Nov 14 Judge rules Google Books as 'fair use' Photo by Getty Images Google's goal to make millions of books searchable online won a major battle Thursday when a federal judge ruled that the web giant's efforts fell within the bounds of U.S. copyright… Continue reading
Nov 14 Heads you're mayor, tails you're not Idaho state quarter Photo by Wikipedia user Kermitmorningstar Close elections for political office have come down to runoffs, recounts and even a Supreme Court decision. Thursday night in the state of Idaho, one will be decided by… Continue reading
Nov 14 Participation in youth football on the decline The chief medical officer for the Pop Warner youth football league believes that concern over head injuries has led to a decline in participation. Photo by Flickr User wynner3 The recent spotlight on concussions in the National… Continue reading
Nov 14 Will low online enrollments hobble the new health law? Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images Hope that the health law's online insurance marketplaces will work well enough to enroll millions this fall had already faded before the administration disclosed results Wednesday. News that only 27,000 had signed up for… Continue reading
Nov 14 U.S. military arrives to assist relief efforts in the Philippines A U.S. Navy Seahawk helicopter prepares to drop supplies over Tacloban Airfield in Tacloban, Philippines, Thursday, in support of Operation Damayan, the U.S. military's humanitarian response to Typhoon Haiyan. Photo by U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class… Continue reading
Nov 14 Folly of the Fed: Why Janet Yellen may be a dangerous choice Janet Yellen testified before the Senate Banking Committee Thursday, but is her defense of the Fed's quantitative easing policy disingenuous because she's not valuing the market the right way? Photo courtesy of Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Janet… Continue reading
Nov 14 Man breaks record for running on all fours .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%; } In 2012, Kenichi Ito broke… Continue reading
Nov 14 Boehner: Only health care fix is to scrap the law House Speaker John Boehner says the only way to fix President Barack Obama's health care law is to scrap it entirely. Boehner says the law has forced health coverage to be canceled and the costs of premiums to rise. He… Continue reading
Nov 14 The sorry state (by state) of health care enrollment -- so far The Obama administration released bleak enrollment numbers Wednesday outlining how many people have signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said over the summer that the… Continue reading
Nov 14 Government report says TSA behavior profiling not working A TSA agent instructs travelers at Pittsburgh International Airport. A new report says that a TSA profiling program is ineffective. Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images A report released Wednesday by the Government Accountability Office says that a Transportation… Continue reading