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Michele Norris considers one of the beers in the test.

Beer Tasting: The World's Best, And Priciest

Grocery shelves are sagging with every kind of beer imaginable, in taste and appearance. With the help of beer expert Michael Jackson, Michele Norris and Robert Siegel take stock — and taste — of some of the world's finest (and most expensive) beers.

The scene at a career fair in New York City last October.

Jobs Report Due Out This Morning

When the Labor Department releases June's employment report Friday morning, economists also expect to hear that 165,000 jobs were added to payrolls last month.

Matthew Emmons of America (right) celebrates his bronze medal, along with Italy's Niccolo Campriani (center) and South Korea's Kim Jonghyun, after the men's 50m rifle 3 positions final.

American Sees Silver Slip Away In Rifle Event's Final Shot

U.S. rifle shooter Matthew Emmons has won a bronze medal in the 50-meter three positions rifle event. That may sound like a slight let-down for the man who had been poised to win silver — a horrible final shot of 7.6 dropped him into third place — but it's far better than Emmons' earlier Olympic experiences.

<p>An onlooker reacts near the site where six people were killed and three were wounded in a shooting at a hair salon in Seal Beach, Calif.</p>

Update: 8 People Are Dead In Southern California Salon Shooting

A gunman opened fire on a packed salon, killing at least eight people. Police said the rampage will go down as one of Seal Beach's worst mass killings.

Parking Meter Rates To Rise In Chicago

In 2013, Chicago will have the most expensive parking meters in North America. The rate to park in the heart of downtown will jump 75 cents an hour — up to $6.50 an hour.

After 100 years, Paris says it will again allow swimming in the River Seine

Paris officials would have stopped you from swimming in the Seine because they said it was too dirty. In 2025, folks will be able to swim at three places, due to a $1.6 billion restoration project.

Michael Ferro's actions contributed to a series of crises at Tribune Publishing, where he was its chairman and largest investor.

Tribune, Tronc And Beyond: A Slur, A Secret Payout And A Looming Sale

Tribune Publishing secretly started to pay more than $2.5 million to a fired news executive to settle a lawsuit. It sought to keep a slur by controlling owner Michael Ferro from becoming public.

At most of India's private engineering and medical schools, a certain number of spots in the freshman class, usually about 15%, are reserved for the college's management to allocate at its discretion.

When Students In India Can't Earn College Admission On Merit, They Buy Their Way In

When parents in the U.S. paid huge sums to secure places for their children in top schools, it was a scandal. In India, it's acceptable for parents to pay private universities for this purpose.

Morning News Brief: Trump Meets Putin, Russia Probe Update, New Tesla Car

President Trump meets with Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit. Also, an update on Robert Mueller's Russia probe, and a look at electric carmaker Tesla's new lower-priced car.

Income Inequality, As Seen From Two Angles

A key theme of President Obama's State of the Union was income inequality. For two different perspectives on the matter, Robert Siegel talks with Paul Krugman and Douglas Holtz-Eakin. Krugman is a columnist for The New York Times and a professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University. Holtz-Eakin is the president of the American Action Forum, a center-right policy institute. He also served as the chief economist of the President's Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush.

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