Jan 28 Northwestern football players move to create college athlete union By News Desk In what may end up being a landmark move, Ramogi Huma, president of the National College Players Association, filed a petition to unionize on behalf of football players at Northwestern University. The petition was filed with the National Labor… Continue reading
Jan 28 Medical study suggests little evidence that former athletes suffer neurological disease By Zachary Treu A study published this month in "Current Sports Medicine Reports" attempts to turn the current narrative about chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) on its head. Continue reading
Jan 28 Study finds that divorce rate rises as economy improves By Zachary Treu When it comes to the economy, American couples tend to stay together in sickness - but not in health. Continue reading
Jan 28 U.S. launches five research teams to develop covert data mining technology By Stephen Braun, Associated Press As the Obama administration considers ending the storage of millions of phone records by the National Security Agency, the government is quietly funding research to prevent eavesdroppers from seeing whom the U.S. is spying on, The Associated Press has learned. Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch Demand, infrastructure affects price and delivery of heat amid very cold winter By Judy Woodruff, PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch St. Paul's mayor reflects on added stresses of severe cold for families By Judy Woodruff, PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch News Wrap: Rescue teams search for missing victims of deadly Quebec fire By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 27 Farm bill deal would cut food stamps by 1 percent By Associated Press WASHINGTON -- A House plan to make major cuts to food stamps would be scaled back under a bipartisan agreement on a massive farm bill, a near end to a more than two-year fight that has threatened to hurt rural… Continue reading
Jan 27 Majority of Americans receiving food stamps are working-age By News Desk For the first time, working-age people make up the majority of Americans relying on government food stamps -- a major shift in trends from a few years ago when children and elderly made up the bulk of those receiving the… Continue reading
Jan 27 Obama administration tops its own deportation record By Ruth Tam In one term, the Obama Administration has deported roughly 80 percent the number of immigrants the George W. Bush administration deported in two. Pew Research Center reported that Homeland Security set new records for deportations in 2012. Continue reading