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Workers assemble a pre-production 2013 Dodge Dart at a Chrysler plant in Belvidere, Illinois, February 2, 2012.  (REUTERS/Frank Polich)

As U.S. jobs go overseas, foreign jobs come here – just not enough

by Jack Rodolico on May 18, 2012


It's no secret that American jobs are going overseas. But the money and the jobs are flowing both ways, showing the U.S. economy is only a gear in the global machine. ...
An artist's conception of the 'hashtag' apartment building proposed for Seoul. (BIG)

The digital world reshapes the physical one

by Michael Fitzgerald on May 8, 2012


Sure, computers are everywhere. But these ideas take the digital world into whole new realms. ...
Chicago Blackhawks' Marian Hossa, left,  is checked by Phoenix Coyotes' Raffi Torres during Game 3 of their NHL Western Conference quarter-final playoff hockey game in Chicago on April 17. Hossa was taken from the ice on stretcher following the play. (Reuters/Jim Young)

Blood and guts on ice, but compared to others is hockey just a sissy sport?

by Jone Satran Fulkerson on April 19, 2012


Fighting in the NHL playoffs was described by one player as "out of control" this week but ice hockey doesn't make the top team in a worldwide comparison of all-things-violent. Take a soccer match, for instance, and then there's bull running ...
Sao Paulo's Carnival isn't bad, either. (Reuters/Paulo Whitaker)

After Carnival, Lent

by Michael Fitzgerald on February 19, 2012


Doughnuts, satirical floats and eco-fasting - the build up to the Christian season of Lent from Trinidad to Turkey. ...
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The Brazilians are coming

by Carlos J Vasquez on September 6, 2011


Space Shuttle engineers are finding jobs with the new kid on the block in business jet building. Brazil's Embraer has landed in Melbourne, Florida ...

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