We need tears to keep our eyes lubricated, but why should streams of salty drops spew forth from our eyes, blurring our vision and making our eyes puffy when we get emotional? Throughout evolution, tears may have added a new dimension to human communication.
U.S. News & World Report – The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing yesterday to discuss the increasing likelihood that seniors will need and want to delay retirement. Experts testified that Americans working until older ages will have a dramatic impact on the economy, Social Security, and especially their own personal finances. Here’s a look at the reasons the invited witnesses say Americans should choose to work during retirement.
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6 Reasons to Delay Retirement
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Concerns are increasing over what is seen as a faltering war effort in Afghanistan, and whether the new counterinsurgency strategy will succeed. Eyes are on Gen. David Petraeus to see how — and even if — he revises the plan.
A 16-year-old girl voyager feared lost in the Indian Ocean is OK, but she’ll still have to be rescued. Abby Sunderland was trying to sail around the world solo, but her emergency beacons began signaling yesterday. A support team member says Sunderland’s boat got knocked on its side several times and the mast broke.
A 16-year-old girl voyager feared lost in the Indian Ocean is OK, but she’ll still have to be rescued. Abby Sunderland was trying to sail around the world solo, but her emergency beacons began signaling yesterday. A support team member says Sunderland’s boat got knocked on its side several times and the mast broke.
Silvestre Reyes spent more than 26 years working for the U.S. Border Patrol — from 1969 to 1995. During that time, he became the patrol’s first Hispanic sector chief. He now represents the sixteenth district of Texas in Congress and his district includes a large swath of the Texas-Mexico border. He joins guest host Tony Cox to discuss why he supports President Obama’s move to send 1,200 National Guard troops to the country’s southern border.
PR Newswire – WASHINGTON, March 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz delivered the keynote address yesterday at the inauguration of the annual session of the Majlis Al-Shura (Consultative Council). His speech addressed a variety of issues, including employment, education, counterterrorism, women’s rights, economic policies, oil prices, the Arab-Israeli conflict and humanitarian aid. The audience included members of the Saudi royal family, foreign diplomats, ministers and senior government officials.
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King Abdullah Shares Vision for Future of Saudi Arabia in Keynote Address
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The huge national debts of Spain, Portugal, Italy and especially Greece are dragging down the Euro, and affecting U.S. stock prices. Shares fell sharply on Wall Street yesterday — in large part because of concerns about Europe’s debt crisis. The jitters are even affecting Europe’s strongest economy Germany, which might find itself expected to bail out its weaker Euro partners.
Carol Greider has a gold medal that nearly every scientist dreams of. Yesterday, the King of Sweden handed her the Nobel Prize for medicine. NPR’s Joe Palca has been friends with Carol since they met on a bike ride in Alaska 17 years ago. Joe went to Stockholm to report on the medal ceremony.
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