Nov 12 Hawaii Senate passes gay marriage BREAKING: Hawaii Senate passes gay marriage, clearing islands to become a same-sex wedding destination.— The Associated Press (@AP) November 12, 2013 Hawaii stands to be the sixteenth state to legalize gay marriage. Continue reading
Nov 12 China is hungry for bitcoins, as currency hits record high Photo by Flickr user btckeychain CNNMoney reports that the price of one bitcoin hit a record $395 Saturday on the Mt. Gox exchange, which allows user to exchange their legal tender for the digital currency. (At the… Continue reading
Nov 12 #insidenewshour: Former VP Dick Cheney By News Desk Talking to VP Cheney tonight about his medical odyssey. @NewsHour — gwen ifill (@gwenifill) November 12, 2013 Gwen's interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney will air tonight on the PBS NewsHour. Continue reading
Nov 12 Work by Francis Bacon expected to break art auction records .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%; } Francis Outred, head of… Continue reading
Nov 12 Justice Department reaches deal to settle airline merger lawsuit The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it was settling its merger lawsuit with American Airlines and U.S. Airways. The preliminary agreement would increase the number of low-cost carriers at several major airports across the country. Photo by… Continue reading
Nov 12 Composer Sir John Tavener dead at 69 Photo by Devlin Crow Sir John Tavener, the longtime British composer known for his religious works, died at the age of 69 at his home in southern England Tuesday. Tavener suffered from ill health, including a major… Continue reading
Nov 12 China considers changing restrictive one-child policy Photo by China Photos/Getty Images Chinese officials said today the country is prepared to make some changes to its long-standing and controversial one-child, family planning policy. Chun'an Mao, a spokesman for China's top population authority, told China… Continue reading
Nov 12 Gender pay gap narrowing, but mobility gap persists Recently released data shows the earnings gap between men and women narrowing, but men are still more upwardly mobile than women, particularly when their parents have lower incomes. Photo Troels Graugaard/Getty Images. Women are closing the gender… Continue reading
Nov 12 Philippine president says typhoon death toll closer to 2,000 U.S. Marines assist an injured woman as part the effort to help the Philippine government with humanitarian aid and disaster relief in the wake of Super Typhoon Haiyan. Photo by DVIDSHUB While previously reported figures placed the death… Continue reading
Nov 12 Drug resistant malaria spreads in Southeast Asia, could go global A man recovers from malaria in Cambodia, in 2009Photo by Talea Miller WASHINGTON -- U.S. experts are raising the alarm over the spread of drug-resistant malaria in several Southeast Asian countries, endangering major global gains in fighting the… Continue reading