Iranian President Says Oil Embargo Won’t Hurt Faced with diminished demand for Iranian oil because of economic sanctions, Iranâs president proclaimed defiantly on Tuesday that the country had such plentiful reserves of money that it could survive for years without exporting any oil.
PBS NewsHour ‘We Want His Head Sideways’: Metaphor vs. Malice on NFL Sidelines The NFL’s so-called bounty scandal deepened Thursday when audio surfaced of a former New Orleans Saints coach encouraging players to injure specific opponents during a playoff game. Jeffrey Brown discusses the latest revelations and the fallout with The Washington Post’s Mike Wise and Northeastern University’s Dan Lebowitz.
Neiman Journalism Lab Dan Kennedy: 2012 will bring ‘the great retrenchment’ among newspaper publishers Following years of retreat in the face of shrinking readership, mounting financial losses, and a rising chorus of digital visionaries telling them they’re doing it all wrong, 2012 will be a year of retrenchment for newspaper publishers.
Fox Sports St. Louis deals with departure of baseball icon After the negotiations, questions about an icon’s worth and fallout from Albert Pujols’ decision - after news broke Thursday morning that he chose to leave the only franchise he has known since he made his major-league debut in 2001 - this Midwestern city faced the start of a new era.
Candidates Sink Or Swim In Numerous Debates There’s nearly a year to go till the 2012 Presidential election and already the Republican field has faced off for at least ten debates since May. That intense schedule has helped boost the campaigns of more polished candidates, while sinking the public perception of those who stumble.
If You’re Happy and You Know It, Must I Know, Too? MARY LOU DiNARDO checked three times to make sure: was that a smiley face at the end of the latest e-mail from her most dour client?
Northeastern develops high-tech homeland security devices This is the place where computer software will turn faces into remote controls used to fly helicopters.
News Tonight Humans Are Exquisitely Sensitive To Context, Says a Psychologist A psychologist of Northeastern University and Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard School of Medicine, Lisa Feldman Barrett, notified: “Humans are exquisitely sensitive to context, and that can vary dramatically shape what is seen in a face”.
Employers are liking – and hiring - social media workers Corporate America is on a hiring binge for people to manage a company’s presence on Facebook, Twitter and similar sites. Once given such titles as social media wizards, ninjas and divas, they take their jobs seriously and are gaining more respect.
Health Canal In Reading Facial Emotion, Context Is Everything In a close-up headshot, Serena Williams’ eyes are pressed tensely closed; her mouth is wide open, teeth bared. Her face looks enraged. Now zoom out: The tennis star is on the court, racket in hand, fist clenched in victory. She’s not angry.
Mass Live Sports helps Muslim athletes cope with fallout from 9/11 Led by pioneers such as Muhammad Ali and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Muslims athletes have helped introduce their faith to mainstream America. After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, sports again helped break down some of the barriers and that surfaced in the wake of the deadly hijackings.
Freeze Public Wages IN the face of this economic crisis, the federal government has all but declared unilateral disarmament. The Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, has vowed to keep real interest rates near zero, but even at that level few are borrowing. Over at the White House and on Capitol Hill, the pursuit of deficit reduction has […]