Oct 04 Feinberg: Distance Not a Determining Factor in Paying Oil Spill Claims Since BP first announced it would establish a $20 billion fund to pay claims from the oil spill disaster along the Gulf Coast, one of the more vexing questions has been about what kind of role proximity to the disaster… Continue reading
Oct 04 Nobel Prize Goes to Scientist Who Developed IVF Procedure Robert Edwards stands with Louise Brown, the world's first "test tube baby," her mother Lesley Brown and her son Cameron, in July 2008. (Photo credit: Bourn Hall Clinic) Updated 1:58 p.m. ET In the first of this week's Nobel… Continue reading
Oct 01 Feinberg: Gulf Oil Spill Claims Paid More Quickly, but Tough Calls Ahead By Murrey Jacobson Payments for claims tied to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are set to crack the $1 billion mark next week, but there are still at least 20,000 claims that have yet to be resolved and… Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch Student’s Death Sparks Questions on Privacy in the Digital Age Student's Suicide Raises Digital Privacy Questions… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch Hunting an ‘Industrial-Strength’ Computer Virus Around the Globe Hari Sreenivasan has the latest on a powerful computer virus that could be targeting nuclear facilities in Iran. Continue watching
Sep 29 New Letters Illuminate Personalities, Story Behind DNA Structure Discovery Updated 2:37 p.m. ET Nine boxes of previously unknown letters, postcards and other correspondence from Francis… Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch News Wrap: NATO, Afghan Troops Step Up Pressure on Taliban In other news Monday, NATO and Afghan soldiers ramped up offensive efforts against Taliban fighters in Southern Afghanistan to reclaim an insurgent stronghold. Continue watching
Sep 27 China’s Rare Earth Deposits Add Trade Tensions to Dispute With Japan By Maureen Hoch Amid the recent rise in tensions between China and Japan over Japan’s arrest of a Chinese trawler captain, Beijing has unleashed a reported trading halt on an unusual commodity: rare earth. Rare earth are metallic elements that… Continue reading
Sep 27 Ban Expires on West Bank Construction; U.S. Seeks to Expand Internet Wiretaps Children of Israeli settlers walk past the construction site for 50 housing units in the West Bank settlement of Ariel. Photo by Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images. With the 10-month ban on building in West Bank settlements expired as of Sunday… Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch For Scientists, Collaborative Efforts Could Speed Medical Advances Special correspondent Dave Iverson reports on a new push to get scientists to work together to find medical cures sooner. Continue watching