January 2009

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How the Government Dealt With Past Recessions

How the Government Dealt With Past Recessions Since the Great Depression, presidents have frequently experimented with Keynesian economics to combat recessions. Three economists chronicle the history of government policy during [...]

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50 Years of Protein Structure Determination

50 Years of Protein Structure Determination View the interactive timeline  

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Apple’s Years With and Without Steve Jobs

While You Were Out: Apple’s Years With and Without Steve Jobs Sam Grobart looks at what effect the departures of Steven P. Jobs have had on Apple and its products. [...]

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Analyzing Obama’s Inaugural Speech

Analyzing Obama’s Inaugural Speech Interactive video and transcript of President Barack Obama’s inaugural remarks on Jan. 20, 2009. View the interactive transcript and video

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Guide to the 56th Inauguration

Guide to the 56th Inauguration View the interactive graphic

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The Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama

The Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama Follow the inauguration of Barack Obama and the live scene from across Washington with streaming video from multiple sites. View the interactive video project

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AP-mtvU poll: Financial worries, stress and depression college campus

AP-mtvU poll: Financial worries, stress and depression college campus As the 2008-09 college year draws to a close, a new AP-mtvU poll finds students are stressed and anxious – about [...]

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New York plane crash

New York plane crash A US Airways plane Flight 1549, taken off from LaGuardia Airport en route to Charlotte, N.C., went down in the Hudson River off midtown Manhattan on [...]

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Call of the Classroom: Teaching as a second career

Call of the Classroom: Teaching as a second career Increasing numbers of Americans are leaving their careers to become teachers. For some, it’s a chance to make a difference; for [...]

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Hurricane Season 2009: The path of destruction

Hurricane Season 2009: The path of destruction Hurricane intensity is measured by the storm’s average wind speed. The Saffir-Simpson divides hurricanes into five categories, with Category 1 being the mildest [...]

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Tracking US Airways Flight 1549

Tracking US Airways Flight 1549 Interactive graphic depicting the flight path and landing of US Airways Flight 1549. View the project

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The Slate Bailout Guide

The Slate Bailout Guide The first half of the $700 billion bailout is depleted, and now both Bush and Obama want Congress to approve the rest. View the interactive graphic

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I Hope So Too

I Hope So Too What are your hopes for the Obama administration? The New York Times asked more than 200 people in 14 states (half red, half blue) to identify [...]

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Air brake system

Air brake system Diagram of the system used in heavy trucks and fire vehicles. View the interactive graphic

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Anticipating Obama’s Inauguration on a City Block in Washington

Anticipation On a City Block Residents of one Washington city block, where two churches for decades symbolized the nation’s racial divide, come together to open their doors to a nation [...]

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Fatal Ladder 26 accident

Fatal Ladder 26 accident One firefighter was killed and six others were injured when a Boston Fire Department ladder truck crashed into a building on Huntington Avenue in the city’s [...]

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History of the Internet

History of the Internet “History of the Internet” is an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, from Arpanet to Internet. The history is told using the PICOL [...]

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