by Kit Fox | Mar 13, 2012 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Despite growing tensions in Afghanistan, including a U.S. soldier allegedly shooting 16 civilians and troops accidentally burning copies of the Koran, President Obama will not accelerate removal of military forces in the region, the White House said...
by Kit Fox | Mar 13, 2012 | Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — A grainy black and white video on YouTube shows then President-John F. Kennedy addressing a joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961. Kennedy pauses after each phrase and inflects his voice upwards as he says, “I believe that this nation should...
by Kit Fox | Mar 6, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers and staff slurped cereal and munched on waffles around picnic tables with red-checkered table cloths at a “Share Your Breakfast” event Tuesday on Capitol Hill. The food corporation Kellogg’s, based in Battle Creek, Mich., and the...
by Kit Fox | Feb 28, 2012 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration mandate that requires employers to cover contraception in their insurance plans is not a women’s health issue, it’s a religious freedom issue, the woman who heads the Center for Human Dignity told a House Judiciary Committee...
by Kit Fox | Feb 22, 2012 | Business
WASHINGTON — Pharmacists in 20,000 locations across the U.S. are about to move to the other side of the counter. A new company called RxAlly has created a network of pharmacies that will share technology and create more personal relationships with patients....
by Kit Fox | Feb 21, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The first time Danica Patrick sat behind a steering wheel, her Go Kart had no brakes. She slammed into a concrete wall and ruined her parent’s gift to their two daughters. The first time she raced professionally in an Indy car, she woke up in a hospital...
by Kit Fox | Feb 15, 2012 | Business, National Security
Photo by STS-122 Shuttle Crew / NASA WASHINGTON — The Star Wars soundtrack blasted out of the speaker system as yellow words faded into a starry landscape on the projector. “Commercial: the new future of space” rolled across the screen. At the 15th annual Federal...
by Kit Fox | Feb 8, 2012 | Environment
WASHINGTON — Cheryl Cook squinted toward the wine glass in her outstretched hand to scrutinize the liquid inside. She swished the contents, took a sniff and brought the glass to her lips. “This tastes better than my tap water,” she said Wednesday after taking a sip...
by Kit Fox | Feb 1, 2012 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Title IX, the landmark law that sought to end gender discrimination in sports, is 40 years old but advocates for women’s sports want more equality in high school to get young girls moving. To mark the 26th annual National Girls and Women In Sports Day,...
by Kit Fox | Jan 31, 2012 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The U.S. intelligence community faces a complex challenge moving forward as it combats a variety of overlapping threats, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told a Senate committee Tuesday. Gone are the Cold War days when much of the...
by Kit Fox | Jan 25, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — It was prom night at the State of the Union. In an effort to promote bipartisanship, Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., wanted members of Congress from opposing parties to ask each other out on “dates” for President Barack Obama’s speech. While there was a...
by Kit Fox | Jan 18, 2012 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON —The long white rectangle at the top of your browser window is about to become a lot more valuable. On Jan. 12, the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers, known as ICANN, began accepting applications for “top-level domains” – the short strings...
