Top choices for a second career
If you've ever considered changing jobs, here are 10 promising professions with bright prospects. Pays at least $40K
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Saturday, September 5, 2009
Scams tourists often fall for
Scams tourists often fall for
Next time you're on vacation watch out for these five sneaky scams aimed at tourists.
America's most hated bird
America's most hated bird
Called "flying bullets" by one wildlife expert, they arrived in the U.S. with Shakespeare's help.
Unexpected smell of space
Unexpected smell of space
Rookie astronaut Kevin Ford says space has a smell — and he'll never forget it.
Great moments in cable news
This is a thing of beauty.
John Harwood on MSNBC actually calls the people responsible for the histrionics over Obama's school speech stupid. It's so refreshing to hear the truth for a change, especially on cable!!!
Maybe there is hope for the truth to return to the media after all.
Warmer climate could make succulent meat a memory
Warmer climate could make succulent meat a memory
Pork chops will become soggier and paler as the world warms, say veterinary scientists, and steaks could become blander, leaner and darker
Keith does it again
Keith Olbermann corrects and deconstructs more of Glenn Beck's observations regarding Rockefeller Center.
The Health Care Debate is Deranged
Bill Moyers addressed the health care debate, and more, on Friday's Bill Moyers Journal.
He pulled no punches, and called the health care debate "deranged," and said that "red, white, and blue kooks are as American as apple pie."
He pulled no punches, and called the health care debate "deranged," and said that "red, white, and blue kooks are as American as apple pie."
The Great Jobs Question: What if they don't come back?
The implications of prolonged high unemployment—should it materialize—haven't been fully explored. People who don't have jobs don't acquire skills. Young college graduates are already having trouble getting work. High unemployment could depress wage gains for years. It could foster protectionism and long-term poverty. "In a tight economy like the late 1990s, firms are more willing to take chances on more disadvantaged workers," says Harvard economist Larry Katz. EPI's Lawrence Mishel thinks the effects on low-income families would be devastating; the child poverty rate could jump from 18 percent in 2007 to 27 percent.
Great white sharks tagged for 1st time
Massachusetts officials are using high-tech tags to track the movements of two great white sharks near Cape Cod - the first time the fearsome fish have ever been tagged in the Atlantic Ocean.
Great white sharks tagged for 1st time
Great white sharks tagged for 1st time
One big reason to love your computer
One big reason to love your computer
A museum revives Britain's oldest (and perhaps slowest) functioning computer.
Obama expands retirement system
Obama expands retirement system
Among the plans is an option to receive a federal tax rebate as a savings bond.
10 hip outfits from one dress
10 hip outfits from one dress
With these tips you can transform one little black dress into multiple stylish outfits.
Labor Day's odd fashion rule
Doctors' surprising list to stay healthy
Doctors' surprising list to stay healthy
Many of the things doctors say to do to stay healthy don't involve food or pills.
The 'Letterman' of a lifetime
The 'Letterman' of a lifetime
A comedian dying of cancer finally achieves his lifetime goal: To appear on "Late Show."
Arabs moving into Jewish areas
Yousef Majlaton moved into the Jerusalem neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev for such comforts as proper running water and regular garbage pickup.
Holy city twist
Holy city twist
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