by Abby Sun | Dec 3, 2014 | Business & Tech, Environment
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency should pull back its proposed rule to limit greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants and make revisions so it will be less costly to consumers, rural electric power companies CEOs say. In June, the EPA...
by Abby Sun | Nov 26, 2014 | Living, Topics
ROCKVILLE, Md. — Thanksgiving should be about family, festivities and football – not fires and food poisoning. But if cooks aren’t cautious in the kitchen, this joyful holiday can take a dangerous turn. And many times, it does. The threat of kitchen fires...
by Abby Sun | Nov 26, 2014 | Education, Topics
The annually Open Doors report released by the Institute of International Education (IIE) this year shows the United States is short of students studying abroad. Compared with an 8 percent growth rate of international students in the U.S., reaching nearly 9 millions,...
by Abby Sun | Nov 24, 2014 | Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — A bust of Vaclav Havel, playwright, dissident and first president of the Czech Republic, was unveiled amid grand pageantry and high emotion Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol. The ceremony marked the climax of a weeklong celebration of the 25th anniversary of...
by Abby Sun | Nov 12, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON – One of only four copies of the Magna Carta is on display for the first time in 75 years at the Library of Congress, giving Americans the chance to see a document that inspired the founding fathers as they wrote the U.S. Constitution. Displayed in a sealed...
