Oct 30 #insidenewshour By News Desk 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… Continue reading
Oct 30 Fed: Economy not ready for taper 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… Continue reading
Oct 30 Why English degrees are not useless 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… Continue reading
Oct 30 Bipartisan budget panel launches new talks, outlines difficult road ahead "I want to say this from the get-go. If we look at this conference as an argument about taxes, we're not going to get anywhere. The way to raise revenue from our perspective is to grow the economy, to… Continue reading
Oct 30 When teenagers become pimps 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… Continue reading
Oct 30 Snowden documents reveal that the NSA tapped Google and Yahoo data centers Video still by PBS NewsHour UPDATED AT 4:20 p.m. Alexander may have denied tapping Google and Yahoo but the NSA official response very specifically doesn't do that pic.twitter.com/nCNQH2KOvT— Stuart Millar (@stuartmillar159) October 30, 2013… Continue reading
Oct 30 An archive of dreams around the world? There's about to be an app for that Photo by Matt McClain/For The Washington Post via Getty Images What if you could archive your dreams? What if you could see what people were dreaming about on the other side of the world, or even the other side… Continue reading
Oct 30 Can't make it to Japan? That's OK -- your teddy bear will send you a postcard Creative commons photo via flickr user hiroaki maeda If you've longed to tour Tokyo but it's not in your financial future, fret not -- your teddy bear can go for you, thanks to Unagi Travel, the "Japan… Continue reading
Oct 30 Tickets to World Series Game 6 most expensive in history of Fall Classic If you have a ticket to see Game 6 of Major League Baseball's World Series Wednesday night in Boston's Fenway Park, you are a lucky fan. If not, well, prepare to shell out the biggest bucks in the history… Continue reading
Oct 30 Twitter Chat: How are superstitions created? By Bridget Shirvell PBS NewsHour holds live Twitter chats from 1 to 2 p.m. EDT each Thursday. Join us @NewsHour using the hashtag #NewsHourChats Photo via Flickr user Feliciano Guimarães. Don't walk under that ladder, or let that black cat… Continue reading