Business

A driver operates a haul truck in the Ray Mine near Kearny, Ariz. Falling copper prices have residents of some small mining towns in Arizona worried as shrinking revenues bring layoffs.

With Prices Down And Layoffs Up, Copper Industry Still Looks To Grow

7:41am March 11, 2015

by Carrie Jung

The price of copper is down 40 percent from four years ago. Arizona residents from smaller mining towns worry about job losses, but some companies are planning to expand in the state.

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Critics Take Aim At Port Of Seattle's Lease With Shell Oil

7:41am March 11, 2015

by Ashley Ahearn

The Port of Seattle has leased space to Shell Oil to dock ships and store Arctic drilling rigs in the off season. City officials and environmentalists question that decision and want Shell out.

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Patient perceptions have been tough to change at Rowan Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, N.C.

With Medicare Pay On The Line, Hospitals Push Harder To Please Patients

7:33am March 11, 2015

by Jordan Rau

The federal government now factors patient satisfaction ratings into the rates Medicare pays hospitals. Some hospitals with lower ratings are finding it's difficult to change patients' perceptions.

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Protesters filled Wisconsin's state Capitol in Madison on Monday, demonstrating against last weekend's shooting death of Tony Robinson, an unarmed black man.

Wild Day In Madison Likely To Be Another Win For Gov. Walker

8:21pm March 10, 2015

by Ron Elving

The latest protests in Madison could reinforce Walker's law-and-order image, at least with Wisconsinites who voted for him — and Iowa Republicans who will be voting for president early next year.

Arts

New HBO Now Streaming Service Shows Consumer's Will Is King

7:40pm March 10, 2015

by Eric Deggans

HBO on Monday announced a new service presenting its shows online without a cable subscription. NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans says it also shows the power of consumers to bring change in a digital world.

A look inside the factory in Kundl, Austria, where Sandoz, a unit of Novartis, makes biosimilar drugs.

FDA Decision Signals New Competition For Some Of The Costliest Drugs

5:46pm March 10, 2015

by Elana Gordon

Drugs made from proteins or antibodies are difficult for rival manufacturers to copy. The Food and Drug Administration just approved a copycat drug for cancer patients that shows it can be done.

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Artist Nicolle Schatborn at The Kitchen Of The Unwanted Animals food truck in Amsterdam.

Pigeon, Parakeet And Pony: Amsterdam Food Truck Serves Maligned Meat

5:18pm March 10, 2015

by Meghan Collins Sullivan

The Kitchen Of The Unwanted Animal, a food truck and specialty food provider, is trying to change attitudes toward "edible" animals in Holland. They're doing it one My Little Pony Burger at a time.

A pump-jack sits atop an oil well near downtown Sidney, Mont. The oil boom has brought thousands of new residents to the town, almost all of whom work in the Bakken oil fields in Montana and North Dakota. Sidney sits at the western edge of the Bakken oil

Low Oil Prices Could Stall Explosive Growth In Montana Boom Town

4:52pm March 10, 2015

by Kirk Siegler

Oil production appears to be churning right along in Sidney. But leaders are bracing for a whole lot less oil tax revenue to pay for services that are stretched thin.

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The White Russian (from left), margarita, bloody mary and Moscow mule are some of the most searched cocktails of 2015.

Google Thinks We're Clueless About Cocktails, And It Wants To Help

2:52pm March 10, 2015

by Eliza Barclay

The world has been Googling up a storm on how to make cocktails like the Moscow mule, mojito and whiskey sour, according to the tech giant. So it created a new feature to bring you that info faster.

An employee at the American Disposables Inc. factory works on the assembly line in October 2009 in Ware, Mass. The state has seen rapidly expanding income disparity in the past 50 years as highly educated tech and financial workers have seen big gains and

The Numbers Add Up To This: Less And Less Opportunity For Poor Kids

1:57pm March 10, 2015

by Marilyn Geewax

A new book and study both show that the ability to rise from poverty to the middle class truly is shrinking. A child without married, educated parents starts life at a huge and worsening disadvantage.