Of the myriad indicators that the economic recovery touted by so many politicians and officials is a mixed bag -- from lingering unemployment to scores of new people seeking jobless benefits -- add a bit ...
Friday, 13 August 2010
President Barack Obama told Elena Kagan, the third woman justice to be placed on the U.S. Supreme Court, to "go ahead and soak" in the applause she received in a celebratory reception ceremony. "I'm not ...
Friday, 06 August 2010
As many as 500 people may have attended Chelsea Clinton's wedding to Marc Mezvinsky, an investment banker, on Saturday at the Beaux-Arts mansion, a 50-acre estate that more than a century ago was home ...
Sunday, 01 August 2010
Does China really need Google? That question has been asked in recent weeks and the answer, at least for some, appears to be "Not really." China, after all, has its own search engine -- Baidu. And the ...
Thursday, 22 July 2010
During an intensive round of questioning by the Senate last week, it seemed no matter what Elena Kagan said, conservatives pegged President Barack Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court as a closet progressive. ...
Monday, 05 July 2010
There is no doubt that international football is growing in popularity in the United States. Not only is soccer wildly popular on the recreational level (perhaps owing to the fact that so little equipment ...
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
Friday, 11 June 2010
If you're still trying to decide whether to see the "Sex and the City 2" film, the one where Carrie, Miranda, Samantha, and Charlotte are decked out in heavy makeup and chic clothes somewhere in a Middle ...
Thursday, 10 June 2010
Last week, an international investigation concluded that the Cheonan, a South Korean patrol ship, had been sunk by a torpedo, likely from a North Korean submarine, solving a two-month-old mystery ...
Tuesday, 01 June 2010
Richard Blumenthal, the Connecticut attorney general running for U.S. Senate, has had a rough 10 days since The New York Times reported on his odd public references about his Vietnam-era service with ...
Thursday, 27 May 2010
From news host Campbell Brown's decision to quit her own show on CNN to the short-lived revival of "Scrubs," a long list of shows are about to head into the dustbin of American television history. Perhaps ...
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
First came Arizona's controversial law allowing officers to stop and detain suspicious-looking people who don't have paperwork proving that they are in the United States legally. Now the state's Republican ...
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
As the crisis of oil spilling from the site of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion entered its third week, BP's chief oil executive, among others, were hauled before a U.S. Senate panel today to begin ...
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
With the hangover of last week's volatile trading still present, Mary Schapiro, the chairwoman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, proposed a fix that could prevent such financial turmoil at ...
Monday, 10 May 2010
As police in riot gear quelled protesters in Greece and elections were underway in Britain -- two uncertain European economies -- the Dow Jones Industrial stock market in the United States plunged more ...
Thursday, 06 May 2010
If things weren't already bad enough for all those weary travelers stranded earlier this month when a massive cloud of volcanic ash billowed into the air above Iceland, grounding their flights and leaving ...
Monday, 26 April 2010
Friday, 16 April 2010
If you can get beyond politics for a minute and look at President Barack Obama --the man -- you've got to admit he seems rather confident and happy lately. It's not easy to put a finger on it, but you ...
Monday, 05 April 2010
Friday, 26 March 2010
Earlier this month, writer/blogger Jennifer Mendelsohn reported for The New York Times on an emerging trend: the rise of the professional mommy blogger. She highlighted a Bloggy Boot Camp tour ...
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
