In a year dominated by news of political elections, the economy and the Olympic Games, food-related stories still rank among the most significant of 2012. According to the annual Food News Study commissioned ...
Well, this will teach people not to defy well-funded lobbying cartels. Ars Technica reports that Derek Khanna, a staffer for the Republican Study Committee, has been fired for writing a memo that urged reform of America’s copyright laws and thus angered powerful lobbies such as the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America. According to Ars, the ...
The Senate has approved New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall's proposed study of ways to reform oversight of the nation's nuclear facilities.The measure by Udall, a Democrat, and Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., was added ...
The Houston Chronicle is reporting; The fastest-growing economies are in the developing world, a new study from the Brookings Institution says. read more