What is Obama’s post-super committee strategy? One of the oldest axioms in politics is that you should never let a good crisis go to waste. Now that the hopelessly divided deficit reduction super committee has failed, it is apparent to just about everyone that Washington has a serious crisis of governance.
Toll of NC murder-suicide rises to 4 as son dies A 14-year-old boy who was shot by his mother in North Carolina has died, authorities said Tuesday, the fourth victim of a shooting rampage over the weekend.
Ad Age Concerned About Privacy? Pray Facebook Sees Some Real Competition An increase in the number companies who hold your personal information is the best guarantee for safeguarding that information.
Early applications on rise at colleges High school seniors hoping for an advance nod from Harvard University have swamped it with an unusually large group of early applications that represent the most economically and ethnically diverse set of students in the schoolâs history.
A Serving of Gratitude May Save the Day The most psychologically correct holiday of the year is upon us.
Clinton’s Global AIDS Fight May Be Hurt by U.S. Trade Initiative Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is championing a U.S.-led global effort to thwart HIV/AIDS, even as the Obama administration pursues trade policies that critics warn will curtail access to life-saving drugs.
GQ The hunt for Long Island’s serial killer Another man with his own theories about the killer is three hours’ drive up the coast from New York. Dr Jack Levin sits in his cluttered office, preparing for a lecture he’s giving tomorÂrow to his criminology students.
The Boston Herald Diners eat cost of inflation Shoppers are feeling the pinch of higher food prices at the supermarket, and most consumers are convinced they will be shelling out even more cash for groceries next year.
Latino students get lift toward college It was September and the 17-year-old at East Boston High School was entering her junior year. It would be a pivotal time in her education, her counselors told her, a yardstick for college entrance.
Heating oil, diesel and gasoline make a toxic mix Oil prices back above $100 a barrel, rising U.S. exports and falling stocks of distillates, and growing demand for both heating oil and diesel may prove to be a toxic mix for energy consumers this winter.
CBS Money Watch Occupy Wall Street “Day of Action” hurts the 99 percent As I walked into the CBS Broadcast Center at 5:00am this morning, I passed a group of Occupy Wall Street protestors, as they were about to start their “Day of Action.” I hollered over and said, ‘What’s your mission today?’ and the response was the same mantra that the group has been espousing for weeks: […]
The Right Study Abroad Program Can Prepare Students for the Global Marketplace Study abroad is on the rise again with 4% more American students studying abroad than last year.