News

In Aftermath Of Brazil's World Cup Defeat, A Poem To Numb The Pain

8:21pm July 11, 2014

by Kevin Roose

Germany thrashed Brazil 7-1 this week. Author Kevin Roose says Ernest Thayer's classic poem on failure, "Casey at the Bat," might cheer the Brazilian soccer team up.

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National

Fate Of The New N.C. Voter ID Law Now Rests In A Judge's Hands

8:21pm July 11, 2014

by Jeff Tiberii

North Carolina's voter ID law has come under fire in the courts. A judge will soon decide whether parts of the law should be implemented or delayed.

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House GOP Plows Forward With Plans To Sue Obama

8:21pm July 11, 2014

by Scott Horsley

While House Republicans move ahead with their lawsuit alleging executive branch overreach, Obama is using the challenge to score political points of his own.

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Particles of H5N1 virus — a particularly dangerous type of bird flu that can infect people — attack lung cells.

Feds Tighten Lab Security After Anthrax, Bird Flu Blunders

8:21pm July 11, 2014

by Richard Harris

The sloppy handling by federal scientists of the world's scariest germs must stop, says the dismayed head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Are his new rules enough?

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Villas in a luxury compound in Wuxi, in China's eastern Jiangsu province, sit empty after a year while more apartment blocks rise in the distance.

China's Booming Real Estate Market Finally Begins To Slide

8:54am July 11, 2014

by Frank Langfitt

After years of stunning growth, China's go-go real estate market is in retreat. It has been one of the engines driving the world's second-largest economy, so economists are watching it closely.

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Marquise Lamberto Frescobaldi (right), of the winemaking dynasty, talks with prisoners Brian Baldissin (left) and Francesco Papa at his vineyard on Gorgona island in June 2013.

World News

This Fine Wine Made At An Italian Penal Colony Is No 2-Buck Chuck

7:58pm July 10, 2014

by Sylvia Poggioli

Off the coast of Tuscany, prisoners serving the end of their sentences are learning to make wine from a 30th-generation winemaker. It's a unique approach to rehabilitation that seems to be working.

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Politics & Government

Obama's Request For Immigration Funds Meets Pushback On The Hill

7:04pm July 10, 2014

by Melissa Block

President Obama has asked Congress for $3.7 billion to address the influx of immigrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border. The Senate Appropriations Committee is holding a hearing about the request.

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What Looks Like Overcharging By Your Hospital Might Not Be

12:10pm July 10, 2014

by Eric Whitney

In 2012, Medicare was rocked by allegations that hospitals were systematically overcharging the program by miscoding electronic medical records. A study released Wednesday took another look.

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National

Obama Turns To Gov. Perry In Seeking A Solution To Border Crisis

10:40pm July 09, 2014

by Robert Siegel

After a meeting with Texas Gov. Rick Perry, President Obama addressed the influx of migrant children on the U.S.-Mexico border.

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World News

The Plight Of Mosul's Museum: Iraqi Antiquities At Risk Of Ruin

10:39pm July 09, 2014

Christopher Dickey, foreign editor for the Daily Beast, speaks to Melissa Block about the dangers facing antiquities in a museum and other archaeological sites in the Iraqi city of Mosul.

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