American federal employee wages will be frozen if the Obama administration implements a plan to save some funds in order to trim the huge budget deficit. The proposal covers approximately 2 million civilian federal workers excluding military personnel. A panel overseeing the deficit cut wants to freeze wages of federal employees for the next three […]
Climate change talks in Cancun, Mexico are about to start on Monday, in a fresh bid by countries from all over the world to further the success of the Copenhagen Accord to curb gas emissions. An estimated 194 countries responsible for roughly 80 percent of total global emissions will be represented in discussions beginning Monday […]
Lady Gaga and Alicia Keys together with several American celebrities will stage their digital deaths on December 1, World AIDS Day. Gaga and company will sign off their Twitter and Facebook accounts on that day to raise charitable donations of at least $1 million. They will post “last tweet and testament” video clips in their […]
Eating disorders in children are causing an increasing number of them to be hospitalized, a new survey revealed. A report by the American Academy of Pediatrics published online this Monday shows that hospitalization cases of 12-and-under kids with eating disorders jumped 119 percent from 1999 to 2006. This supports an earlier report issued in 2009 […]
Jobs hiring may not necessarily follow an increase in productivity and profits in this down economy, recent data suggests. Companies are utilizing ways to maximize existing resources that they have including their workers to eke out a profit and they are not are so keen to expand their business because of the lingering uncertainty. With […]
High-speed trains may become an appealing alternative for American travellers who are irritated and weary over rigorous airport screenings using invasive body scanners and uncomfortable pat-downs not to mention congested traffic conditions in U.S. highways this busy holiday season. While trains have long been a staple of U.S. travel, high-speed trains are now just being […]
Flu vaccines for children have been shown in a Finnish study to be effective and the findings may convince health authorities worldwide to give flu shots to kids between six and 35 months of age. Only Finland and the United States actively promotes for children younger than two years old to receive the flu vaccines. […]
Foreclosure sales all over the country are set to resume soon as government mortgage firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac advised real estate agents to restart their processing as usual. The companies have put a freeze on sales of foreclosed homes because of the foreclosure documents fiasco that erupted two months ago. Freddie Mac sent […]
Kim Kardashian may be a celebrity and role model for many American youngsters, but her sponsored credit cards may not be the best for them, at least according to the Connecticut Attorney General. A statement was issued today by Attorney General Richard Blumenthal warning young American consumers against using credit cards targeting their huge market. […]
Secondhand smoke exposure that can lead to lethal diseases claims 600,000 lives per year around the world according to a study measuring the impact of secondhand smoke to the global population. The study published on Friday in the medical journal Lancet analyzed information from 192 countries and discovered that more than 30 percent of non-smokers […]
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