• How to teach self-control and reduce economic inequality

    How to teach self-control and reduce economic inequality

    Oct 10, 2014 02:12 PM EDT

    ... which explains our emotional "hot" and "cool" systems, "So your kid failed the marshmallow test. Now what?", and part three, about overcoming our vulnerabilities, "How Bill Clinton can now resist donuts and other temptations." -- Simone Pathe, Making Sen$e WM: I think what is really very important to make clear is ...

  • Here's your guide to every major 2016 presidential contender

    Here's your guide to every major 2016 presidential contender

    Apr 07, 2014 09:11 PM EDT

    ... from airwaves for more than a year, has resumed frequent interviews, including TV blitz the morning after the State of the Union and a CNN interview aboard an Amtrak train. Even dished on his skin care routine and his wife's oddball pranks during an interview with Rachael Ray to ...

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    News Wrap: Three Americans Among Casualties of Algeria Hostage Stand-Off

    Jan 21, 2013 05:00 AM EDT

    ... outside the city. He played 22 years, helping the Cards win three World Series titles in the 1940s. He was widely regarded as one of game's greatest hitters ever. Stan Musial was 92 years old. Also Saturday, former Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver passed away during a Caribbean cruise ...

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    'Valuable' Libyan Defections Aid Coalition as CIA Assesses Rebels' Intentions

    Mar 31, 2011 10:43 PM EDT

    ... they recruit individuals who cooperate and say, look, here's what I understand. Here's what's happening. And that's how you start the ball rolling. JEFFREY BROWN: Well, now, what if the president's sort of helped clear something up? I mean, the president says -- and we heard ...

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    New Bankruptcy Law

    Oct 17, 2005 04:00 AM EDT

    ... to paperwork reduction, Section 521-E2B says that the court can waive the right to file some of these paperwork. Every single thing in the bill tries to control fraud and abuse but it also retains sufficient discretion for a bankruptcy judge in a situation where circumstances out of the ...

  • How the Panama Canal helped make the U.S. a world power

    How the Panama Canal helped make the U.S. a world power

    Aug 15, 2014 10:32 PM EDT

    ... Panama in the 1970s. Work recently began on a substantial expansion effort that will allow the canal to accommodate modern cargo needs. PBS NewsHour recently interviewed several regional experts to discuss the canal’s first 100 years, and to get a sense of what’s ahead. Ovidio Diaz-Espino grew ...

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    Boehner: 'We're Nowhere' on Fiscal Cliff

    Dec 03, 2012 02:14 PM EDT

    House Speaker John Boehner. File photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images. With House Speaker John Boehner and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner both digging in their heels on the Sunday talk shows, there was no sign of give in the stalemate over the year-end fiscal cliff. "Right now, I would say we're nowhere, period. We're nowhere," Boehner...

  • This is what Jeff Sessions just said about free speech

    This is what Jeff Sessions just said about free speech

    Sep 26, 2017 04:40 PM EDT

    Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday during a speech at Georgetown University that the Department of Justice would renew its commitment to "enforce federal law, defend free speech, and protect students’ free expression from whatever end of the political spectrum it may come."

  • Utility board elections face surge of attention as electricity rates rise

    Utility board elections face surge of attention as electricity rates rise

    Apr 06, 2026 05:48 PM EDT

    Skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers and rising household electric bills are injecting a wave of attention into who is getting elected to watch over electric utilities.

  • Examining Biden's 5-part plan to tackle rising violent crime rates

    Examining Biden's 5-part plan to tackle rising violent crime rates

    Jun 23, 2021 10:55 PM EDT

    President Joe Biden is renewing his push to curb the current rise in violent crime, including homicides, in the United States. With a special focus on crime involving guns, Biden laid out his proposals, such as investing in police and community violence intervention programs, in a public address Wednesday. White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor reports.