What Do Bears And Bulls Have To Do With Our Investments?
While experts focus on trying to explain the stock market's jumps and dives, we spend a little time cutting through the bull to get some different answers.
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Powerful Winter Storm Wreaks Havoc On The South
While Washington D.C., and other cities on the East Coast deal with snow, folks in the Deep South got hit too. People in Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and North Carolina all got slammed.
EPA Faces Fallout From Flint, Mich., Water Crisis
A top EPA official resigned Thursday over the handling of the ongoing water contamination crisis in Flint, Mich. The role of the EPA and whether the federal agency should have done more has been a recurring theme in White House discussions this week.
U.S. Lags Behind Other Countries In Reducing Stillbirths
When a fetus dies late in pregnancy, doctors often don't investigate. And the U.S. isn't making much progress in reducing the risk of these tragic losses.
A Cooking Class Where New Immigrants Learn The Recipe For English
A program in Philadelphia folds lessons in English as a second language into a cooking class. The goal is to add a dash of the familiar to ESL class for new arrivals, and teach healthful eating, too.
Skier, Olympic Gold Medalist Bill Johnson Dies At 55
Johnson, who had suffered a stroke in 2010, earned sports-legend status in 1984 after he vowed to win Olympic gold in downhill skiing. No American man ever had — but then Johnson kept his word.
'Times' Restaurant Critic Dishes On Guy Fieri And The Art Of Reviewing
Restaurant critic Pete Wells tries to keep the customer in mind with all of his reviews. "We show awful lot of deference to chefs in our culture and maybe not enough deference to customers," he says.
California Cops Frustrated With 'Catch-And-Release' Crime-Fighting
Prosecutors and some police departments in the state say reducing prison sentences is having an undesired outcome: more property crime. But reform advocates say police are jumping to conclusions.
Encore: In Wake Of War, Former Homeless Vet Found Hope In Treatment
When Marine Cpl. Zach Skiles returned from Iraq, he couldn't sleep, hold down a job or pay rent. Last year, he and his father sat down to talk for the first time about his life after the war.
Students In Chattanooga, Tenn., Get A Snow Day After All
Earlier this week, students pretended to be school officials and proclaimed classes canceled. The media didn't buy it. As a giant storm intensified days later, real administrators canceled classes.