Studying How, And What, We Download
As we near the end of another year, the music industry has a few reasons to be optimistic. Digital music …
Calif. Affirms Death Penalty, Amends ‘Three Strikes’
Several thousand prisoners in California may be eligible to apply for sentence reductions, after voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative …
Conservatives Vow To Keep Pushing Abortion Limits
In an election that highlighted the political divide over abortion, female voters turned out to be a key to victory …
McDonald’s Has First Drop In Key Sales Figure Since 2003
Fast-food giant McDonald’s said today that revenue at its restaurants that have been open at least 13 months fell 1.8 …
Word To The Wise: Change Your Twitter Password
The news is spreading that Twitter is warning quite a few users that their accounts may have been compromised and …
Three More Stories That Help Explain Why Obama Won
NPR.org’s Scott Neuman wrote earlier about how “a mixture of demographics, superior organization and a few tactical missteps from Republicans” …
Going ‘Marbles’: From Manic Highs To Oceanic Lows
Marbles, cartoonist Ellen Forney’s excellent graphic memoir about being bipolar, opens with her in the middle of a 5 1/2-hour …
Nor’easter Adds Fear To Misery In N.Y. And N.J.
“Nine days after Hurricane Sandy transformed the state, destroying coastal defenses and shattering the power grid,” a Nor’easter has “heaped …
Texas Judge Who Beat His Daughter Is Reinstated To Bench
There was outrage across the nation last November when video of a 2004 beating that a local judge in Texas …
Jobless Claims Fell By 8,000 Last Week; Superstorm Sandy Might Be Factor
There were 355,000 first-time claims for unemployment insurance last week, down by 8,000 from the week before, the Employment and …
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