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The scene at a Hiring Our Heroes job fair for veterans last month in Washington, D.C.

Weekly Jobless Claims Dip; Will Unemployment Rate Do The Same?

Fewer Americans applied for unemployment insurance last week. But Friday's much-anticipated report on payroll growth and unemployment in January may not offer particularly good news, economists say.

In the <em>Top Chef</em> finale, it was Nina versus Nick.

The Two Kinds Of Fairness, As Explained By 'Top Chef'

'Fair' doesn't only mean following the rules, as one of TV's more popular competitive reality shows learned after crowning its winner.

A Stradivarius violin is pictured in December 2009 at the restoration and research laboratory of the Musee de la Musique in Paris.

Stolen Stradivarius Found By Milwaukee Police

The instrument, known as "Lipinski" was stolen from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's concert master last week.

The Rev. Rose Hudson-Wilkin outside her home in Hackney, England. The first woman and the first person of color to serve as chaplain to the queen and in the House of Commons moves between those rarefied worlds and that of the poverty- and crime-ridden parish in East London that she continues to run.

From Projects To Parliament, Britain's 'Rev. Rose' Breaks Barriers

Rose Hudson-Wilkin was the first black woman to be chaplain to the queen of England. Now she is chaplain to the speaker of the House of Commons as well. Even while fulfilling these high-profile roles, she continues to run an East London parish that struggles with poverty and gang violence.

Taliban Release Video Of Captured 'American Military Dog'

The video seems to mark the first time a canine has been used in a prisoner of war video. The Pentagon said U.S. forces lost a working dog in December.

Susan Crawford says that in cities like Seoul and Stockholm, high-speed, high-capacity networks are taken for granted. "It really is astonishing what's going on in America," she says. "We're falling way behind in the pack of developed nations when it comes to high-speed Internet access, capacity and prices."

Author: When It Comes To High-Speed Internet, U.S. 'Falling Way Behind'

The U.S. needs to start treating the Internet like electricity or railroads, law professor and author Susan Crawford says. "We can't create a level playing field for all Americans or indeed compete on the world stage without having some form of government involvement," she says.

Most Smokers Don't Buy Their Cigarettes At CVS

The CVS drugstore chain's decision to stop selling tobacco products drew praise as an important public health step. But, we wondered, how many people buy cigarettes at drugstores? Not as many as we thought.

Bloomberg On Climate Change: Cities Are Leading The Way 'Right Now'

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg made combating climate change a major focus during his time in office. Now, the billionaire businessman and philanthropist has a new international role to push his message. He has been appointed the U.N. special envoy for cities and climate change. Melissa Block talks with Bloomberg about the new job and what cities can do to fight climate change.

In 1975, <em>Shoah</em> director Claude Lanzmann interviewed Benjmain Murmelstein, the last surviving Elder of the Jews of the Czech Theresienstadt ghetto, at his home in Rome. The resulting film is <em>The Last of the Unjust.</em>

The Holocaust Recalled, Again, Through The Eyes Of 'The Unjust'

Documentary filmmaker Claude Lanzmann, known for his long and thorough examinations of the Holocaust and its memory, presents a series of 1975 conversations between himself and exiled Jewish elder Benjamin Murmelstein. (Recommended).

Family Matters, With A Dose Of Pharmaceuticals

Demi-Soeur, the tale of a developmentally disabled elderly woman getting to know her long-lost half-brother, is sweet if shabbily constructed, an amiably retro comedy set in a Gallic wonderland.

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