Even as crowds gather in British Columbia to watch the torch on its way to Vancouver, the city's residents are divided over the Olympics. The cost to taxpayers and the increased security presence in the city have some questioning whether playing host is worth the hassle.
Posted: 02/08/2010 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines
President Obama told CBS on Sunday that he wants to host a bipartisan summit meeting on health care later this month. But Republicans, who have one more Senator on their side, thanks to last month's special election in Massachusetts, have little incentive to cooperate.
Posted: 02/08/2010 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines
The U.N.'s Goldstone Report accused both Israel and Hamas of war crimes during last winter's conflict in the Gaza Strip. Now, some say Israel needs to launch an offensive of a different kind: a public relations drive to disassociate itself from words like "occupation" or "conflict."
Posted: 02/08/2010 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines
Critics call the president's plan to hold a summit between Democrats and Republicans on Feb. 25 a purely political gambit designed to give the appearance of momentum for the health bill. Even supporters of the summit see room for common ground with Republicans on only a few narrow issues.
Posted: 02/08/2010 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines
One thing football fans hear over and over again is that a team must run in order to be successful. You can't win in the NFL without a ground game, TV experts still say. But that doesn't seem to be the case in the Super Bowl, and it doesn't seem to be the case overall in the NFL. Running, as a means to victory, is under aerial assault from the passing game.
Posted: 02/07/2010 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines
The Super Bowl Stock Market Predictor holds that if a team from the old NFL wins, the market will rise in that year; if a team from the old AFL wins, the market will fall. In 1990 two researchers found that the predictor was accurate 91 percent of the time. A member of Washington and Lee University's finance faculty, George Kester, has completed a new study that finds that the predictor's accuracy has fallen slightly to 77 percent. He speaks with host Liane Hansen.
Posted: 02/07/2010 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines
Conservative activists in Nashville this week for the first-ever National Tea Party Convention gave a hero's welcome to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who closed the event with a speech Saturday night. Palin praised the Tea Party movement and delivered a scathing — sometimes mocking — critique of both the economic and national security policies of the Obama administration.
Posted: 02/07/2010 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines
A group of scientists says the idea that life emerged from a prebiotic broth is past its expiration date.
Posted: 02/07/2010 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines
Super Bowl Sunday is here, and the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts are facing off in Miami for the NFL Championship. Is there an underdog upset in store? Guest host Audie Cornish chats with NPR sports correspondent Tom Goldman about the Super Bowl and other big upcoming sports events.
Posted: 02/06/2010 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines
E-mails shed new light on Todd Palin's role while his wife was Alaska's governor, showing that the one-time oil field worker's advice was sought on board appointments and suggesting he was close to matters related to state government, his wife's image and politics.
Posted: 02/06/2010 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines
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