Tag: Nation

This artist's rendering provided by World View Enterprises on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013 shows their design for a capsule lifted by a high-altitude balloon up 19 miles into the air for tourists. Company CEO Jane Poynter said people would pay $75,000 to spend a couple hours looking down at the curve of the Earth. (AP Photo/World View Enterprises)

A new idea for space tourism: Balloon over rocket

Seth Borenstein · October 22, 2013 10:59 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, file photo, registered nurse Salanda Bowman, left, talks with part-time Kentucky Wesleyan College student Jason Ward, of Whitesville, about job openings at the Owensboro Health Regional Hospital during a Regional Career and Job Fair in the Owensboro Sports Center in Owensboro, Ky. The U.S. economy added just 148,000 jobs in September, suggesting that employers held back on hiring before a 16-day partial government shutdown began Oct. 1. (AP Photo/The Messenger-Inquirer, Gary Emord-Netzley, File)

Will US hiring accelerate if economy doesn’t?

Christopher Rugaber · October 22, 2013 10:06 pm

FDA warns of recalled compounded drugs in Michigan

Washington Examiner · October 22, 2013 10:04 pm

House votes for school checks for sex offenders

Alan Fram · October 22, 2013 10:01 pm

AP EXCLUSIVE: Nuke officers left blast door open

Robert Burns · October 22, 2013 10:00 pm

This undated photo made available by NOAA shows a computer displaying an electronic nautical chart aboard a ship. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013 that the traditional heavy paper lithographic nautical charts will stop being printed next April. Capt. Shep Smith, head of NOAAÃ?s chart division, said the agency will still chart the water for rocks, shipwrecks and dangers, but mariners will have to see the information using private on-demand printing, PDFs and electronic maps. (AP Photo/NOAA)

Ahoy, mateys! US to stop printing nautical charts

Associated Press, Seth Borenstein · October 22, 2013 9:33 pm

Docs get more precise about full-term pregnancy

Lauran Neergaard · October 22, 2013 9:13 pm

Shutdown causes IRS to delay tax filing season

Stephen Ohlemacher · October 22, 2013 9:09 pm

US warns of plot to abduct journalists in Syria

Matthew Lee · October 22, 2013 9:06 pm

Repairs, scaffolding ahead for US Capitol dome

Henry Jackson · October 22, 2013 7:48 pm

Leaving the driving to a computer has big benefits

Joan Lowy · October 22, 2013 7:42 pm

White House defends drone strikes after new report

Washington Examiner · October 22, 2013 5:39 pm