Amid rising tuition and shrinking state funding, high schoolers and their parents can at least get a little more clarity now as they try to figure out which colleges they can afford to attend. Beginning Oct. 29, more than 7,000 schools nationwide will be required to post on their websites a net-price calculator to help [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — “Museum visit” takes on a whole new meaning at the New Museum in New York, where visitors can ride a three-story slide that winds through the building or jump into a salty pool — in the buff — for an out-of-body experience.
The “Experience” exhibit features the creations of German artist Carsten [...]
For two years, a bunch of medical geneticists in Maryland and New Jersey sifted through 1,000 different genetic mutations. They looked for cellular changes that are fatal and ones that are treatable. They argued. Eventually, they decided to include close to 600 mutations found in more than 160 diseases in a single genetic screening test [...]
If men are funnier than women, then it’s not by much — and mostly just to other men. Such is the conclusion of a new study by psychologists at the University of California, San Diego, who judged comic wit by asking students to write original captions for New Yorker cartoons.
Setting aside the fact that writing [...]
ARLINGTON, Tex. — Mike Napoli’s pregame routine includes taking a long, hard look at the lineup posted on a wall of the Texas Rangers’ clubhouse. Before Game 4 of the World Series, he had extra reason to stare at where Manager Ron Washington had put him.
As the Rangers’ regular catcher, Napoli seemed to have his [...]
Any bookstore can sell you a book. But if you’re looking for a bookstore where you can find a date who shares your literary tastes, see a magic show, join a basketball league and have a cartoonist scrawl a tattoo on you with a permanent marker, the field narrows a bit.
Specifically, it narrows to Word, [...]
Brussels: EU finance ministers outlined a deal on Saturday for recapitalising European banks, and the leaders of Germany and France said they hoped for a breakthrough in tackling the euro zone debt crisis at a summit on Wednesday.
After nearly 10 hours of talks, finance ministers overcame strong opposition from Spain, Italy and Portugal and agreed [...]
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) The government will hike diesel prices once there is a substantial easing in inflationary pressure, the prime minister’s top economic adviser C. Rangarajan said Thursday.
‘Diesel price adjustment is becoming necessary in order to contain fiscal deficit and losses of oil marketing companies,’ Rangarajan, chairman of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory [...]
World Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel says motor racing must strive to improve safety after the death of British driver Dan Wheldon.
The Red Bull driver was saddened by the ‘big loss’ of the a two-time Indianapolis 500 winner, who died on Sunday following a high-speed smash at an IndyCar race in Las Vegas.
And Vettel said [...]
The closer you get to the end of a long journey, the more powerful the tug of home becomes. As the finish line begins to seem inevitable, the whole trip starts to feel as though it’s in the past while it’s still going on.
When crossed from Ohio through a sliver of West Virginia and soon [...]
