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  • People gather to leave messages of support for Nelson Mandela outside his hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, earlier this year. Mandela has died at the age of 95.
    The First Time I Heard The Name 'Mandela'
    The South African leader's life held special power for black Americans, who lost many iconic civil rights leaders tragically early. Karen Grigsby Bates reflects on Mandela's legacy.
  • Illinois Governor Signs Pension Rescue Plan
    The law aims to plug a $100 billion shortfall in the state's pension system, which is considered the nation's worst-funded.
  • Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D- Mass., listens to testimony during a Banking Committee hearing on Nov. 12. In a Senate floor speech on Social Security last month, Warren said, "With some modest adjustments, we can keep the system solvent for many more years, and we could even increase benefits."
    To Fix Social Security, Some Democrats Want To Lift Wage Cap
    For the past three years, there's been a shortfall in the payroll taxes collected for Social Security. As more baby boomers join the ranks of the 57 million people already receiving benefits and the overall share of wages subject to taxation under the program shrinks, that deficit is bound to keep growing.
  • Obama: World Lost A Profoundly Good Man In Nelson Mandela's Death
    President Obama addressed the nation Thursday after news that former South African president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela died, saying the world lost an influential, courageous and "profoundly good" man.
  • Calif. Health Exchange Encourages 'Gift Of Health'
    Supporters of the Affordable Care Act encouraged people to promote health insurance at Thanksgiving family gatherings. The effort moves to a new holiday. California's insurance exchange is encouraging holiday shoppers to give "the gift of health" to young people.
  • L.A. Costco Misfiles Ron Burgundy Autobiography
    Will Ferrell's Anchorman character is out with an autobiography which wound up in the non-fiction aisle at a Los Angeles area store.The Los Angeles Times first noticed the misplacement Ron Burgundy: Let Me Off At The Top.
  • Eyes Turn To The Fed As Unemployment Rate Falls To 5-Year Low
    The unemployment rate fell to 7 percent and employers added 203,000 jobs to payrolls in November, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The largely positive data could build anticipation that the Federal Reserve might move to taper its stimulus program.
  • Most Texans Running for State Office Refuse to Share Tax Returns
    There are 48 statewide candidates who have filed, or say they are going to run for office in Texas. 10 agreed to release their last three tax returns…
  • Highway 50 Expansion Puts “Point of Rocks" Landmark at Risk
    The “Point of Rocks” monument outside Dodge City is a regional landmark: a rock outcropping with a silhouetted steel band of horsemen announcing you’re in…
  • Raphaelle Peale is considered the first American professional still-life painter. His <em>Still Life - Strawberries, Nuts, &c.</em>, 1822, exemplifies early American efforts to showcase the bounty of North America. (Gift of Jamee J. and Marshall Field)
    Meat And Booze With A Side Of Still Life: American Painters On Food
    Food as a symbol of politics, diet, gender roles, technology, isolation, gluttony and blatant commercialism has been with us for ages and in many forms. A massive exhibit explores how American artists, from Pilgrim times to Andy Warhol, used paintings of food to shape and reflect our national identity.
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