Enlarge Becky Bohrer/AP In this Sept. 11, 2011, photo, clouds obscure a portion of Mount McKinley, in Denali National Park and Preserve. Becky Bohrer/AP In this Sept. 11, 2011, photo, clouds obscure a portion of Mount McKinley, in Denali National Park and Preserve. One member of a Japanese climbing team survived and four others are […]
Enlarge Susan Walsh/AP President Obama on Friday announced he was using his executive power to give some young illegal immigrants the right to stay longer in the United States. Susan Walsh/AP President Obama on Friday announced he was using his executive power to give some young illegal immigrants the right to stay longer in the
Enlarge Josh Berglund/via Wikimedia Commons An American Cancer Society Relay for Life event at the University of Texas-Dallas in 2006. The events are meant to “celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease,” according to the organization. Josh Berglund/via Wikimedia Commons An American Cancer
Who says disco is dead? Or that it can’t be used to explain complicated news events, like the debt crisis that threatens to disassemble Europe as we know it. A number of eurzone-themed songs are making their way up the monetary charts. Take, “The Euro Crisis Song,” a funky little number courtesy of The Guardian,
Andrew Villegas/KHN/iStockphoto.com Transporting reams of athletes’ medical information has become a major burden for the U.S. Olympic Committee, and is one reason it’s switching to electronic medical records. Team USA is used to racing with digital clocks. Now, it’s time for digital health records. The U.S. Olympic Committee is converting to electronic medical records this
The state of Oregon’s Supreme Court ruled today that “20,000 pages of so-called perversion files compiled by the Boy Scouts on suspected child abusers over a period of 20 years” must be opened to the public, The Associated Press reports. As our colleagues at Oregon Public Broadcasting have reported, the files “contain information about accusations
Enlarge iStockphoto.com The public really doesn’t know much about what food stamp recipients are buying, and how much companies are profiting. iStockphoto.com The public really doesn’t know much about what food stamp recipients are buying, and how much companies are profiting. Anthony Smukall’s shopping list might look similar to that of many American’s: Milk, eggs,
Enlarge Carrie Antlfinger/AP Dairy cows feed on a farm in Chilton, Wis., in May. The farm bill being considered by Congress contains a number of provisions affecting dairies, part of a massive package that could cost nearly $1 trillion over a decade. Carrie Antlfinger/AP Dairy cows feed on a farm in Chilton, Wis., in May.
Enlarge Ross D. Franklin/AP Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, left, celebrates with Ron Barber after he won Tuesday’s special election in Arizona to serve the remaining seven months of her term. Like Giffords, Barber is a Democrat. He’s also a former Giffords aide. Ross D. Franklin/AP Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, left, celebrates with Ron Barber after
Enlarge Marwan Ibrahim /AFP/Getty Images Smoke rises from the wreckage of a vehicle in Kirkuk, Iraq. A bomb in it exploded — one of a series of coordinated attacks today on Shiite Muslims across the country. Marwan Ibrahim /AFP/Getty Images Smoke rises from the wreckage of a vehicle in Kirkuk, Iraq. A bomb in it
Enlarge Christian Petersen/Getty Images Captain Dustin Brown of the Los Angeles Kings holds up the Stanley Cup after the Kings defeated the New Jersey Devils 6-1 to win the 2012 Stanley Cup Final at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Monday. Christian Petersen/Getty Images Captain Dustin Brown of the Los Angeles Kings holds up
Settling a notorious 1980 case that split the nation and led to a mistaken murder conviction, an Australian coroner ruled Tuesday that a dingo took a baby from a campsite in the Outback, just as her mother said from the beginning. The eyes of Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton and her ex-husband, Michael Chamberlain, welled with tears as