Finally, a little good news concerning the nation’s rising obesity rates: rates among children in some cities and states are starting to drop.
Why Yesterday’s Fed Announcement Is a Big Deal
The Federal Reserve is a famously inscrutable institution.
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The War of 1812: Setting the Course for a Superpower
We think of the War of 1812 as one of the nation’s lesser wars (2,260 U.S. KIA), perhaps on par – in our collective memory, at least – with the Spanish-American (385) and Mexican-American (1,733) conflicts. But in this, the …
Paraphrased Quote on Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial to Be Removed
The U.S. Department of the Interior has decided to eliminate the controversial paraphrased quotation engraved on the north side of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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Election Set to Boost Japan’s Military — Honestly
TOKYO – A stronger military, a more assertive foreign policy and a bunch of new headaches for everybody – that’s what’s likely to come out of this weekend’s elections in Japan. Oh, and maybe a little more honesty about …
Guess Where Banks Are Sticking Their Fine Print Now?
When I lived in a studio apartment with no closets after college, I got really good at finding inventive ways to stash unsightly stuff like drain cleaner and dirty laundry out of sight.
National Guard
An anonymous soldier, known but to G — oops, the the photographer — stands guard during a meeting of U.S., allied and Afghan officials in Farah province Dec. 3.
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Advanced Obsolescence
$185,000
— How much extra pay a reserve soldier collected from May 2009 to May 2011 because the Army’s bookkeeping remains so lax, according to a new Government Accountability Office report. “Effective review of the [Unit Commander Finance Reports] could have determined that this soldier, who had left active duty, was continuing to receive active duty pay,” it says. The Army is trying to collect some $50 million in such overpayments.
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Pondering North Korea’s Endgame
Kim Jong-un has launched his North Korean missile, and perhaps a satellite of some kind atop it, skyward and potentially into orbit. The world writhes in rhetorical agony and, surprisingly China, North Korea‘s prime sponsor, …
Childhood Obesity Rates Drop Slightly In Some Cities: What Are They Doing Right?
Finally, a little good news concerning the nation’s rising obesity rates: rates among children in some cities and states are starting to drop.
Drivers May Get Special Christmas Present: $3 Gas
“Cheaper gas prices” probably wasn’t tops on many holiday wish lists.
Reading Between the Lines of the Bountygate Ruling
The “final” Bountygate decision, from former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, offered each side a win.