Nov 01 Food stamp cuts will hit certain states harder than others Click on the photo to check out how your state's population will be affected by food stamp cuts that go into effect Friday. The recession driven boost to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program officially expires Friday, reducing… Continue reading
Nov 01 Questions for Astronaut Chris Hadfield? Tell them to NewsHour Today, @milesobrien is interviewing astronaut @Cmdr_Hadfield. Questions for him? Tweet them to us pic.twitter.com/60n75jWb99— NewsHour (@NewsHour) November 1, 2013… Continue reading
Nov 01 You'd better quickly eat lunch if you work at the SEC Video still by NewsHour Weekend If you work at the Securities and Exchange Commission, you'd do best to limit your lunch break to 30 minutes, urged the president of the union for employees at the U.S. agency. And… Continue reading
Nov 01 What we're watching Friday Maliki heads to the White House Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki meets with President Barack Obama to discuss Iraq's insurgency and ask for more U.S. military aid. The AP reported in October that more than 5,000 Iraqis have… Continue reading
Oct 31 Watch Boston Red Sox World Series win symbolizes turnaround for team and town Boston Red Sox World Series win symbolizes turnaround for team and town… Continue watching
Oct 31 The parallels between the worlds of Lincoln and Obama .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%; } Journalist and author Kevin Peraino… Continue reading
Oct 31 Putting your philanthropy where your mouth is By Cat Wise Nick Vilelle, left, and Raj Ratwani are restaurateurs, sort of. The owners of CAUSE gastropub take no salary, but donate 100 percent of their profits to charity. Photo by Alexis Glenn/George Mason University Updated at 10:31 EST, Nov. 4… Continue reading
Oct 31 Woman gets traffic ticket for driving with Google Glass Photo Flickr User Ted Eytan Woman wearing Google Glass at Embracing Curiosity: Google Glass DC and Future Health meetup Californian woman, Cecilia Abadie, was stopped by a police officer on Interstate 15 in San Diego for going… Continue reading
Oct 31 Toronto police say they have video of Mayor Ford smoking from a crack pipe Photo by Flickr User West Annex News A video showing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking from a crack pipe was recovered from a computer, Toronto police said Thursday. Continue reading
Oct 31 #StopAndFrisk BREAKING: Federal appeals court blocks ruling on NY police stop-frisk tactic, removes judge from case.— The Associated Press (@AP) October 31, 2013… Continue reading