Test Results: Too Important To Wait For A Doctor’s Call

Diagnostic errors account for as much as 40 percent of medical malpractice claims. And communication lapses, including failing to pass along test results, make up a growing proportion of those claims, according to a recent study. The work, published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, shows that malpractice payouts due to communication [...]

Plot Driven: Alan Cheuse’s Top 5 Fiction Picks

This is always a promising season for readers. As leaves fall, good books pile up on your winter reading stack. But is my good your good? Most of the time when I read, I know almost immediately whether a book will represent only a pleasurable few days or something I’ll want to return to again [...]

American Airlines Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

American Airlines, one of the giants of the U.S. airline industry, just announced it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Saying it has begun the “legal process … to improve competitiveness,” AMR Corp., the airline’s parent, said in a statement that it is taking the step “to achieve a cost and debt structure that [...]

Adding Choice at the Ballot Box

Oklahomans heading to vote usually have just two political parties to choose from: Democrats or Republicans.

Mitt Romney’s Evolution On Abortion

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has been labeled a flip-flopper. And when it comes to abortion, the former governor of Massachusetts appears to have changed his position from being in favor of abortion rights to being opposed. But now some people are asking if Romney ever supported abortion rights at all? Backers of abortion rights [...]

Gingrich Has Record Of Clashing With The Right

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich surprised viewers of last week’s Republican presidential debate with his take on illegal immigrants. “If you’ve been here 25 years and you’ve got three kids and two grandkids, you’ve been paying taxes and obeying the law, you belong to a local church, I don’t think we’re going to separate you [...]

Romney On Immigration: Sorting Through The Record

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has been unofficially running for president for the better part of five years, and in that time, he has been asked about immigration over and over again. Now some of his rivals are arguing that his answers to the question have been inconsistent. And it blew up last week at [...]

The Digital Breadcrumbs That Lead To Big Data

First of a two-part report What do Facebook, Groupon and biotech firm Human Genome Sciences have in common? They all rely on massive amounts of data to design their products. Terabytes and even zettabytes of information about consumers or about genetic sequences can be harnessed and crunched. The practice is called big data, and as [...]

Before Holidays, Congress Still Has Plenty To Do

The congressional to-do list for the month of December is long. The list includes things like agreeing on a way to keep the federal government funded past the middle of the month, making some routine and annual tax fixes, and deciding whether or not to continue the payroll tax holiday and extended benefits for the [...]

Drone Pilots: The Future Of Aerial Warfare

To understand how important remotely piloted aircraft are to the U.S. military, consider this: the U.S. Air Force says this year it will train more drone pilots than fighter and bomber pilots combined. And that’s changing the nature of aerial warfare — and the pilots who wage it. Steve, a lieutenant colonel, grew up wanting [...]