Dec 04 A new PSA fights texting while driving -- with a text .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Video by TextsWreck Twenty-one… Continue reading
Dec 04 What we're watching Wednesday Biden in China appeals for restraint Vice President Joe Biden's visit to China comes as regional tensions run high over Beijing's new air defense zone in contested waters of the East China Sea. Biden met with Chinese President Xi… Continue reading
Dec 04 Obama to make economic case for health care, pitch to young people President Obama speaks on health care in the Eisenhower Executive Building in Washington Tuesday. Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images "If I've got to fight another three years to make sure this law works, that's what we'll do."… Continue reading
Dec 03 Report: Prison guards not negligent in Ariel Castro suicide Ariel Castro is led out of a Cleveland courtroom on Aug. 1 after being sentenced to life without parole for the kidnapping and rape of three women. A month later he was found dead in his prison cell. Photo by… Continue reading
Dec 03 Watch Pensioners will face negotiations as Detroit starts road to financial recovery Pensioners will face negotiations as Detroit starts road to financial recovery… Continue watching
Dec 03 United Nations starts using drones for peacekeeping VIDEO: UN launches its first ever surveillance drone in DR Congo http://t.co/dWWqc30g6I— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) December 3, 2013… Continue reading
Dec 03 TSA launches pre-screening program Here's something that might make your upcoming holiday travels less stressful. What if you didn't have to take your shoes off or take your laptop out from its sleeve when you go through airport security?… Continue reading
Dec 03 SpaceX succeeds at third attempt to launch Falcon 9 rocket Liftoff! #SES8 #Falcon9 pic.twitter.com/VBqPxcy64c— Jason Major (@JPMajor) December 3, 2013 Updated 6:15 p.m. EST | SpaceX succeeded in launching a commercial communications satellite, its third scheduled attempt, on Tuesday. Liftoff occurred at 5:41… Continue reading
Dec 03 Aid for the long-term unemployed set to run out after Christmas Job seekers line up at an employment fair in Washington D.C. in 2012.Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images WASHINGTON -- Republicans controlling the House oppose a drive by Democrats to renew jobless benefits averaging less than $300 a week nationwide… Continue reading
Dec 03 Train engineer caught himself nodding off before deadly wreck BREAKING: Union official: Engineer caught himself nodding at controls before deadly NYC train derailment.— The Associated Press (@AP) December 3, 2013 The AP reports that rail union leader Anthony Battalico said Tuesday that engineer William Rockefeller… Continue reading