Mar 19th, 2010 · Beginning next year, loads of federal stimulus money will flow to doctors and hospitals to help them buy systems for electronic medical records. Now there's an online calculator you can use to estimate how much your local hospital would be eligible to receive.
Mar 19th, 2010 · New Mexico high school student Erika DeBenedictis took first place in this year's Intel Science Talent Search. DeBenedictis discusses how she won $100,000 in prize money by designing a software system to guide spacecraft along the most fuel-efficient route to Venus.
Mar 19th, 2010 · Western nations have long criticized Afghanistan's failure to curtail opium production, a main source of income for the Taliban. But counterterrorism officials say the problem is far more complex than just drug money, including diverted charity payments and "protection money" from convoys seeking to resupply U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
Mar 18th, 2010 · The chief minister of India's most populous state came from humble origins, but Mayawati, as she is known, has not been shy about displaying her wealth. Recently, the show of opulence at a political rally — where she accepted a garland made entirely of money — seems to have gone too far, even by her standards.
Mar 18th, 2010 · Wachovia Bank has agreed to pay $160 million to settle a federal investigation into laundering of South American drug money. The deal, announced by the U.S. Attorney in Miami, said the bank had laundered the money since at least 2003 using Mexican exchange houses.
Mar 17th, 2010 · Banking giant Wachovia Corp. will pay $160 million to settle a federal investigation into laundering of illegal drug profits through Mexican exchange houses in the largest case of its kind ever brought against a U.S. bank, prosecutors said.
Mar 17th, 2010 · A Harvard economist estimates how much revenue each state would raise by legalizing and taxing illicit drugs.
Mar 17th, 2010 · The White House proposal to rewrite the education law faced its first major test Wednesday as Education Secretary Arne Duncan defended the plan before two congressional committees. Lawmakers raised concerns about requiring low-performing schools to replace their staffs and a switch to competitive grants for federal money.