Apr 30 Which Prescription Drugs Do Americans Abuse Most? According to a 2010 study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, approximately 7 million people in the United States -- or 2.7 percent of the population -- annually abuse prescription drugs. This abuse primarily occurs when people take… Continue reading
Apr 30 Steady Stream of Space Debris Rains Down on Earth Low Earth Orbit is the region of space within 1,200 miles of the Earth's surface. It is the most concentrated area for orbital debris. Photo by NASA Orbital Debris Program Office. Update: May 1 | On a January… Continue reading
Apr 30 Prescription Drug Abuse: Top 10 Things CDC Says You Should Know Linebacker Austin Box of the Oklahoma Sooners takes a break during a game in 2010. Box died of an accidental prescription drug overdose the following year. Austin Box "gutted through" pain. Even after a bad blow to his back… Continue reading
Apr 30 Special Elections Will Test Democrats in Mass., Sanford in S.C. 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. Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch 100 Days In, President Obama Holds News Conference on Second Term Priorities From the White House briefing room President Barack Obama joked and jabbed with the press and promised to keep pushing his priorities, including immigration reform and closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center. Kwame Holman reports on what the president said… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch How a Bogus Tweet Can Wreak Financial Havoc When hackers sent out a bogus tweet from the Associated Press' Twitter account, the financial markets took a minutes-long nosedive. For more on how social media affects our world, NewsHour political editor Christina Bellantoni talks to Daily-Download.com's Lauren Ashburn and… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch At 20 Years, Holocaust Museum Ensures a Record Survives When Direct Memory Fades At 20 Years, Holocaust Museum Ensures a Record Survives When Direct Memory Fades… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch Jason Collins Is NBA’s First Active Player to Say ‘I’m Gay’ Jason Collins, a 34-year-old veteran NBA player, has become the first male pro-athlete currently playing one of the four big sports to come out and say he's gay. Jeffrey Brown talks with LZ Granderson, sports writer and columnist for ESPN… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch Congress Seeks to Eliminate Perk of Online Shopping by Requiring Sales Tax Congress Seeks to Eliminate Perk of Online Shopping by Requiring Sales Tax… Continue watching
Apr 29 After Coming Out, Jason Collins Gets Support from Across the NBA Sports Illustrated's May 6 cover features NBA center Jason Collins, who is openly gay. Jason Collins made headlines this morning as the first male athlete from a major U.S. professional league to announce that he is gay. The NBA… Continue reading