• A new study: How overpaid CEOs tank their firms

    A new study: How overpaid CEOs tank their firms

    Feb 26, 2014 10:43 PM EDT

    ... like Switzerland have entertained capping compensation so that what the highest-paid workers take-home can’t exceed 12 times what the lowest-paid employees make (though a referendum to that effect was defeated at the polls), America’s business culture -- indeed its national mythology -- feeds on the possibility of ...

  • Taking apart Iran's nuclear program

    Taking apart Iran's nuclear program

    Feb 21, 2014 09:26 PM EDT

    ... s known as yellowcake powder and then converted to a gas. Uranium oxide contains two main parts, or isotopes: uranium-235 and uranium-238. To make an atomic bomb or power a nuclear power plant, the uranium needs to contain more of the uranium-235 than the uranium-238. That ...

  • Recent confirmation hearings raise eyebrows at ambassador nomination criteria

    Recent confirmation hearings raise eyebrows at ambassador nomination criteria

    Feb 18, 2014 02:30 AM EDT

    ... supporters, have raised fresh questions about who gets to represent the United States abroad. SEN. MARCO RUBIO, R-Fla.: Mr. Mamet, have you been to Argentina? NOAH BRYSON MAMET, U.S. Ambassador to Argentina-Designate: Senator, I haven't had the opportunity yet to be there. GWEN IFILL: That response ...

  • Opinion: Is your money safe at the bank? An economist says 'no' and withdraws his

    Opinion: Is your money safe at the bank? An economist says 'no' and withdraws his

    Jan 30, 2014 05:45 PM EDT

    ... $780 billion a year, as of Wednesday's announcement), investments are flowing out of risky areas. Some of these countries are facing absolute crises, with Argentina's currency plummeting by more than 20 percent in under one month. That means investments in Argentina are worth 20 percent less in dollar ...

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    Cardinal claims homosexuality is a defect, 'like high blood pressure'

    Jan 20, 2014 08:28 PM EDT

    ... July 2013, when the pontiff stated that homosexuals shouldn't be marginalized "if they accept the Lord and have good will." Aguilar's comments could make for bad press for a church that has only recently begun to sway public opinion in its favor under Pope Francis. According to Gallup ...

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    A Bitcoin evangelist on the virtues of cryptocurrency

    Oct 09, 2013 09:53 PM EDT

    ... It essentially means that as long as coercion is not being enacted, I have no issue with what is happening. So that would, I guess, make me a philosophical libertarian. Paul Solman: Not an anarchist? Jonathan Mohan: No. no. Paul Solman: And so what have you discovered as you've ...

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    News Wrap: Government's insurance website goes offline overnight after glitches

    Oct 08, 2013 04:00 AM EDT

    SILVINA IAZURLO, Argentina (through interpreter): I'm worried. It seems to me that her head is her biggest asset. She is someone who's very intelligent, and having to have an operation, regardless of how simple it is, always has it risks. I'm very worried that there won't ...

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    What to watch as new Supreme Court term begins

    Oct 07, 2013 05:00 PM EDT

    The Supreme Court began its new term Monday by turning away hundreds of appeals, including Virginia's bid to revive its anti-sodomy law. The justices took the bench just past 10 o'clock on the first Monday in October, even as much of the rest of the government was coping with a partial shutdown.

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    Earth and Moon Join Saturn in Interplanetary Photoshoot

    Jul 19, 2013 05:12 PM EDT

    This picture of Earth from space was taken in June 2001 from the International Space Station orbiting at an altitude of 211 nautical miles. Photo by NASA. Okay, so it's kind of gimmicky, but it's all in the spirit of planetary science -- or more accurately interplanetary science. So let's give it up for NASA's...

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    Special Elections Will Test Democrats in Mass., Sanford in S.C.

    Apr 30, 2013 01:34 PM EDT

    Rep. Ed Markey faces Rep. Stephen Lynch in Tuesday's Democratic primary. Photo by Freddy Wheeler/WEBN-TV via Flickr. Six months ago, Massachusetts voters were in the middle of one of the fiercest Senate battles of the election season. They ousted Sen. Scott Brown, the Republican who had surprised the nation and delighted the tea party, in...