Enlarge Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images A home for sale in Los Angeles last month. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images A home for sale in Los Angeles last month. Home prices rose in July from June by 1.5 percent in its 10-city index and 1.6 percent in the 20 major cities where it tracks changes, the latest SP/Case-Shiller Home […]
Enlarge Mandel Ngan /AFP/Getty Images One former president, one would-be: Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney (left), spoke this morning at former President Bill Clinton’s annual forum in New York City. President Obama addresses the Clinton Global Initiative later today. Mandel Ngan /AFP/Getty Images One former president, one would-be: Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney (left), spoke
Enlarge John Moore/Getty Images President Obama at the U.N. General Assembly this morning. John Moore/Getty Images President Obama at the U.N. General Assembly this morning. Using the example set by the life of slain U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens, President Obama this morning told delegates to the United Nations that the diplomat’s killers will
Enlarge AFP/AFP/Getty Images A Google logo is seen through windows of Moscone Center in San Francisco during Google’s annual developer conference, Google I/O, in June. Google is one of several major tech companies known for the “acqui-hire.” AFP/AFP/Getty Images A Google logo is seen through windows of Moscone Center in San Francisco during Google’s annual
First of a two-part series Spend time watching TV in Colorado Springs, Colo., and you’ll feel as though Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are King Kong and Godzilla, planted at the foot of the Front Range mountains for an epic fight that still has seven weeks to go. This city is home to fewer than
Courtesy of KwaZulu-Natal Children’s Hospital The Durban Children’s hospital opened in 1931, as a facility for all races, but tensions during the apartheid era forced it to close in the 1980s. A large children’s hospital in Durban, South Africa, is being rebuilt two decades after it closed owing to apartheid. It opened in 1931 as
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Trader Joe’s voluntarily recalled its Creamy Valencia Peanut Butter because of its possible link to salmonella. The grocery store chain Trader Joe’s is voluntarily recalling peanut butter that has been linked to 29 salmonella illnesses in 18 states. The Food and Drug Administration and the federal Centers for Disease Control
Enlarge Ali Ali/EPA/Landov A Palestinian family rides on a donkey cart along a waste dump in Al-Nusirat, central Gaza Strip, in February. Living conditions continue to deteriorate for the 1.8 million Palestinians who reside in Gaza. Ali Ali/EPA/Landov A Palestinian family rides on a donkey cart along a waste dump in Al-Nusirat, central Gaza Strip,
Enlarge Dan Carsen/WBHM First-grade teacher Euginia Miller reads to her class at Avondale Elementary School in Birmingham, Ala. In this crucible of the civil rights movement, the city’s schools are being reintegrated, as a handful of middle-class parents ignore the school district’s poor reputation and enroll their kids in the city’s public schools. Dan Carsen/WBHM
A plane carrying Ann Romney, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s wife, made an emergency landing Friday afternoon after smoke filled the cabin. No injuries were reported. An apparent electrical fire forced the detour on the flight from Omaha, Nebraska, to Los Angeles, campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul said. The candidate and his wife spoke immediately after
Enlarge NPR A screengrab shows three highly funded Design projects currently on Kickstarter’s site. The company’s founder say they will require more information about the challenges potential entrepreneurs could face. NPR A screengrab shows three highly funded Design projects currently on Kickstarter’s site. The company’s founder say they will require more information about the challenges
Enlarge Julie Jacobson/AP Mitt Romney waves to supporters as he arrives at a rally Friday in Las Vegas. Julie Jacobson/AP Mitt Romney waves to supporters as he arrives at a rally Friday in Las Vegas. Mitt Romney’s Friday release of his 2011 tax return puts that issue back in the headlines just when it had