


Georgetown University to offer edge in admissions to descendants of slaves.
Wal-Mart to cut 7,000 back office store jobs
Expedia is preparing to list the Trivago hotel search platform.
New CDC maps show over one in five U.S. adults is obese in every state.
Tropical storm Hermine is now a hurricane.
Mark Zuckerberg is “deeply disappointed” by the Internet.org satellite explosion.
A woman allegedly stole $85,000 from the Girl Scouts.
August is the worst month for job gains–at least at first glance.
Putin is making a big bet on building Vegas in Vladivostok.
Photo: A customer leaves a Wal-Mart store in Rogers, Arkansas June 4, 2009. Reuters/Jessica Rinaldi