Press Airmen responsible for missile operations at Minot Air Force Base would have failed their portion of a major inspection in March 2013 but managed a "marginal" rating because their poor marks were blended with the better performance of support staff… Continue reading
Mar 14 Obama orders homeland security to review deportation program By Josh Lederman, Associated Press With prospects for real immigration reform fading, President Barack Obama is yielding to pressure from some of his staunchest allies and looking for ways to act without Congress to ease the suffering caused by deportation. Continue reading
Mar 13 Watch What prevents the U.S. from signing the U.N. disabilities treaty? By PBS News Hour Opponents of U.S. ratification by Congress of a United Nations convention that pushes for equal rights for those with disabilities argue that it would give the U.N. jurisdiction over domestic laws. Judy Woodruff gets two views on the treaty from… Continue watching
Mar 13 Watch Crunching the costs and benefits of overtime pay reform By PBS News Hour President Obama has directed the Labor Department to update overtime pay rules for an estimated 5 million workers, but some business owners and Republicans are worried about economic effects for employers. Hari Sreenivasan gets debate on the overtime bump from… Continue watching
Mar 13 Watch U.S. signature absent from U.N. disability convention, celebrated at Paralympic Games By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 13 Californians could shell out more money to fix water system By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Water in California is critically underfunded, according to a new study from the Public Policy Institute of California. The 81-page report estimates that plugging the leaks in the state’s water system could cost an extra $150 to $230 a… Continue reading
Mar 13 An economic way to nudge Putin out of the crisis in Ukraine By George C. Lodge The way out of the crisis in Ukraine and toward serious negotiations over Crimea, George Cabot Lodge argues, is to carefully convince Russia of its dependency on the world economy. Continue reading