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| China's Air Pollution: Is The Government Willing To Act?
There is some political willingness, but because China is highly decentralized politically the Communist Party has only limited influence over provincial governments and how they regulate their dirty factories. The powerful state-owned oil companies have also resisted pressure to produce cleaner-burning fuel. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More » Can This Man Bring Silicon Valley To Yangon?
A Stanford MBA who used to work for Google returned to Myanmar to be an Internet entrepreneur. But it's tough to start an Internet company in a country where the power goes out every day. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »Military Moms: A Bond Borne From Shared Loss
Bridge Collapses In Wash. State; People, Cars In Water
TAn unknown number of people and vehicles are in the Skagit River, and rescue crews are looking for them. The bridge collapsed at 7 p.m., but the reason is unclear. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »Jury Deadlocks On Jodi Arias Sentencing
The jury that convicted her of first-degree murder earlier this month in the brutal killing of her ex-boyfriend were unable to decide whether to give the death penalty. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »Evolution Saves Cockroaches From Taking The Bait
A new study unravels the mystery of a peculiar transformation: sometime in the 1990s, the insects developed a sudden aversion to sweet-tasting poisons. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »Srinivasan's Confirmation First For D.C. Circuit In 7 Years
The partisan war over judicial nominees has accelerated in recent years. It took nearly a year to win Senate confirmation for Sri Srinivasan to the important federal appeals court for the District of Columbia, though he had no formal opposition. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »Boy Scouts Vote To Admit Openly Gay Members
Head Of IRS Tax-Exempt Division Reportedly Placed On Leave
Lois Lerner has been at the center of a scandal over the tax agency's targeting of conservative groups. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »Alabama Republican Jo Bonner Says He's Leaving Congress
The congressman says he will step down in August to take a senior position at the University of Alabama. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »The Weight Of A Med Student's Subconscious Bias
A test of third-year medical students in North Carolina revealed biases against the obese. The author of the study says these thoughts, often subconscious, could affect how doctors treat their patients and whether those patients trust them. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »Black Caucus Leader: We Disagree With Presidents, Even Obama
Rep. Marcia Fudge, the head of the Congressional Black Caucus, says any immigration overhaul significantly boosting the numbers of highly skilled immigrants could negatively affect African-Americans with similar skills. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »Justice Sotomayor Takes Swing At Famed Baseball Case
The Supreme Court justice and noted Yankees fan showed her baseball acumen Wednesday while presiding over a re-enactment of the 1972 case that challenged the sport's antitrust exemption. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »Breaking Down Obama's New Blueprint For Fighting Terrorism
Why You Have To Scratch That Itch
Itch can be a useful warning sign, or a maddening symptom with no cure. But the origins of itch have long been a mystery.Scientists think they've come closer to understanding the origins of itch in a molecule that makes mice scratch like mad. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »China's Air Pollution: Is The Government Willing To Act?
There is some political willingness, but because China is highly decentralized politically the Communist Party has only limited influence over provincial governments and how they regulate their dirty factories. The powerful state-owned oil companies have also resisted pressure to produce cleaner-burning fuel. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »Can This Man Bring Silicon Valley To Yangon?
A Stanford MBA who used to work for Google returned to Myanmar to be an Internet entrepreneur. But it's tough to start an Internet company in a country where the power goes out every day. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »Why You Have To Scratch That Itch
Itch can be a useful warning sign, or a maddening symptom with no cure. But the origins of itch have long been a mystery.Scientists think they've come closer to understanding the origins of itch in a molecule that makes mice scratch like mad. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »'White Flash And Cold Water' After Bridge Collapse In Wash.
After a truck carrying a heavy load struck the side of a bridge that carries Interstate-5 over the Skagit River north of Seattle, the roadway collapsed. Miraculously, no one was killed. Dan Sligh and his wife were in a pickup. "You just hold on as tight as you can," he says of the fall they took. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »Book News: Judge's Comments Bruising To Apple's Price-Fixing Case
Also: Mary Karr on addiction and David Foster Wallace; Maria Semple calls Jonathan Franzen her "big daddy." » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »Tornado In Moore, Okla.: Friday's Developments
Residents can now get into their devastated neighborhoods without passing through police checkpoints. Meanwhile, there's word that insurance policies may cover less of the cost of damages than in past disasters. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »Community Surprised Okla. Tornado Death Toll Wasn't Higher
People in Oklahoma had been warned days in advance that the weather would be bad the day the tornado struck. Those warnings came from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center, which happens to be in Norman, a few miles from where the tornado hit on Monday. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »Assad Regime Agrees To Attend Peace Conference, Russia Says
Russia and the U.S. have been trying to set up talks aimed at ending more than two years of brutal fighting in Syria. What's still unclear, however, is who would speak for the opponents of President Bashar Assad's regime. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »Developing: Explosion, Gunfire In Kabul
Witnesses say the blast happened in the late afternoon and that the sound of shots followed. There's no word yet on casualties. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »British Soldier Hacked To Death Was 'Our Hero,' Family Says
As Lee Rigby's family struggles with grief, they're speaking about the young man's love of life. He was killed Wednesday. Witnesses heard — and recorded — the attackers saying that they were angry about the deaths of Muslims during the wars in Iran and Afghanistan. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »James Joyce Coin-troversy Reportedly Could Have Been Averted
Irish banking officials should have known there were problems with the controversial 10-euro coin commemorating James Joyce, according to Ireland's RTE News. The coin misquotes the author's Ulysses, and bears an image of Joyce that his estate did not approve. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »2 Men Arrested After Pakistani Jet Is Diverted Over U.K.
Something happened aboard the flight from Lahore, Pakistan, to Manchester, England. Royal Air Force fighters were scrambled and the plane was ordered to land at an airport in Essex. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »Why Former Gitmo Chief Left In Protest
President Obama is once again calling for the prison at Guantanamo Bay to be shut down, even though new polls suggest most Americans want it to stay open. But the chorus of critics has gained one surprising member: former Guantanamo Chief Prosecutor Morris Davis. Host Michel Martin talks with Davis about why he now feels the facility should be closed. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »Health Insurance At 'Good Prices' Coming To Calif. Exchange
It's the first disclosure of prices in the nation's most populous state for individual health insurance that complies with the Affordable Care Act, and the menu of affordable options surprised some consumer advocates and analysts who had been expecting premiums to be much higher. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »Amphibians' Population Decline Marked In New U.S. Study
Populations of frogs, salamanders, and other amphibians are declining at an average rate of 3.7 percent each year, according to a U.S. Geological Survey study released this week. Researchers say the study is the first to calculate how quickly amphibians are disappearing in the United States. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »There's No Place For Sex Assaults In Military, Obama Says
"Those who commit sexual assaults are not only committing a crime, they threaten the trust and discipline that make our military strong," he said in his Naval Academy commencement address. Obama challenged graduates to follow "that inner compass that guides you not when the path is easy and obvious, but when it's hard and uncertain." » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »News Corp. Board Approves Company Split
The plan, first announced last year, would break up the company's publishing and entertainment arms and satisfy investors who are put off by the slow growth of its newspapers. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »New Jersey Shore Is Ready For Visitors, Gov. Christie Says
Hurricane Sandy devastated the state's coast last fall. But along 80 percent of New Jersey's shore this summer, "you won't notice any difference," says Gov. Chris Christie. He wants tourists to know that. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »The Great Charcoal Debate: Briquettes Vs. Lumps?
Does the kind of charcoal you use really make a difference when it comes time to grilling up a tasty steak or other meat on the grill? Yes — but it depends on what you're after. Both briquettes and lump charcoal — a.ka. "natural" hardwood charcoal — have their advantages and disadvantages. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More »Google Reportedly Faces FTC Antitrust Probe Over Display Ads
The Federal Trade Commission is in the early stages of opening an antitrust probe into how Google runs its online display advertising business, according to a report by Bloomberg News, citing sources who want to remain anonymous because the FTC has not announced the probe. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Read More » | ||||||||
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