Tag: Nation

For critics of Common Core, educational folly

Philip Elliott · December 2, 2013 8:26 pm

A jetliner takes off from Washington's Ronald Reagan National National Airport, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. Pilots are becoming so reliant on computer systems that do most of the flying in today's airliners that on the rare occasions when something goes wrong, they're sometimes unprepared to take control, according to aviation safety experts and government and industry studies. Increasing automation has been a tremendous safety boon to aviation, contributing to historically low accident rates in the U.S. and many parts of the world. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Pilot use of automation eyed in air crashes

Joan Lowy · December 2, 2013 7:37 pm

White House: 375,000 visits to health care website

White House: 375,000 visits to health care website

Washington Examiner · December 2, 2013 7:37 pm

5 new things about President Obama

Darlene Superville · December 2, 2013 5:19 pm

Court seems wary in American Indian casino case

Court seems wary in American Indian casino case

Washington Examiner · December 2, 2013 5:00 pm

U.S. developers boosted construction spending in October at the fastest pace in more than four years, propelled by a surge in government buildings.

US construction spending up 0.8 percent in October

Associated Press, Josh Boak · December 2, 2013 4:31 pm

US manufacturing expands at fastest pace in 2½ years as hiring, production, new orders rise

US manufacturing expands at fastest pace in 2½ years as hiring, production, new orders rise

Washington Examiner · December 2, 2013 3:06 pm

US construction spending grows 0.8 percent in October to highest level in 4 years

US construction spending grows 0.8 percent in October to highest level in 4 years

Washington Examiner · December 2, 2013 3:01 pm

Blue ribbon panels stumble on trimming red ink

Tom Raum · December 2, 2013 8:32 am

Biden to visit DMZ while in South Korea

Josh Lederman · December 1, 2013 9:51 pm

In this Nov. 29, 2013 photo provided by the Smithsonian National Zoo, a giant panda cub is measured as it is about to turn 100 days old, at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington. The National Zoo announced Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013 that it is naming its giant panda cub Bao Bao after receiving more than 123,000 votes from the public. The zoo asked the public to vote for one of five names. The others were Ling Hua, Long Yun, Mulan and Zhen Bao. The panda cub was born Aug. 23. She is only the second surviving panda cub born in Washington. (AP Photo/Smithsonian National Zoo, Abby Wood)

National Zoo names 100-day-old panda cub Bao Bao

Brett Zongker · December 1, 2013 8:27 pm

This photo of part of the HealthCare.gov website is photographed in Washington, on Nov. 29, 2013. The beleaguered health insurance website has had periods of down times as as the government tries to fix the problems. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Officials: Worst tech bugs over for Healthcare.gov

Philip Elliott · December 1, 2013 6:54 pm