Putting the health care politicking in perspective: would Republicans be wise to back off the healthcare debate? | The International Criminal Court hands down first ruling in history to child-arming warlord Thomas Lubanga | New report claims Barclays met with the New York Fed about Libor as early as August 2007 | John Leguizamo: a 'Ghetto Klown' reflects | How to save your job from an impending robot workforce | Scranton, Pennsylvania, imposes minimum wage on all city employees | Reporter blows the whistle on inaction in the face of a Tuberculosis outbreak in Florida | Genetically modified mosquitoes might eliminate "the deadliest threat to the human race."
It's a slam-dunk in the House, but it's destined to die in the Senate. Would Republicans be wise to back off the healthcare debate?
On Tuesday the International Criminal Court handed down their first ruling in history. They sentenced Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga to 14 years in prison, six of which he has already served while in custody, for using child soldiers in his rebel army.
The Libor rigging scandal that started at Barclay's in London has landed, in its most recent episode, at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Reports that Barclay's met with the New York Fed about Libor in 2007 and 2008 implicate then-president Timothy Geithner. Nobody knows yet what those meetings were about, but the Treasury Secretary may now face grilling from some senators who want to know more.
Actor John Leguizamo is perhaps best known for his groundbreaking one-man shows. A new documentary traces John Leguizamo's career from Mambo Mouth, his first major break, through the development and performance of Ghetto Klown, his latest show.
The 18th century saw the threshing machine; now, it's the 3D printer and the self-driving car. Then, it was brute force; now, it's problem-solving skills and artificial intelligence. So how do we save our jobs from the impending robot workforce?
What would you do if your salary was reduced to that of a teenager working at McDonalds? To hundreds of public officials, this scenario has become a harsh reality.
In 2008 tuberculosis broke out in Florida. What's strangest isn't what happened before the outbreak. It's what happened after. Which is to say, nothing.
Up until now, our main ways of combating mosquitoes involved avoidance and swatting. But a British biotechnology company is trying something different: the genetic modification of mosquitoes themselves.
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