Middle East
U.S. To Test The Waters With Iran's New President Rohani
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Business
U.S. Automakers Are On A Roll, But Hiring Is Slow And Steady
Profits for the nation's carmakers are on the rise, but after years of doing more with less, higher profits are unlikely to translate into significant numbers of new jobs. There are eight fewer plants and hundreds of thousands fewer workers in the industry than before the Great Recession.
Politics
How A Merger Could Affect Congress' Favorite Airport
Members of Congress are pushing the Justice Department to preserve flights to small- and medium-sized cities from Reagan National Airport amid a review of the proposed merger of US Airways and American Airlines. Changes there could affect flights for lawmakers themselves.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
The Two-Way
Journalist Michael Hastings Dies In Car Crash At Age 33
June 18, 2013 The journalist whose candid interviews of Gen. Stanley McChrystal led to the officer's eventual removal from his post has died in a car crash, according to reports.
It's All Politics
Boehner Seeks To Reassure House GOP On Immigration
June 18, 2013 House Speaker John Boehner strongly suggested he would abide by the Hastert rule on immigration legislation, meaning no floor vote unless a majority of House Republicans backed the bill.
The Two-Way
Google Files First-Amendment Request With FISA Court
June 18, 2013 The court filing comes one week after Google asked the U.S. government's permission to provide the public with information about the national security requests it receives.
The Two-Way
A Field Guide To Jimmy Hoffa Searches
June 18, 2013 The whereabouts of the ex-Teamsters boss is the stuff of urban legend. Here are the highlights and lowlights of the various searches for Jimmy Hoffa's body.
The Two-Way
Perk Backlash: Do Surprise Upgrades Make Us Uneasy?
June 18, 2013 When we get free perks we didn't earn, negative feelings can result, according to researchers. Part of the problem? Fellow customers. It helps if they're not around, a new study says.
It's All Politics
Obama's Unplanned NSA Discussion
June 18, 2013 President Obama didn't expect he'd need to have a "national conversation" about government data-gathering.
The Two-Way
'Days Of Rambo Are Over': Pentagon Details Women's Move To Combat
June 18, 2013 The U.S. military said in January that it will end its front-line combat exclusion for women; the shift means that women could join elite forces such as the Army Rangers and Navy SEALs in the next three years.
Shots - Health News
FDA Backs Off On Regulation Of Fecal Transplants
June 18, 2013 Fecal transplants are being used more often to treat life-threatening bacterial infections. But the Food and Drug Administration worried that the still-experimental procedure put patients at risk. Now it is dropping plans to restrict transplants after doctors and patients complained.
Education
Home-Schooled Students Fight To Play On Public School Teams
June 18, 2013 Roughly half of U.S. states have passed laws making home-schooled students eligible to play for their local school teams. But in Indiana, an attempt to find a middle ground hasn't calmed the debate.
Shots - Health News
Patients Lead The Way As Medicine Grapples With Apps
June 18, 2013 WBURSmartphone apps can help count calories or detect a heart attack. People are embracing them to manage many aspects of their health. But medical apps are largely unregulated now, so there's no easy way to be sure which ones are trustworthy and which ones aren't.
The Two-Way
Where's Jimmy Hoffa? Everywhere And Nowhere
June 18, 2013 FBI agents believe they have a credible lead on the whereabouts of Jimmy Hoffa's body. If they're right, it will solve a longstanding mystery, which will also deflate Hoffa's resonance in popular culture.
