Poverty Has Hit Young Folks the Hardest This Recession
The poverty rate's jumped to 22 percent for U.S. minors, while staying only 9 percent for seniors
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The Massachusetts Senate candidate is both the Republican Party's hope of the moment and supremely disadvantaged against his opponent. This has made him something of a novel figure among his party's national leaders ahead of Tuesday's special election. Like so.
The poverty rate's jumped to 22 percent for U.S. minors, while staying only 9 percent for seniors
The right's response to record-high U.S. poverty rates
Plus: people trust the Food and Drug Administration too much
The campaign treasurer accused of embezzling millions didn't run into problems with the feds
The agency wants to "make sure we are doing the right thing"
In a largely Orthodox Jewish district, Democratic stance on Israel is key
The family of a victim with a misspelled name seems understandably upset
That's 74 million more viewers than Oprah's cable network
Plus: Colleges brace for rejection from U.S. News rankings
Plus: what a Super-Earth looks like
From what we know so far, Jackie definitely loved her husband, definitely disliked Charles de Gaulle
From packages to plane restroom visits, "suspicious" was the word of the weekend
"You ever see me walking down the hall, look the other way. You're a hater and you're unattractive inside."
A Paul Krugman blog post appears to have been the final straw
Cartoonist Nick Anderson on 9/11 first responders
This is probably not the club you meant to join
After Lee, towns in Pennsylvania question previous efforts to control rivers
The latest blockbuster military strike by Taliban fighters in a restive province
The view from the VIP tent, as mourners famous and obscure mark the 10th anniversary
Everyone seems to agree that Bill Clinton's was the best one
From New York to Paris to Moscow to Kabul, 9/11 memorials struck a somber tone
Some who support Obama's direction wish he'd go further in easing loans
Some progress in fighting major wildfires, but residents' patience is thin
New York and D.C. police on alert as Sunday's memorial approaches
The many ways those born on 9/11 approach celebrating their special day
He's topped Bush's last 28 months in office by about 200,000
Plus: 'Supercomputer predicts revolution' isn't as foreboding as it sounds
An investigation into just who declared irony dead in the wake of 9/11/2001.
The only way to confirm them is if they actually happen
Utility says a worker messed up, but can't explain why so many were affected
The threat is of potential car bombings in New York or D.C.
Reactions to a juror's tale of acquitting two cops of rape range from enthralled to creeped out
Plus: a for-profit college offers employers $2,000 to hire their graduates
Also in today's research round-up: doctors get paid a lot
Does that help explain why women are earning more degrees than men?
The most powerful predictor of mistrusting Muslims: trusting Fox News
As city hall tries to regulate nudity, the city itself curbs most would-be naturists
There have been a series of attempts to gauge the tragedy's monetary cost
New York's governor is urging residents to abide by evacuation orders
The guest lecturers' visit was a secret and the professor didn't know when they'd show
A millions of years old transitional fossil was just discovered
The FBI serves a search warrant to Solyndra on behalf of the Department of Energy
The New York Times critic has reportedly been tapped for a job shift
A new survey shows meth-use has plunged by about half in the last few years
Texas's wind-fueled wildfire remains only 30 percent contained
That doesn't mean the country won't be prepared
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