October 15, 2013 - 11:00pm
Many governments around the world have expressed outrage over the National Security Agency's use of the Internet as a spying platform. But the possible response may have an unforeseen consequence: it may actually lead to more online surveillance, according to Internet experts. Some governments, led most recently by Brazil, have...
October 15, 2013 - 11:00pm
Want to get cash for gold, buy furniture, find a tanning salon or rent an apartment? You could look those things up online, but if you just drive around, you probably won't have to go far before you see a person spinning a giant sign that will point you in...
October 15, 2013 - 7:01pm
That pink pile of pickled ginger that comes with your sushi is probably from China or Japan. And unless the slices are beige, chances are this garnish, next to the green wasabi, contains food coloring. So it's refreshing when you first see that cream-colored fresh "baby" ginger is naturally, yet...
October 15, 2013 - 6:11pm
Police in Florida have arrested and charged two girls, a 14-year-old and a 12-year-old, with aggravated stalking in the case of a girl who committed last month. Rebecca Sedwick, a 12-year-old seventh grader in Lakeland, jumped to her death from an abandoned silo after enduring bullying both online and face-to-face...
October 15, 2013 - 1:35pm
Day 15 of the government shutdown started with as much promise as any recently: There was a bipartisan proposal by Senate leaders to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling. But any hopes were quickly dashed when leaders of the Republican-controlled House said they would offer a competing proposal...
October 15, 2013 - 12:42pm
It's one of the oldest axioms in politics: voters always say they want to 'throw the bums out,' except when it comes to their own representative. That's why the re-election rate for House members is typically over 90 percent. Heading into the 2014 midterms, that longstanding rule still appears to...
October 15, 2013 - 12:35pm
Neither of them is over 35 years old. One of them played in ATP World Tour events just months ago; the other did so last year. But none of that will keep recently retired tennis players Andy Roddick, 31, and James Blake, 33, from joining a circuit of senior players...
October 15, 2013 - 12:29pm
This week NPR is debuting its newest t-shirt, and it's unlike any other we've had before. NPR teamed up with Threadless earlier this year and challenged designers all around the world to create the ultimate NPR t-shirt . More than 80,000 votes later, we have a winner, a new shirt...
October 15, 2013 - 12:26pm
Fitch Ratings, one of the big three credit ratings agency, issued a warning shot today , saying that while it affirmed the United States' AAA credit rating, it was placing it on "rating watch negative." In other words, it was placing its long-term credit rating under review for a potential...
October 15, 2013 - 12:04pm
The Supreme Court has agreed to review an Obama administration policy that requires new power plants and other big polluting facilities to apply for permits to emit greenhouse gases. To get these permits, which have been required since 2011, companies may have to use pollution controls or otherwise reduce greenhouse...
