Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013

10:10 a.m. – Mike DeSenne, Kiplinger

What are the best college majors for a lucrative career?

10 Best Majors for Your Career

  1. Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  2. Computer Science
  3. Civil Engineering
  4. Information Systems Management
  5. Nursing
  6. Information Systems
  7. Finance
  8. Math
  9. Information Science
  10. Construction

Related Link: Kiplinger: Best College Majors for a Lucrative Career

10 Worst Majors for Your Career

  1. Human Services and Community Organization
  2. Fine Arts
  3. Social Work
  4. Early Childhood Education
  5. Art History
  6. Interdisciplinary Studies
  7. Studio Arts
  8. Mass Media
  9. Humanities
  10. Family Consumer Sciences

Related Link: Kiplinger: Worst College Majors for Your Career


8:10 p.m. – Gregg Stebben, WTOP’s Tech Guy

New curved smartphones: What’s next, folding?


7:40 p.m. Gail Wilensky, economist and senior fellow at Project Hope and former senior health and welfare advisor for George H. W. Bush

Insurance changes under Obamacare


7:20 p.m. Cathi Banks, travel expert with Legacy Travel

How to get the best prices for holiday travel


6:20 p.m. Burgess Everett, congressional reporter for POLITICO

Leaders in the Senate working to hammer out a deal to move the spending bill more quickly


5:40 p.m. George Wallace, WTOP’s Redskins beat reporter

RGIII talks about sliding in practice


4:40 p.m. – Ali Velshi, host, Al-Jazeera America

Debt limit threat to economy


4:10 p.m. – Major Garrett, chief White House correspondent, CBS

President Obama pushes health care reform


3:50 p.m. – Dr. Compton Benjamin, urologist, George Washington Medical Faculty Associates

Dr. Drew announces prostate cancer and earlier surgery


3:10 p.m. – Jefrey Pollock, President at Global Strategy Group

Government shutdown creating new fear among Americans


2:20 p.m. – Peter Landesman, director and writer of the feature film ‘Parkland’

"Parkland" tells different side of the JFK assassination

Watch the trailer below:


12:51 p.m. – Dave Ross, commentator

Funny, no one seems to care about the shutdown


Girls might be better off playing more than one sport

WTOP’s Kristi King reports


Lasers could one day manipulate rain and lightning

Watch the CBS video:


Looks: When do we stop caring?

WTOP’s David Burd reports.

Do people really give up on their looks? If so…when does it happen? You can join the conversation on our Facebook page or tweet your thoughts using #WTOP.

Related Link: Daily Mail: Men give up on their appearance at the age of 46 – while women care about their looks for 13 years longer


9:40 a.m. – Kelly Kennedy, health policy reporter, USA TODAY

Glitch in health care law could keep leave up to 500,000 children without coverage.

Related Link: USA TODAY: ‘Family glitch’ in health law could be painful


8:40 a.m. – Former Rep. Steve LaTourett, R-Ohio, head of McDonald Hopkins Government Strategies

The Main Street advocacy ads and the gridlock in Congress.


7:30 a.m. – Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va.

The threat of a government shutdown and response to Sen. Ted Cruz’s rally against Obamacare on the Senate floor.


6:40 a.m. – Nancy Cordes, CBS News congressional correspondent

Commentary on Ted Cruz’s speech on the Senate floor and the looming government shutdown.


6:10 a.m. – James Hohmann, political reporter for POLITICO

Some of the questions the candidates for Virginia governor don’t want to answer.


After tragedy, Navy Yard employees wait to get belongings

WTOP’s National Security Correspondent J.J. Green reports.


Buy groceries with a point and a click

WTOP’s Veronica Robinson reports. Visit <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/101045005">CNBC</a> for more information.


Data Doctors

Getting the person taking the picture in the picture


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