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'Full Upright and Locked Position': 7 (sometimes sobering) facts about air travel
From the facts about airline food to the truth about why bags get lost, writer and former FAA chief counsel Mark Gerchick takes a hard look at traveling by plane in "Full Upright and Locked Position."
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Golf fans, what do you know about the US Open?
As defending champion Webb Simpson and the rest of the 113th US Open field tackle the Merion Golf Club's 18-hole layout near Philadelphia June 13-16, test your knowledge of US Open history by taking this 18-question quiz.
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American moms: What makes a mom in the US? Take our quiz
Mother's Day began on May 10, 1908, as the project of Anna Jarvis. Observed only in Grafton, W. Va., and Philadelphia at first, Ms. Jarvis asked Congress to set aside a day to honor mothers. It took four years, but finally in 1914, little over a month before Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Mother's Day proclamation on May 14. What made a mom then is certainly different than what makes a mom now. In the pursuit of understanding who our mothers are in America today — their age, their marital status, how many babies they have — take our quiz and expand your understanding of the American Mom.
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3 novels with unforgettable main characters
These protagonists will still be on your mind long after you've reached the last page.
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3 novels about family, crime, and love
In this week's fiction roundup, two girls try to hide the deaths of their parents, two American writers fall in love (at least in a novel), and an international bestseller explores the lengths a family will go to clean up after a crime.
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The New Economy Job hunting? This week’s unusual openings.
05/08/2009 01:00 am -
One town that can't wait for Chrysler to leave
Newark, Del., is one of 50 cities banding together to try to turn shuttered car factories into engines of economic growth.
05/01/2009 01:00 am -
Difference Maker People making a difference: Steve Korman
With the US mired in a deep recession, this CEO is challenging fellow business leaders to resist layoffs.
04/30/2009 01:00 am -
The New Economy Job hunting? This week's unusual openings.
04/30/2009 01:00 am -
Specter switches parties to win reelection
As the Republican Party shifted to the right, his chances of winning a 2010 primary were 'bleak,' he says.
04/29/2009 01:00 am -
Why a flight to CDs makes little sense for annuity holders
Personal finance Q&A with Steve Dinnen.
04/17/2009 01:00 am -
10 ways the new economy will look different
From the rise of the tightwad to the decline of the Sun Belt, American values and industries will be reinvented as the nation comes out of the worst recession since the 1930s.
04/12/2009 01:00 am -
Plain, Honest Men
An engrossing account of the men who met in Philadelphia in 1787 to design a radically new form of government.
04/09/2009 01:00 am -
Job migration to suburbs: an unstoppable flow?
Stimulus funds should be used to link city residents with distant suburban jobs, says a new study on job-siting trends.
04/06/2009 01:00 am -
Power Rules
Longtime Washington inside Leslie H. Gelb prescribes common sense as the antidote to US foreign policy blunders.
04/06/2009 01:00 am -
Opinion How judges might help troubled homeowners
As Congress debates cram-down legislation, it should consider Philadelphia's success story.
03/31/2009 01:00 am -
Teacher training: what's the best way?
Some policymakers say the focus needs to be on improving traditional education schools, while others are advocates of so-called alternative models, which can speed up entry into the profession.
03/27/2009 01:00 am -
USA
03/26/2009 01:00 am -
Chefs in the making
Cooking schools help teens build culinary skills and confidence.
03/25/2009 01:00 am -
NJ city: surprising leader in affordable housing
Trenton's ambitious program shows promise in turning around inner-city areas.
03/24/2009 01:00 am -
Opinion Bring integrity to the Internet
There aren't many options when your name is soiled on the Internet.
03/19/2009 01:00 am -
Wars, Guns, and Votes
Why democracy is slow to take root in the Third World.
03/12/2009 01:00 am -
Christian outreach moves into the inner city
The New Monastics, young Evangelicals in the mold of early Benedictines, seek to ‘radiate’ their faith by living among and helping the needy.
03/10/2009 01:00 am -
Real estate woes seep into malls, office towers
The Treasury readies $1 trillion to buoy faltering properties.
03/09/2009 01:00 am -
The Vote Biden's speech to AFL-CIO – who banned the cameras anyway?
03/05/2009 12:00 am -
Expert judgment at the Philadelphia Flower Show
From sweet peas to tactful brotherly love – a judge at the city’s flower show needs a broad eye for detail.
03/05/2009 12:00 am -
Bright Green Biden task force pushes 'green jobs'
The first meeting of the White House's Middle Class Task Force on Friday focused on how the creation of so-called green jobs can help fuel the economic recovery and bolster the middle class.
03/02/2009 12:00 am -
Gates set to leave deeper imprint on Pentagon?
Though the Pentagon budget is slated to rise, he confronts an urgent need to force greater discipline on military spending.
02/27/2009 12:00 am -
USA
02/24/2009 12:00 am -
Obama aims to cut deficit in half by ’13
This week is about the budget, as he issues his first, hosts a ‘fiscal responsibility summit.’
02/22/2009 12:00 am
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