Jennifer Harper

Nanogenerators to power future?

The tyranny of the phone charger is just about over.

March 27, 2009

More Hispanics opt for nip and tuck

Viva vanity.

March 26, 2009

Obama may stall progress, some fear

A black president in the White House means that racial issues in America are just fine now, right?

March 25, 2009

Bloggers say they’ll pay for news

Bloggers could be the salvation of newspapers, according to a trends analysis by J.D. Power and Associates, a research group associated with publisher McGraw-Hill.

March 24, 2009

Inside Politics Weekend: Obama saturation

There are those who wonder if Barack Obama is already overexposed, not 100 days in office.

March 22, 2009

Pope faces media backlash

Faith often gets short shrift in the news - unless a little sex and politics are thrown in.

March 20, 2009

Terminology muddies financial waters

Clawback, zombie company, brickor mortis, stagflation. And don't forget the inimitable "I kill you later." Insider financial terms all.

March 19, 2009

Little twitterviews can say a lot

"How do u tweet?"

March 18, 2009

Study still finds pulse in press

DOA? Not quite.

March 17, 2009

Inside Politics Weekend: Michael Moore=Rush Limbaugh?

These two may have one thing in common, at least for a few nanoseconds.

March 15, 2009

Girl Scouts nix cookie-hawking video

Wild Freeborn — an adorable 8-year-old Girl Scout — has caused considerable hubbub with entrepreneurial spirit and a little homemade video.

March 14, 2009

Orbital junk speeds past space station

In this case, size doesn't matter.

March 13, 2009

Economic news pressures press

Alarming statistics, Bernard Madoff's shamefaced perp walk, big policy, political discord, tragic vignettes - in all its complexity, the nation's economy has provided a huge challenge to the press.

March 13, 2009

Obama ‘Hope’ portrait hung up by suit

It may not be the face that launched a thousand ships, but it may launch a thousand court appearances.

March 12, 2009

Gulf War pilot reclassified MIA

In the first hours of the Gulf War, he flew his F-18 into the night skies from the deck of the USS Saratoga, never to return, and never to be found. His airplane was struck by an Iraqi surface-to-air missile.

March 11, 2009

Gulf War pilot’s status returns to MIA

Over the years, Capt. Michael Scott Speicher's status was listed as killed in action, body not recovered; missing in action and missing/captured. Now it has changed for a fourth time.

March 10, 2009

Guys want girls to curb drinking

The naughty cachet of "Girls Gone Wild" - inebriated coeds on spring break - lost its luster on Monday. That naughty cachet is a myth, essentially.

March 10, 2009

Miniter to lead Times editorial pages

The Washington Times on Monday named Richard Miniter as editor of the editorial pages and vice president of opinion, the latest of a series of dramatic moves to boost the newspaper's global impact.

March 9, 2009

Inside Politics Weekend: Chez Limbaugh

Mr. Limbaugh. Mr. Rush Limbaugh. Paging Mr. Limbaugh: The Republican party is looking for you to tell them which end is up and what planet they live on.

March 8, 2009

Spacecraft searches for other Earths

E.T., phone home. Or at least phone Kepler, which blasted off from Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Friday night with a distinctively different mission.

March 7, 2009