• Why economists take out their own trash before the monthly jobs report

    Why economists take out their own trash before the monthly jobs report

    Mar 07, 2014 08:51 PM EST

    ... the week of the 19th, generally, and ask people questions about the 12th of the month. And we report the data just a few weeks later. Julie Hatch Maxfield: For the establishment survey, the biggest change has been in data collection. It used to be a mail survey exclusively, and ...

  • Why would someone eat 50 hot dogs?

    Why would someone eat 50 hot dogs?

    Feb 27, 2014 10:48 PM EST

    ... be eating oysters in a contest in Colorado...,” Lee said, in slightly broken English. She immigrated to the U.S. from China 25 years ago. Recalling the memory from a dimly lit corner of a Mexican restaurant just outside Washington D.C., the 46-year-old former chemistry professor-turned ...

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    How to save a dying heart

    Dec 03, 2013 04:50 PM EST

    ... knows he is at the end. If a lion chases you to the bank of a river filled with crocodiles, you will leap into the water, convinced you have a chance to swim to the other side." Dr. Barnard in the operating room. Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images. Getting a ...

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    Seven Tips for the Reluctant Senior Entrepreneur

    May 09, 2013 06:28 PM EST

    ... brought in, we were blind to financial decisions of the chief executive that ultimately caused its demise. Similar situations occurred at other small companies I later worked for. I realized that working for others wasn't working out for me. So I figured there was one other thing I hadn ...

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    News Wrap: Somali Militants Execute French Hostage After Failed Rescue Attempt

    Jan 17, 2013 05:00 AM EST

    ... The downtown was swamped after a dike collapsed under the pressure of monsoon rains. Thousands of people were forced to flee their homes as the water crept higher. And the death toll was 11, mostly from drowning or electrocution. The low-lying city has long been prone to flooding, but ...

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    Call is Out to Sabotage the Dropout Crisis

    Sep 24, 2012 04:48 PM EST

    American Graduate Day was observed on Sept. 22 with a multi-platform event featuring a live television broadcast, radio playlist and participation from more than 20 national organizations, celebrities and athletes to spotlight solutions to the nation's dropout crisis. Again and again the program hosts returned to the central themes: a million American high schoolers drop...

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    The Unemployment Paradox: Why Job Seekers, Employers Aren't Connecting

    Apr 06, 2012 10:13 PM EST

    The Unemployment Paradox: Why Job Seekers, Employers Aren't Connecting

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    Suarez: When Is a Democracy 'Good Enough?'

    Nov 03, 2011 07:53 PM EST

    Watch a preview of the NewsHour's two upcoming pieces from Nicaragua below, and read Ray Suarez's reflections on the political situation in the country. Friday on the NewsHour, Ray looks at what's at stake in the upcoming Nicaraguan elections, and next week we'll have a report on efforts to bring a life saving-vaccine to the...

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    Discarded Plastic Bottles Put to New Use in Schools

    Apr 07, 2011 07:30 PM EST

    A project to build a school using empty plastic bottles brought together a community in Guatemala. The idea now is spreading to other sites.

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    News Wrap: U.S., Afghan Troops Claim Gains in Taliban Stronghold

    Oct 21, 2010 09:08 PM EST

    In other news Thursday, a report in The New York Times says a U.S. and Afghan military offensive has made gains in the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar by deploying a new mobile rocket and by disrupting insurgent supply lines.