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Congress’ budget dysfunction is more than 4 decades in the making
Congress may have averted a shutdown, but don't get too excited, warns a Harvard budget expert. The deal isn't sustainable longterm.
Sessions’ war on pot could speed up marijuana legalization nationwide
The attorney general's memo portended an end to a hands-off approach to this enforcement conundrum. It could backfire.
Nikola Tesla: The extraordinary life of a modern Prometheus
Scientist Nikola Tesla died 75 years ago, Sunday, after a rags-to-riches to rags life. The eccentric inventor set the stage for many modern technologies.
Match the following figures – Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Guglielmo Marconi, Alfred Nobel and Nikola Tesla – with these biographical facts:
Spoke eight languages
Produced the first motor that ran on AC current
Developed the underlying technology for wireless communication over long distances
Held approximately 300 patents…