Feb 06 Watch Cabinet Shuffle: Obama Taps REI Executive Sally Jewell for Interior Secretary Cabinet Shuffle: Obama Taps REI Executive Sally Jewell for Interior Secretary… Continue watching
Feb 06 Watch Citing Financial Woes, U.S. Postal Service Announces End of Saturday Delivery Citing Financial Woes, U.S. Postal Service Announces End of Saturday Delivery… Continue watching
Feb 06 What Does Syria's Civil War Mean for Lebanon? EmbedVideo(5655, 482, 304); Video footage by Charlie Voth, Reuters, and NewsHour archive. Edited by Noreen Nasir As Syria's conflict rages on with no signs of slowing down, the country's neighbors are dealing with the pressures of hundreds of… Continue reading
Feb 06 Air Pollution Boosts a Child's Chance of Getting Cockroach-Related Asthma Cockroach allergens are a major contributor to asthma, particularly in urban areas. Photo by Luis Davilla/Cover/Getty Images. In New York City's East Harlem, a startling 19 percent of 5-year-olds have asthma, according to a report from the New York… Continue reading
Feb 06 Teddy Wayne Goes Inside the Pop Machine in 'The Love Song of Jonny Valentine' By Tom LeGro The life and times of a modern day prepubescent pop star are the sardonic fodder for Teddy Wayne's new novel, "The Love Song of Jonny Valentine."… Continue reading
Feb 06 After 31 Years, Robinson Takes Final Bow By Imani Cheers Washington, D.C. native and classical dancer Renee Robinson credits her extensive dance training to the longevity of her three decade career. "The first dance technique I learned was classical ballet as a student at the Jones-Haywood School of Ballet [in… Continue reading
Feb 06 Former USAID Official: U.S. Funding Underground Networks to Help Syrians Mark Bartolini has led the U.S effort in providing humanitarian aid to Syrians as director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, a division of USAID. Before stepping down last week, he made several trips to… Continue reading
Feb 06 What Good Do Money Management Firms Have to Offer? By Paul Solman When a feline can pick stocks better than a human, money manager Jon Shayne argues there are still very good reasons to have money management firms actively pick stocks and invest your money. Photo by Tom Noser. Paul… Continue reading
Feb 06 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro A photograph of poet Allen Ginsberg taken by his friend William Burroughs is part of an exhibit of Ginsberg's photographs at New York University's Grey Art Gallery. "Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg," which also includes portraits of Burroughs,… Continue reading
Feb 06 Obama Pressures Republicans to Prevent Sequester President Obama makes a statement during a news conference Tuesday. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. President Obama is challenging congressional Republicans to accept higher taxes in a renewed effort to stave off sequester cuts expected March 1. On… Continue reading