Artist captures Seoul’s ‘Beauty Recovery Rooms’
In the “plastic surgery capital of the world,” it’s not unusual to get plastic surgery as a high school graduation present.
Former Marine says some combat roles should be off-limits to women
As part of a series of conversations on women in combat, Iraq war veteran Chad Russell shares his perspective.
Jeb Bush takes latest jab at anti-obesity video game
The federally-funded game features a preschooler who doesn’t like vegetables. It’s meant to encourage kids to eat their greens.
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Women face unique retirement concerns
A new study found that women have less retirement savings than men on average, and there are a number of reasons why.
China’s money woes rippl through Midwest soybean farms
For years, American farmers enjoyed high soybean prices at more than $12 per bushel. Now, they’ve fallen below $9 a bushel.
Publisher will revise textbook that called enslaved Africans ‘workers’
McGraw-Hill has apologized and said it will revise its textbook after a Texas teenager and his mother pointed out the passage.
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Obama: U.S. will slow its military withdrawal from Afghanistan
The 9,800 troops currently in Afghanistan will remain there through most of 2016. By early 2017, that number will drop to 5,500.
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Peace Corps applications at a 40-year high
This is big news for the Peace Corps, which saw a 34 percent drop in applications between 2009 and 2013.
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Why isn’t the U.S. adopting this subway car design?
Instead of multiple cars strung together, an open gangway is one long car, allowing passengers to walk the full length of the train.
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No more nudity in Playboy
The magazine says it will no longer publish images of nude women, in an effort to attract more readers.
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