How companies decide whether to give experimental drugs to dying patients

Drug companies are wrestling with questions about when to grant experimental treatments

Study: Men are lazy to their core

Men don't only seem like they don't want to do chores.

What James Franco gets wrong about working for McDonald’s

McDonald's jobs aren't worthless. They could just be better.

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Six alarming health trends every woman needs to know

Where suicide, chlamydia, diabetes and other problems are on the rise

The weapons men and women most often use to kill

Tracking down the ways men and women really kill

How the GOP House budget takes aim at funding for college students

Republicans would cut education funding in their budget

Austerity makes a last stand at the British polls

British voters still trust Prime Minister David Cameron on the economy.

Five really good reasons why millennials are actually the best

Are millennials really the worst generation? Maybe not.

The odd history of why the Clintons keep all their money in cash

The former president and former secretary of state are keeping all their millions in a single savings account at JPMorgan.

New York Governor Cuomo wants to raise wages for fast food workers, all by himself

Targeting one industry is rare, but Cuomo might be doing it to make a point

Janet Yellen on why stocks might be overvalued

Fed Chair Janet Yellen is worried that stock prices are "quite high" right now.

These cops are tired of white people getting freaked out by their black neighbors

They've fielded way too many "suspicious behavior" calls from nervous white residents.

How Baltimore and cities like it hold back poor black children as they grow up

America has pockets of real upward mobility — but they’re not where many blacks live

How growing up poor changes politicians

Democrats from humble backgrounds more often vote for economic policies that help the lower class. For Republicans, upbringing doesn't matter.

Your favorite organic brand is actually owned by a multinational food company

With annual sales rising about $32 billion, the organic food companies have been swallowed up by larger corporations best known for conventional products. The effects of "organic" food remains a matter of debate.

Taxes went up in Arkansas when Huckabee was governor

Taxes increased for residents of Arkansas while Huckabee was governor.

Why Millennials have sex with fewer partners than their parents did

What today's hook up culture actually looks like

Diets don’t work, but these two strategies do

There is hope for those hoping to shed a few pounds, or even just eat a bit more healthfully.

How quickly will states get to zero in funding for higher education?

States are moving toward zero funding for higher education.

There’s a good kind of corruption in politics

Political machines like New Jersey's help get things done in democracies.

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