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Wed, October 4, 2023 | 23:11

Why do I hoard more books than I could possibly read? An investigation

Publisher's Weekly recently reported that book sales for the first half of the year are down once again, continuing a trend that has accelerated since the pandemic.

2023-08-02 16:00

Anti-ESG politicians cost their states and cities billions

In the face of fires, record heat, floods and other extreme weather events across the country, House Republicans are using much of July to oppose financial transparency related to climate risks and to attack investor freedoms. Their reckless course endangers not just the planet but also the financial stability of Americans' retirement savings and pensions. One Republican went...

2023-08-01 16:00

Spain shows Europe's right where it's gone wrong

Ambiguous election results may have left Spain facing months of political uncertainty. But the vote delivered a clear message to the rest of Europe.

2023-07-31 16:00

Cultural artifacts inspired by the Korean War prove it is hardly forgotten 70 years later

The new film “Oppenheimer” guarantees fresh debates about America ending World War II by dropping two atomic bombs on Japan in August 1945.Odd but true: Only eight years later, in 1953, a troupe of mostly American musical artists - Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter, Roy Eldridge and Gene Krupa, among others - received rapturous applause in Tokyo as part of producer Norman Granz's...

2023-07-30 16:00

The message in 'Try That in a Small Town' is clear

Country singer Jason Aldean's “Try That in a Small Town” is far from the worst agitprop ever to hit the American scene. But the song hunkered down in the trenches of the culture war this week, which seems to have been its destination all along.

2023-07-27 16:00

SLO schools are victims of cyberattacks

In mid-June, the San Luis Obispo County Office of Education discovered that an "outside source" had attacked its computer system, crippling the financial network that serves every school district in the county.

2023-07-27 15:40

Medical debt is making Americans angry

For Emily Boller, it was a $5,000 hospital bill for a simple case of pink eye that took four years to pay off. For Mary Curley, it was the threatening collection letters from a lab that arrived more than 2½ years later, just as her husband lost his job and the family was fighting to save their home.

2023-07-26 16:00

No Labels seeks a middle ground that doesn't exist anymore

Who would be hurt most by a third-party presidential campaign by the No Labels movement, President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump? It's hard to say.

2023-07-25 16:00

If you never got sick from COVID, thank your genes

Even as COVID has faded into the background for most of the public, our curiosity about the virus's idiosyncrasies hasn't waned. Why does one member of a household suffer a hacking cough but another not even a sniffle? Why does long COVID afflict some and not others? A cluster of new studies suggests some of the answers lie in our genes. What scientists are learning could hel...

2023-07-24 16:00

'Oppenheimer' is here. Is Hollywood still afraid of the truth about the atomic bomb?

In 1945, Hollywood set in motion its first big-budget movie drama about the making and use of the atomic bomb. Almost immediately a competing project emerged (with a screenplay by Ayn Rand, no less). Yet for over seven decades, only two other major movie dramas about this epochal event emerged from a studio. Now that is changing with Friday's arrival of Christopher Nolan's mu...

2023-07-23 16:00

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Top 10 Stories

1	Public transit fares to increase in Seoul and Busan this week

2	Ruling party vows to investigate China's alleged influence operations

3	Genesis GV80 Coupe looks to compete with Mercedes-Benz, BMW

4	Korean steelmakers on alert over initiation of EU carbon border tariff

5	Korean shipbuilders seek lead over Chinese rivals in selling LNG carriers to Qatar

6	30 out of 74 major financial companies lack female board member

7	Hyundai, Kia to extend earnings rally on strengthening dollar, solid sales

8	Dong-A Socio Group’s honorary chairman passes away at 96

9	Lawmakers want chairmen of financial firms held accountable over misconduct

10	Returning home from Chuseok holiday

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