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Work with Marty Nemko, 12/6/15: Improving Social Skills in the Workplace

On the Dec. 6, 2013 edition of Work with Marty Nemko, I talk with Eric Waisman on boosting your social skills and reducing your social anxiety in the…

Grand Jury Indicts 6 Baltimore Officers In Freddie Gray's Death

Prosecutor Marilyn J. Mosby said at a news conference that the officers will be arraigned July 2. The charges against them are mostly similar to those announced May 1.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, shown wearing one of her trademark collars in 2010, now has an insect named in her honor.

Insect Named For Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is Step Toward Equality Of The 6-Legged Sexes

A newly identified praying mantis species, Ilomantis ginsburgae, is named for the Supreme Court justice. The species is also — unusually — identified by traits specific to the female, not the male.

U.S. Charges 6 Chinese Nationals With Stealing Tech Secrets

A 32-page indictment by federal prosecutors charges the six with economic espionage and trade secret theft. They are accused of stealing wireless technology from a pair of U.S. companies.

Construction workers build a commercial complex in July, in Springfield, Ill. On Friday, the government said the unemployment rate had fallen below 6 percent for the first time in more than six years.

Unemployment Falls To 5.9 Percent, Lowest In 6 Years

The U.S. economy also added 248,000 jobs last month, according to Bureau of labor Statistics data that were stronger than expected.

Folk Music & Beyond 6/2

Live music by two of the headliners at the upcoming San Francisco Free Folk Festival. The Americana duo Misner & Smith will be in at 3 pm, performing…

Don Spirit is pictured in this 2001 handout photo obtained by Reuters on Friday. Police identified Spirit as the man who gunned down his six grandchildren and daughter before taking his own life.

Fla. Man Kills 6 Grandchildren, Daughter Before Suicide

The shooter, Don Spirit, 51, had done time in prison on firearms violations in connection with the shooting death of his 8-year-old son during a 2001 hunting accident.

In an image provided by NASA, astronaut Randy Bresnik prepares to enter Boeing's CST-100 spacecraft for an evaluation at the company's Houston Product Support Center. NASA awarded Boeing with a $4.2 billion contract Tuesday.

Boeing And SpaceX Win $6.8 Billion In NASA Contracts

By 2017, the two American companies are expected to take over a job that NASA has relied upon Russia to perform: shuttling astronauts to the International Space Station.

City Marshals Norris Greenhouse (left) and Derrick Stafford are seen in their booking photos provided by Louisiana State Police in New Orleans. They were arrested Friday on charges of killing a 6-year-old boy and critically wounding his father during a car chase.

2 Louisiana Officers Arrested In Fatal Shooting Of 6-Year-Old Boy

Two of four local deputies involved in a shooting in Marksville, La., are charged with second-degree murder. The police chase that ended in gunfire Tuesday also left the boy's father wounded.

Hiring Slows In August, But Unemployment Dips To 6.1 Percent

Coming in below expectations, the U.S. economy added 142,000 jobs in August. Still, the survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed the unemployment rate dipped a tenth of a percent.

Turmeric, on left, was used to make the yellow in the cupcakes on the right.

Move Over, Yellow 6. More Natural Colors From Plants Are Coming

From purple carrots and cabbage to grapes, the food industry is finding new ways to derive natural colors from plants. It's happening just as consumers are pushing Big Food to ditch artificial colors.

Book Talk May 6, 2012

Alan talks with Mac Barnett about his picture books, and the latest in his Brixton Brothers mysteries, "The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity."

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