Food
During Lent, Fast-Food Chains Fish For Catholics
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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
Shots - Health News
New Voices For The Voiceless: Synthetic Speech Gets An Upgrade
March 11, 2013 For those who rely on technology to speak, there are a limited number of voices. "Perfect Paul" sounds robotic, and "Heather" can seem too old for some. Now, a researcher is using sound samples from people who have never been able to speak to create new, personalized voices for them.
