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Ricardo Robleño Llorente and his wife, Laura Silva Kirkpatrick, show their college degrees at home in Madrid. Even though they have two bachelor's degrees and a master's between them, they were unable to find permanent work through most of their 20s, during Spain's economic crisis. "Why bother going to college at all?" Silva Kirkpatrick asks.

Spain's Economy Is Expanding, But Most New Jobs Are Temporary

For a generation of young Spaniards, temporary employment has become the new normal. As voters head to the polls on Sunday, many are wondering if that should really count as recovery.

Senior Airman Frances Gavalis tosses unserviceable uniform items into a burn pit at Balad Air Base, Iraq in 2008. The military destroyed uniforms, equipment and other materials in huge burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some veterans say those pits are responsible for respiratory problems they are now experiencing.

Veterans Say 'Burn Pits' Created Toxic Clouds That Made Them Sick

During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, open-air pits were used to incinerate refuse including plastics and human waste. Now, U.S. veterans are claiming these burn pits caused chronic ailments.

Casino Magnate, GOP Donor Sheldon Adelson Buys Las Vegas Newspaper

Sheldon Adelson has bought The Las Vegas Review-Journal. In addition to making lots of money off of gambling and hospitality, Adelson is one of the most active donors in conservative politics.

'Washington Post' Columnist Ignatius On Obama's Choices To Thwart ISIS

Ahead of the holidays, President Obama has been trying to calm fears about ISIS. David Ignatius of The Washington Post tells David Greene that Obama doesn't consider ISIS to be an existential threat.

Rubio Insists He's A More Sensible Choice To Cruz In GOP Presidential Race

Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is barnstorming early voting states. Since Tuesday's GOP presidential debate, he's been taking on Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas over immigration and counterterrorism.

Prosecution hopes to avoid second RFTA trial

A second trial will most likely not be needed to determine compensation for nine passengers injured on a 2013 Roaring Fork Transportation Authority bus…

Jimmy Carter's Grandson, Jeremy Carter, Has Died At 28

Jeremy Carter died suddenly this weekend. His grandfather, former President Jimmy Carter, shared the word of his family's loss at the Sunday school class he taught just hours later.

Base Village review is all Related tonight

The future of Base Village in Snowmass could be decided tonight [mon]. Aspen Public Radio’s Carolyn Sackariason has more. The second and what could be the…

The Mars rover InSight will not launch as scheduled in March. A seismometer it was supposed to carry has experienced a series of vacuum leaks and cannot be repaired in time.

Instrument Malfunction Causes NASA To Suspend Next Mars Mission

The decision means a significant delay in the InSight program, because Earth's and Mars' orbits are aligned in a way that makes a launch possible only every 26 months. Blame a faulty seismometer.

Inmates walk past correctional officers at the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton, Wash., in 2011. Gov. Jay Inslee said Tuesday that more than 3,000 prisoners in Washington have been mistakenly released early since 2002 because of an error by the state's Department of Corrections.

Computer Glitch Allows 3,000 Inmates Early Release In Washington State

Since 2002, a computer error by the state's Department of Corrections permitted as many as 3,200 prisoners to be freed early. The department knew about the problem but a coding fix was never made.

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