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$900 billion in tax breaks, and more
feature The 10 biggest tax breaks will save American taxpayers more than $900 billion this year.
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A demographic turning point, and more
feature For the first time in U.S. history, there were more recorded deaths than births among white Americans in 2012.
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Partisan commencement speeches?, and more
feature No Republican or conservative has been invited to make the commencement speech this year at any of the 50 top U.S. liberal arts colleges.
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Why children go missing, and more
feature The vast majority of children reported missing are not abducted by strangers.
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Will insurance cover damage in Boston?, and more
feature Companies that suffered property damage or lost income due to the Boston bombings may not get insurance payouts.
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Life in Detroit, and more
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Catholic schools, lobbyists, global warming ...
feature More than 1,300 Catholic schools in the U.S. have closed since 1990, most of them in big cities. . .
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Zimbabwe dollars, college competition, Final Four ...
feature Zimbabwe's currency is melting down so quickly that the government has introduced a 10 million dollar bill. As of last week. . .
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More veterans, Harry Potter off best-seller list
feature The number of disabled veterans has jumped by 25 percent since 2001, to 2.9 million. With tens of thousands of Iraq war veterans coming home with such injuries as multiple amputations, brain damage, and burns, the federal government expects to be
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Consequences of war, Longer flight times
feature About 300,000 veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars—18 percent of those who have served—are suffering from depression or post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a comprehensive new Rand Corp. analysis. More than hal
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Promoting senators, Texting 101, Foreign tourists
feature Whether Democrats choose Sen. Hillary Clinton or Sen. Barack Obama to face Sen. John McCain in November, it will mark the first presidential election in the nation’s history pitting two sitting U.S. senators agai
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Legally blind, Spitzer's room, Friday the 13th
feature There are some 10 million visually impaired people in the U.S., including about 1.3 million who, like David Paterson, the new governor of New York, are legally blind. Despite laws making it illegal to discriminate against the blind. . .
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U.S. green-card lottery draws 15 million, and more
feature A record 15 million people from dozens of countries this year entered the U.S. green-card lottery.
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China's unlikely export, and more
feature Most garlic sold in the U.S. now comes from China.
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