Nevada A Safe Bet For Romney And Start Of Likely Bad Month For Rivals

Fri, Feb03, 2012

Nevada is, in part, such friendly territory for Romney because of its place in the Mormon Corridor, a group of states fanning out from Utah which, besides Nevada, include Arizona, Wyoming, Idaho and southern California with significant populations of Romney's fellow Mormons.

Air Force To Cut Troop Levels By 10,000

Fri, Feb03, 2012

The Air Force on Friday detailed plans to cut the service by nearly 10,000 active, National Guard and Reserve members next year, as part of a broad move to downsize and shift capabilities around the country to be better prepared for wars of the future.

Can Komen Recover From Controversy?

Fri, Feb03, 2012

The breast cancer organization has suffered one of the worst public relations disasters in recent memory. Komen relies heavily on positive associations with its cause, but restoring its luster will be quite a task.

Voting Heads West: A Nevada Republican Presidential Caucus Primer

Fri, Feb03, 2012

While hotels along the Vegas Strip are full of Super Bowl fans and convention attendees this weekend, another event will be playing out Saturday at more than 100 locations across the state. Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses will be taking place, and mostly in low-key places.

Jobs Numbers May Boost Obama Re-election Effort

Fri, Feb03, 2012

Friday's lower unemployment figures are good news for the Obama administration early in an election year.

Improved Job Figures Surprise Economists

Fri, Feb03, 2012

The Labor Department released its monthly report Friday, which shows unemployment down to 8.3 percent. Is the dip strong enough to push the rate down further in the coming months?

NFL Safety Ad Hopes To Remind Fans Of History

Fri, Feb03, 2012

Host Audie Cornish talks with Stefan Fatsis about the Super Bowl — including the NFL player safety ad that aims to remind fans about the history of the game amid all the concussion scandals.

Fallout Continues In L.A. School's Lewd Photo Scandal

Fri, Feb03, 2012

A second teacher has been removed from Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles as part of an investigation into lewd photos. One teacher has already been charged with lewd conduct with 23 students.

Prison Meal Deal: Where The Staff Serves Lunch ... And Time

Fri, Feb03, 2012

At the Fife and Drum Restaurant, located in a Massachusetts minimum-security prison, inmates learn to cook and wait tables. Regulars praise the tasty lunches served up at bargain prices. Prison officials say such job training reduces the chances prisoners will re-offend.

How Did That Ad Make You Feel? Ask A Computer

Fri, Feb03, 2012

Rosalind Picard specializes in something called affective computing. She designs technology that can measure and communicate human emotion. Her work started with autistic children, and from there, she moved on to using computers to assess people's emotional connections to brands.

Fairway To Heaven: Trump Eyes A Golf Course Burial

Fri, Feb03, 2012

Donald Trump, the man who can buy anything, wants to build a cemetery for himself and members of his private golf club at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. But it's taking an eternity for Trump to get his cemetery built.

Many Hits, Rather Than A Big One, Pose Greatest Concussion Risk

Fri, Feb03, 2012

High school football players experienced brain changes long before they had symptoms of concussion. The findings suggest that concussions come from cumulative damage, researchers say.

3 Hidden Themes Of This Year's Super Bowl Ads

Fri, Feb03, 2012

Watching the Super Bowl ads every year has become not only a parlor game but an annual checkup of the national zeitgeist. Research shows that more than half of those tuning in want to see the commercials as much as — or even more than — the game itself.