Study: Minority youth have big media appetite
CHICAGO - Minority youth spend more than half their day consuming media content, a rate that's 4.5 hours greater than their white counterparts, according to a Northwestern University report released last week. More »
Obama: Economic recovery is 'going to take time'
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says people need to be patient about the economic recovery and that training workers for manufacturing jobs will help with the turnaround. The recession didn't happen overnight and won't end that way, either, the president said Saturday in his weekly radio and online address. More »
Americans' equity in their homes near a record low
WASHINGTON - Falling real estate prices are eating away at home equity. The percentage of their homes that Americans own is near its lowest point since World War II, the Federal Reserve said last Thursday. The average homeowner now has 38 percent equity, down from 61 percent a decade ago. More »
New plan aims to end HIV in children by 2015
UNITED NATIONS - World leaders launched a global plan with the goal of ensuring that every baby is born HIV-free by 2015 - and that their HIV mothers live to raise them. More »
