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Sacrificing Sleep Makes For Run-Down Teens — And Parents Getting enough sleep is as crucial as eating well and exercising. But with family life spinning faster and faster, solid shut-eye is sometimes hard to come by. That can hurt kids' health — and increase their weight. |
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Wild Bees Are Good For Crops, But Crops Are Bad For Bees When it comes to pollinating our favorite crops — from coffee to watermelon — honeybees can't do it alone. Wild bees in the field play a critical role in creating bumper crops, a massive new study reports. But these bees are disappearing, and scientists say the rise of crop monocultures is partly to blame. |
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Latina Sisters Aimed High, Defying Low Expectations Growing up in 1960s Nebraska, Linda Hernandez and her sister were among the few Latino students in town. When it was time to take the SAT, their guidance counselor told them not to bother. She told them that "all we would do is have babies," Linda says. |
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Whoa! Stanford Student Solves Rubik's Cube While Juggling   Without juggling, Ravi Fernando has solved a Rubik's Cube in 7.65 seconds. |
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Two For One: Groupon Replaces CEO Mason With Board Members Groupon co-founder Andrew Mason has been fired as the daily-deal company's CEO, one day after Groupon posted financial results that showed it lost $67.4 million during 2012. Board chairmen Eric Lefkofsky and Ted Leonsis will jointly fill the CEO post on an interim basis. |
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Christie's Post-Sandy Remarks About House GOP Behind Non-Invite To CPAC If New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was hoping for a return invite to the big CPAC convention this year, he probably should have thought of that before he bad-mouthed House Speaker John Boehner a couple of months back. |
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Texas Study Points To A Longer Natural Gas Boom A new study of the Barnett Shale formation in Texas shows that the natural gas reservoir there will last for at least another two decades. "Turns out, what we learned is that there's a lot of good rock left to drill," says geology professor Scott Tinker, the study's author. |
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After Tough 2012, Conservative Koch Brothers Regroup Conservative groups backed by wealthy industrialists David and Charles Koch spent millions but fared badly in the 2012 elections. Now they're assessing how they can get more for their money in 2014 and beyond. |
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Iceland's Plan To Ban Online Porn Spurs Outrage The government is drafting plans to ban pornography both online and in print. It's an attempt, supporters say, to shield children from harm. But critics say the Nordic nation "should not serve as a role model for Internet censorship." |
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Change In Law May Spur Campus Action On Sexual Assaults Advocates were heartened by the House of Representatives' reauthorizaton of the Violence Against Women Act. The legislation contains provisions that could help reduce sexual assaults and dating violence at schools. |
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The Pope Emeritus' New Shoes And The Mexican Man Who Makes Them Along with giving up the chair of St. Peter, Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI gave up his stylish red shoes. Now, he's wearing shoes made by a man in Leon, Mexico. |
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Some Political Lessons From The Violence Against Women Act Vote The measure's reauthorization showed us again that as much as the two sides of the aisle in the House often can't seem to stand each other, they remain lashed together when it comes to issues that divide Republicans but unite Democrats. |
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Justice Department Warns Of 'Pain' From Looming Cuts The Obama administration warns that the situation looks ugly for the department under the sequester. But for now, the most alarming claims — that prosecutors will drop cases and criminals will walk free — seem to be just that: alarms. |
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Strategy To Prevent HIV In Newborns Sparks Enthusiasm And Skepticism Every year about 300,000 babies in sub-Saharan Africa are born with HIV. A new strategy aims to reduce these infections by putting every pregnant woman with HIV on drug treatment for the rest of her life. The approach has worked well, so far, in the small country of Malawi. |
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At A Pakistani Mobile Library, Kids Can Check Out Books, And Hope Many young Pakistanis have grown up in the grip of religious extremism. But Saeed Malik is trying to reverse that trend, starting at the most basic level. He has created a bookmobile that offers English and Urdu books to underprivileged children, in hopes of broadening their minds and fostering tolerance. |
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Pete Rose: A Living Legend, Off The Record Gambling kept Rose out of baseball's Hall of Fame, and years later, the fallout continues. Topps baseball cards has quietly removed his name from the backs of cards that note major achievements. But is it time to re-evaluate Rose's singular status as a Major League Baseball pariah? |
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Dispatch From Poutine Fest, Chicago's 'Love Letter' To Canada Poutine, at its simplest, is french fries, cheese curds and gravy. In Chicago, 11 restaurants recently pitted their own variations on the Canadian late-night dish against one another. |
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Updated: Military Judge Accepts Bradley Manning Guilty Plea Manning pleaded guilty to 10 smaller charges. He is still expected to be tried for the charge of aiding the enemy. During the hearing, the Army private also provided the first detailed explanation of why he perpetrated the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history. |
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In Depressed Spain, ATMs That Dispense Free Cash  For Coca-Cola, it was both a PR move and a social experiment. The company set up an ATM that gave out 100 euros ($131) and asked only that recipients share the money. A video of the campaign has gone viral. |
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Dennis Rodman To Kim Jong Un: 'You Have A Friend For Life' The former NBA star known as "The Worm" is in the Stalinist state to be part of an HBO series exploring cultures around the world. |
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In Maui, Wild Chicken Spurs Power Outage At Airport, Surrounding Area A chicken's close inspection of a transformer caused a power outage and brief delays at Maui's Kahului Airport this week. After the incident in the airport's rental car area, security screenings were performed manually and passengers had to use mobile stairways on the tarmac. |
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Federal Gay Marriage Ban Hurts The Bottom Line, Businesses Argue Google, Apple, Facebook and other big names are wading into the same-sex-marriage debate, which will come before the Supreme Court next month. They argue the federal government's ban on recognizing gay unions causes "unnecessary cost and administrative complexity." |
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$85 Billion Versus $42 Billion: The New Sequester Argument The Congressional Budget Office has a new report saying the forced budget cuts coming tomorrow are actually smaller than the number used by the White House. |
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Openly Gay Mayoral Candidate In Mississippi Found Dead Marco McMillian's sexual orientation never came up during the campaign, but many believe he was the first viable and openly gay political candidate in the state. |
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Chrysler Plans To Add 1,250 Jobs, Invest $374 Million In Indiana The company plans to expand work at transmission plants. |
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Nintendo Wii Helped Budding Surgeons Move To Head Of The Class Want to be a better surgeon? Get your game face on. A study finds that surgical residents who played video games for an hour a day performed better at simulated keyhole surgeries than colleagues who refrained. |
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China Accuses U.S. Of Hacking Military Sites Barely a week after a major report outlining likely Chinese hacking on American companies, Beijing officials say the U.S. is doing the same thing. |
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U.S. Boss Offers Blunt Critique; French Workers Give Fiery Response The Illinois-based Titan tire company was weighing the purchase of an ailing factory in France. But in a leaked letter, Titan's CEO said the deal was off because the workers were unproductive and the unions "crazy." A war of words has ensued. |
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Black Reverend: Guns Are Important To My Church Gun violence devastates many predominantly African-American neighborhoods in places across the country. But some faith leaders feel that legal access to guns is part of the solution, not the problem. Host Michel Martin speaks with Reverend Kenn Blanchard about why he wants his congregation to have wider access to guns. |
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Has South Africa Reached Rape Tipping Point? South Africa is still reeling from the recent deaths of two women: Reeva Steenkamp, shot by her sports hero boyfriend, Oscar Pistorius, and Anene Booysens, who was brutally raped and murdered at 17. Host Michel Martin talks to independent researcher Lisa Vetten about what the cases may say about violence against women in South Africa. |
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Kenya's Candidates Spar In First TV Debates For the first time, Kenya recently aired presidential debates, ahead of its election. But despite the wide audience, many people doubt the country can get through the election without violence. Host Michel Martin catches up with journalist and debate moderator Uduak Amimo. |
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House Reauthorizes Violence Against Women Act Yet again, a small number of Republicans joined the Democratic majority to pass a Senate bill, provoking handwringing from Conservative members. |
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China's Horses May End Up In Russia's Kabobs The horse meat scandal might be playing out in Europe, but China is the biggest producer in the global market for horseflesh, a new infographic reveals. |
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Mastermind Of Great Train Robbery Dies Bruce Reynolds hid out in Mexico and Canada before returning to England in 1968, where he was promptly arrested and sentenced to 25 years in jail. |
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How Washington Chose Not To Be Careful With Spending Cuts No rational person would try to cut nearly all government spending by a fixed amount, regardless of the individual merit of any given program. That's kind of the point. |
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New York Medical School Widens Nontraditional Path For Admissions The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is making it easier for more nontraditional students to become doctors. Applicants don't have to have taken the standard admissions test or a full slate of premed classes to be considered. The school's leadership hopes the move will foster greater diversity. |
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Milwaukee Finds Its Missing Link; 'Guido The Racing Italian Sausage' Turns Up Perhaps the crooks feared being grilled or stuck under some hot lights. Whatever, they've returned the 7-foot-tall spicy sprinter who entertains fans during Milwaukee Brewers games. |
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The Meaning Of 'Regret': Journalist Bob Woodward, White House Disagree The veteran Washington Post reporter says a White House aide threatened him over a story about President Obama's role in sequestration. |
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Better Than Nothing? GDP Revised From Slight Drop To Slight Gain The economy barely grew in the fourth quarter of 2012, the government now says. But that's better than what it thought before — that the economy had contracted. Meanwhile, the number of people applying for jobless benefits fell last week. |
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Countdown To The Sequester: 3 More 'Should-Read' Stories Friday's deadline looms and "oh, it's gonna happen," says one Republican congressman. We continue to scour news outlets for stories that help make sense of the sequester. |
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Top Stories: Pope's Last Day; More Aid For Syrian Rebels; Sequester Looms Also: Medicare paid billions for poor nursing home care; Boeing proposes fix for 787 Dreamliner's lithium-ion batteries. |
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U.S. To Give Syrian Opposition $60 Million More In Non-Lethal Aid, Kerry Says "President Assad is out of time and must be out of power," the new secretary of state says. The assistance is for basic goods and services in areas under rebel control. |
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Book News: 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' Author Says Next Book Will Be Tamer Also: DC Comics kills off Batman's legendary sidekick; Jesse Jackson Jr. is reportedly writing a memoir; and banned performance enhancing drugs in literary competitions. |
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On Benedict's Last Day, A Pledge Of Obedience To His Successor The first pope in about 600 years to voluntarily step down is headed to a life out of the public's eye. Now, the church's cardinals turn to the task of selecting a successor. |
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Experts Boil Telecommuting Decisions Down To Flexibility Vs. Serendipity Yahoo touched off a debate about the effectiveness of telecommuting when it told employees last week that they may no longer work from home. The policy change was made, according to the company's internal email, to enhance workplace collaboration. |
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What Happened To The Aid Meant To Rebuild Haiti? Three years after an earthquake destroyed much of Haiti's capital, it's clear that only a fraction of the $9 billion pledged in international relief reached the country. Most of what did arrive went to short-term relief, instead of rebuilding people's homes. |
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Bradley Manning Says He Leaked Classified Info To 'Spark A Domestic Debate' The Army private is accused of leaking an unprecedented amount of classified materials. He was arrested in 2010 and is awaiting trial. |
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Video: Machine Unlocks The 'Physics' Of Separating Oreos  Ad man David Neevel's quest to rid himself of his unwanted crème drives him to create a robotic Oreo separator machine, in this charming satirical video in celebration of the snack cookie. |
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Senate Confirms Jack Lew As The Next Treasury Secretary Before he was White House chief of staff, Lew was Obama's budget director — a job he'd also held in the Clinton White House. |
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As States Embrace Online Gambling, Questions Arise New Jersey is the newest state to make online gambling legal. Its law limits participation to state residents, but how will that be enforced? And groups that help compulsive gamblers are worried that gamblers won't have to go to casinos to feed their addiction. |
