by Dorothy Zhang | Aug 12, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — One thing is clear: The 12-member “super committee” tasked with identifying trillions of dollars to slice from the federal deficit over the next decade has already divided observers. “My expectation is that they will not reach an...
by Matt Mansfield | Aug 10, 2011 | Business & Tech, Topics
WASHINGTON — As Tennessee colleges work to prevent sexual assault on campus, they could soon have a new partner: a smart phone application. The Apps Against Abuse Challenge is a national competition to develop an app that would give young adults the tools to...
by Matt Mansfield | Aug 9, 2011 | Business & Tech, Politics
WASHINGTON—As the so-called “heart and soul” of rural America, the Postal Service has put many small towns on the map. But this classic part of the American identity is still struggling to find its own. When the Postal Service announced recently that more than 3,600...
by Molly Born | Aug 9, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON—The perils of distraction are top of mind for transportation experts. Distracted driving is one of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s hallmark platforms, and almost every state now has some form of driver cell phone and texting ban. The problem...
by Matt Yurus & Noor Wazwaz | Aug 8, 2011 | Business & Tech, National Security, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON—A digital health educational resource for military members launched a mobile site in May to improve access, and statistics show the site’s traffic is growing steadily. Since the Real Warriors Campaign launched m.realwarriors.net, 21 percent of people...
by Kaitlin Meehan | Aug 8, 2011 | Business & Tech, Topics
In order to close a $17 million budget deficit this year and prevent roughly 600 layoffs, Virgin Islands legislators passed a government-wide 8 percent pay cut that went into effect last week. Kaitlin Meehan spoke with Jeffrey Kosnett, senior editor of...
