i i hide captionAn employee stands at the Microsoft booth during the 2013 Computex in Taipei on June 4, 2013. Mandy Cheng/AFP/Getty Images An employee stands at the Microsoft booth during the 2013 Computex in Taipei on June 4, 2013. Mandy Cheng/AFP/Getty Images Facebook, Microsoft, Google and LinkedIn released updated details on the number of […]
i i hide captionNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie leaves the Fort Lee, N.J., City Hall on Jan. 9. Louis Lanzano/AP New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie leaves the Fort Lee, N.J., City Hall on Jan. 9. Louis Lanzano/AP First there were revelations — and an apology from the New Jersey governor — that his aides had
Abortions in the U.S. resumed their downward trend between 2008 and 2011, according to a new study. But its authors say the recent surge of state laws intended to restrict the procedure is likely not the reason. Both the abortion rate and the number of abortions (just under 1.1 million) fell 13 percent, according to
i i hide captionPresident Barack Obama looks at a crank shaft as he tours General Electric’s Waukesha Gas Engines facility on Thursday in Waukesha, Wis. as part of a four-stop tour he is making to expand on themes from his State of the Union address, including the economy. AP President Barack Obama looks at a
Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead on Sunday in his Manhattan apartment. He was 46. Hoffman was steeped in his profession — in film, on stage, in the spotlight and behind the scenes. In 2005, he won the Oscar for best actor for his portrayal of Truman Capote. The movie focuses on Capote’s interviews
i i Matt Thompson A few years ago, a woman named Elaine Dove tried an experiment on Craigslist. She created three ads, each with a different treatment of her racial and cultural background: “The first described me accurately: gothic, Asian-American, alternative, artistic, inquisitive, intelligent, adventurous. The second made no mention of my race at all.
i i hide captionIndonesian villagers flee as Mt. Sinabung spews volcanic materials in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on Saturday. Chairaly/EPA/Landov Indonesian villagers flee as Mt. Sinabung spews volcanic materials in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on Saturday. Chairaly/EPA/Landov An Indonesian volcano that had been rumbling for months finally unleashed a deadly cloud of poisonous gas and
i i hide captionAmanda Knox waits on the set of ABC’s Good Morning America on Friday in New York. Knox said she will fight the reinstated guilty verdict against her and an ex-boyfriend in the 2007 slaying of a British roommate in Italy and vowed to “never go willingly” to face her fate in that
Just days after President Obama delivered his State of the Union, National Congress of American Indians President Brian Cladoosby gave the annual State of Indian Nations address. Host Michel Martin speaks to Cladoosby about the issues facing Indian country this year. Article source: http://www.npr.org/2014/01/31/269442417/indian-country-sets-priorities-with-state-of-nations-address?ft=1&f=1001
hide captionThe path of destruction can be clearly seen at this farm in northern Italy, where a boulder broke loose from a mountain and rolled down and through a barn. Fortunately, no one was hurt. Markus Hell/Tareom.com/AP First things first: No one was hurt. Now, with that out of the way, we have to confess
The Super Bowl is upon us! From the commercials, to counting how many times Peyton Manning yells “Omaha,” the Barbershop guys share what they’re looking forward to the most. Article source: http://www.npr.org/2014/01/31/269442430/the-super-bowl-looking-forward-to-the-spectacle?ft=1&f=1001
i i hide captionMichael Schumacher in April 2012. Eugene Hoshiko/AP Michael Schumacher in April 2012. Eugene Hoshiko/AP The sedation that put race car legend Michael Schumacher into a medically induced coma after he suffered a serious head injury while skiing in France last month is being gradually reduced “to allow the start of the waking