i i hide captionThe honey-glazed doughscuit is a combination of “doughnut,” “biscuit,” and “life-changing.” NPR The honey-glazed doughscuit is a combination of “doughnut,” “biscuit,” and “life-changing.” NPR I first met the doughscuit at last weekend’s Donut Fest in Chicago, where 15 doughnut-makers get together to try and kill you, for charity. They serve 1/4 portions […]
i i hide captionFedEx employees sorted through mounds of packages in December at one of the company’s facilities in Miami. Consumer spending helped fuel the economy in the third quarter. Gross domestic product grew at a 3.2 percent annual rate (a figure that adjusts for holiday spending to show the “real” growth). Joe Raedle/Getty Images
i i hide captionAn armed man waves his arms as buildings and cars are engulfed in flames after being set on fire inside the U.S. Consulate compound in Benghazi late on Sept. 11, 2012. AFP/Getty Images An armed man waves his arms as buildings and cars are engulfed in flames after being set on fire
i i hide captionThe TV series Downton Abbey has dealt with the issue of inheritance that allows British hereditary peers to pass down titles and estates to male relatives, but not female ones. Parliament is now considering a change to that law. Nick Briggs/AP/PBS The TV series Downton Abbey has dealt with the issue of
i i hide captionThe world’s first Bitcoin ATM opened at a Canadian coffee shop in Vancouver last year. But, Bitcoin use is far from mainstream at the moment. David Ryder/Getty Images The world’s first Bitcoin ATM opened at a Canadian coffee shop in Vancouver last year. But, Bitcoin use is far from mainstream at the
i i hide captionYankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez in September of 2013 in Baltimore, Maryland. Patrick Smith/Getty Images Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez in September of 2013 in Baltimore, Maryland. Patrick Smith/Getty Images As part of baseball star Alex Rodriguez’s lawsuit against Major League Baseball and the players union, a federal judge ordered the release
i i hide captionU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, second right, stands with Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, left, Minister of International Relations Yuval Steinitz, second left, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, and Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni at Netanyahu’s office on May 23, 2013, in Jerusalem. Uriel Sinai/UPI /Landov U.S. Secretary of State
Shots fired at a middle school in Roswell, N.M., on Tuesday injured at least two children, according to local news reports. The suspected shooter is said to be in custody. New Mexico’s KOB-TV says that “a 14-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl have been airlifted to a Texas hospital in critical condition … according to a
i i hide captionThree bourbon whiskeys. Rick Wilking /Reuters /Landov Three bourbon whiskeys. Rick Wilking /Reuters /Landov A piece of legendary Americana will now be owned by a Japanese firm. Beam Inc., the maker of the bourbons Jim Beam and Maker’s Mark, will be sold to Japan’s Suntory in a deal the companies say is
The high court declined the state’s request to review a lower court ruling that struck down its ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. That effectively blocks the law permanently, since the appeals court found it unconstitutional. Article source: http://www.npr.org/2014/01/13/262092155/supreme-court-declines-to-consider-arizona-abortion-law?ft=1&f=1001
i i hide captionNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, center, in one of the “Stronger Than The Storm” ads aimed at bringing tourists back to his state after Hurricane Sandy. StrongerThanTheStorm YouTube channel New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, center, in one of the “Stronger Than The Storm” ads aimed at bringing tourists back to his state
i i hide captionPrisoners build an organic vegetable garden in the prison yard of the medium security unit at San Quentin State Prison in December. Kirk Crippens/ Insight Garden Program Prisoners build an organic vegetable garden in the prison yard of the medium security unit at San Quentin State Prison in December. Kirk Crippens/ Insight