Nov 29 First family welcomes White House Christmas tree US Park Service personnel position the White House Christmas tree in the Blue Room this afternoon pic.twitter.com/CUNHhXBkO7— petesouza (@petesouza) November 29, 2013 The White House wasted no time moving from one holiday to the next. Continue reading
Nov 29 Stocks fall on Black Friday, but up for the month Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images Online Black Friday sales couldn't make up for declines in phone and industrial shares on a half day of trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and Standard and Poor's 500 Index closed slightly… Continue reading
Nov 29 Update: Comet ISON may have survived close encounter with the sun .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; 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%; } Material from Comet ISON appeared… Continue reading
Nov 29 For NASA, Black Hole Friday beats Black Friday deals If you're sick of everything Black Friday, NASA has an alternative: Black Hole Friday. Throughout the day, they'll be tweeting facts and images about black holes, and giving Black Friday forgoers a reason to celebrate. For retail, it's… Continue reading
Nov 29 Black Friday spreads to Europe and one company marks up product with success An employee shouts to colleagues as customers gather around a near-empty display of televisions during a Black Friday discount sale inside an Asda supermarket in London on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013. Britons queued outside Asda supermarkets this morning and… Continue reading
Nov 29 Full pardon to be granted to the 21 females arrested Wednesday #Egypt to pardon the 21 women and girls sentenced to 11 years in prison for a peaceful protest http://t.co/yknWwXiFmR— AJELive (@AJELive) November 29, 2013… Continue reading
Nov 29 Sex Cells: The Gender Divided Market for Eggs and Sperm By Rene Almeling Egg agencies and sperm banks, while they offer new fertility technology, have helped perpetuate old gender stereotypes, explains Yale sociologist Rene Almeling. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Ian Crowther. Editor's Note: Today's fertility industry is an economic force to… Continue reading
Nov 28 Restaurateur Alice Waters offers tips on Thanksgiving Judy Woodruff sits down with Alice Waters to talk about the organic revolution, the role of food in schools and Thanksgiving traditions. The conversation airs Thursday on the PBS NewsHour. This Thanksgiving, Alice Waters, owner of restaurant Chez… Continue reading
Nov 28 SpaceX aborts second attempt to launch Falcon 9 rocket #SpaceX #SES8 aborts launch again, at 48 seconds http://t.co/DqYW06PYdI pic.twitter.com/BjmWn5FbxO— Circa (@Circa) November 28, 2013 Updated 6:53 p.m. EST | Engineers scrubbed a second attempt to launch the Falcon 9 rocket, determining… Continue reading
Nov 28 Last surviving member of crew that rescued Kennedy dead at 87 .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; 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 GreenvilleOnline.com Greenville, S.C. Continue reading