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On Halloween Eve, Oct. 30, 1938, a 23-year-old Orson Welles narrated the "War of the Worlds," an adaptation of the 1898 H.G. Wells novel of the same name. The dramatization, aired over the CBS Radio network, of a Martian invasion…

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Why Mitch McConnell feels sorry for Kathleen Sebelius but not for his #KYSen competition...my chat with him tonight @NewsHour — gwen ifill (@gwenifill) October 30, 2013…

The Federal Open Markets Committee announced Wednesday they will continue buying assets at their current pace and keep interest rates low. Given weak labor market numbers for August and September and the government shutdown, which will…

Liberal arts degrees get a bad rap in today's recession. As the price of college continues to soar and real wages stagnate, there is greater emphasis on college degrees that will immediately translate into a job. U.S. News…

Photo by Flickr user Vaidehi Shah Chimoy is a no-nonsense 17-year-old Indonesian girl who runs her own business and who has dreams of one day meeting her prince and living happily ever after. Like a lot of…