An Immodest Proposal Rankles a Capital Known for Modesty
OTTAWA — You can make out Canadians’ reputation for modesty in their capital, a city that has largely avoided erecting anything you might call monumental. None of Ottawa’s landmarks are…
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The eternity drive: Why DNA could be the future of data storage
While this census has only been running five years, the statistics show a 22% attrition rate over four years. Some may last longer than a decade, the company says, others…
A Student-Debt Revolt Begins
In the fall of 2013, Mallory Heiney returned from a mission trip to Guinea with a plan to go into health care. She enrolled in classes at a for-profit college…
Amid Venezuela’s Economic Chaos, a Political Crackdown
CARACAS, Venezuela — For a glimpse into Venezuela’s economic disarray, slip into a travel agency here and book a round-trip flight to Maracaibo, on the other side of the country,…
Jeb Bush’s War Chest Far Outpacing Field Of GOP Contenders
Jeb Bush’s money juggernaut is far eclipsing the efforts of his would-be rivals for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, putting his two political committees on pace to amass an unprecedented…
The Case for Buying a Powerball Ticket
Follow Us: Get the Upshot in your Inbox FEB. 11, 2015 Neil Irwin – But the key intuition is that while you are still throwing away money when buying a…
MacArthur Foundation Will Spend Millions To Thin Jail Populations
WASHINGTON — A private foundation will give out millions of dollars in grants to local jurisdictions that agree to try new ways to safely reduce the number of people in…
Venezuela Announces Plan to Relax Currency Controls
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan officials on Tuesday announced details of what they said would be a free market in which people and businesses could exchange local currency for dollars —…
Media Titans Murdoch and Bloomberg at Play in Politics and News
David Carr THE MEDIA EQUATION When Mitt Romney announced on Friday that he would not seek the Republican presidential nomination for a third time, he cited the desire to “give…
Debbie Reynolds gets SAG life award, daughter Carrie Fisher gets best lines
“Four-and-a-half million (dollars) is allocated just for me,” Fisher joked. – “Thank you, George,” Reynolds said in an acknowledgment of “Star Wars” creator George Lucas.
Man Transforms His Home Into A Cat Paradise For Maximum Kitty Fun
Since the 1990s, home builder Peter Cohen has spent tens of thousands of dollars transforming his Goleta, Calif., house into a kitty paradise for his many rescue cats. The result?…
This Guy Just Made $1 Billion Betting On Oil Prices
You know what’s cool? An oil-price collapse that saves you a few dollars when you fill up the Escalade. You know what’s cooler? An oil-price collapse that makes you ONE…
Hong Kong’s sky slums highlight wealth gap
Fung, 59, who prefers not to divulge his full name, lives in an illegal rooftop sluma 75-square-feet shack just big enough to host a bed, a cupboard, and everyday knick-knacks…