US, Arab League Face Russian Opposition on Syria With Gulf-state observers leaving the Arab League mission in Syria, Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem accuses the league of paving the way for foreign military intervention with its call for President...
First Lady Announces Healthier US School Meals With rates of childhood obesity and hunger on the rise nationwide, the U.S. government has announced new rules for healthier school meals. First Lady Michelle Obama announced new Department of Agricultur...
After President's Departure, Yemen Braces for Transition of Leadership Inspired by protests across the Arab world, demonstrators in Yemen took to the streets to demand the ouster of President Saleh, who has ruled the country with an iron hand for mor...
ILO: World Needs 600 Million Jobs Within 10 Years The International Labor Organization says the world faces an urgent challenge of creating 600 million productive jobs over the next decade. It says those jobs are needed to generate sustainable growth...
US Representative Giffords Resigns Year After Arizona Shooting House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a Republican from Virginia, recalled the shooting rampage on January 8 last year, saying the country will never forget those who lost their lives. A lit...
Online Textbooks Update Student Learning History teacher Luke Rosa wheels his cart filled with laptops into a classroom at Falls Church High School in Virginia. He asks his students to look to Chapter 6, Section 1, on Jacksonian America. Rather than...
Christian McBride Releases Album of Jazz 'Conversations' With more and more musicians jumping on the duets bandwagon, Christian McBride decided it was time to have a conversation with some of his closest friends and collaborators. Soon, he lined up m...
Slavery Saga Lives On in Connecticut In 1839, African slaves bound for a Cuban sugar plantation escaped their shackles. They killed the captain and cook aboard the schooner Amistad and ordered their two slavemasters to sail to Africa. Instead, the sl...
Study: Ocean Acidity Exceeds Natural Norms New research suggests an overload of carbon dioxide in the oceans is posing a serious threat to marine life, food security and tourism. While most CO2 emissions from automobiles, buildings and factories go i...
Children's Asthma Not Eased by Anti-Reflux Drug Seventeen-year-old Alaina Kvapil was diagnosed with asthma when she was 13. When you have an asthma attack, your airways actually close up and people dont realize that you cant breathe, you cant get the...
Tahrir Square Packed as Egyptians Mark Uprising For many, being on Tahrir Square once again has brought the memories of last year's revolution flooding back. Doctor and former protester Rabie el Khouly brought his wife and children. My family as a wh...
'Hugo' Leads Oscar Race With 11 Nominations Martin Scorsese's 3D adventure movie Hugo, a fantasy tribute to French film pioneer George Melies, leads the list with 11 nominations, including one for Best Director, numerous technical categories and the...
Aquaponics Could Signal Future of Food Imagine growing vegetables and fish in the same space. Thats the idea behind aquaponics, a marriage of fish farming and soil-less plant cultivation in a single, sustainable closed system. Supporters believe aqua...
Iran Threat to Close Strait Could Hurt Economic Recovery Nearly one-fifth of the world's traded oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz, much of it destined for Asian and European nations. Lucian Pugliaresi at the Energy Policy Research Foundation sa...
'Rin Tin Tin' Recounts Dog's Rise to Stardom Susan Orlean, author of Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend, has vivid memories of the German Shepherd from her 1950s childhood, when the animal performed daring rescues on a television series. But as she...
