Business
SEC Nominee Faces Senate Panel In Confirmation Hearing
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Latin America
In Upcoming Venezuelan Vote, Hugo Chavez Looms Large
March 12, 2013 With Chavez gone, his handpicked successor is in the spotlight. Nicolas Maduro has adopted Chavez's style and anti-imperialist rhetoric. That should help boost his appeal as he faces opposition leader Henrique Capriles in a special election April 14.
The Salt
Soda Wars Backlash: Mississippi Passes 'Anti-Bloomberg' Bill
March 12, 2013 A bill now on the governor's desk would bar Mississippi counties and towns from enacting rules that require calorie counts to be posted, that cap portion sizes, or that keep toys out of kids' meals.
Arts & Life
'Bowery Boys' Are Amateur But Beloved New York Historians
March 12, 2013 For their popular podcast, two longtime friends sit down at a kitchen table and share little-known anecdotes and historical facts about New York. Its bare-bones production hasn't hurt its popularity — it's been downloaded 5 million times in the past five years.
Financial Basics For Baby Boomers
From Grief Comes A Mission To Make Estate Planning Less Daunting
March 12, 2013 A Seattle widow's one-stop estate planning advice blog was inspired by her own paperwork frustrations after her husband's death. Chanel Reynolds offers a checklist of documents to prepare, a will template and a list of details to write down, like passwords to online accounts.
Monday, March 11, 2013
All Tech Considered
Controlling Your Computer With A Wave Of Your Hand
March 11, 2013 The Leap Motion Controller senses and tracks hand motions to allow users to browse the Web, play games and open documents. It represents another step in a goal of computer scientists: to make interactions with machines feel natural and easy, and to take away the barriers between humans and computers.
