Prolonged Aid to Unemployed Is Running Out

"Over the coming months, as many as 1.5 million jobless Americans will exhaust their unemployment insurance benefits, ending what for some has been a last bulwark against foreclosures and destitution. " This...

'Organic has no health benefits'

" Organic food is no healthier than ordinary food, a large independent review has concluded. There is little difference in nutritional value and no evidence of any extra health benefits from eating organic...

TEA Party Activism - Write your County/City: "Where's the Money?"

""A few months ago Moody's downgraded all Municipal Bonds citing Overspending and a hollowing out of the revenue core. (Click here) At the same time, my property taxes have increased 800-1000 dollars over the past...

Same-sex partners to get fed benefits

" President Barack Obama, under growing criticism for not seeking to end the ban on openly gay men and women in the military, is extending benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees. Obama plans to announce his decision on Wednesday in the Oval Office, a White House...

FDA Slams Green Tea! Have They Done Enough Research?

The Orientals have credited Green tea with miracle healing powers for Centuries. Among the powers that were mentioned were such effects as Green Tea’s ability to work as a stimulant, its ability to eliminate indigestion, prevent fatigue, and improve both the urinary...

VA secretary expects big impact from post-9/11 GI Bill

"WASHINGTON, April 3, 2009 - All systems are on track for this summer's rollout of the new Post-9/11 GI Bill, which Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki said he expects to have as monumental an impact as the original World War II-era GI Bill of Rights. Shinseki, who...

Medical Marijuana Benefits

" Marijuana Rx Has medical marijuana gotten a bad rap? Dr. Jon LaPook talks with Dr. Herbert Kleber and Dr. Mitch Earleywine on the pros and cons of using medical marijuana...

Foreign Policy Workers Call on Clinton for Same-sex Benefits

More than 2,000 United States foreign policy workers signed a letter that was delivered to United States Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, urging consideration for equal benefits for same-sex...

The Benefits and Challenges of the Radio Industry in Kenya

The role of radio in Africa is one that cannot be emphasized enough. One finds that irrespective of the rapid advancement in technology that has resulted in the emergence of the internet, cell-phones and television, radio remains the most pervasive medium of...

Grape extract kills cancer cells

A University of Kentucky study has found that an extract from grape seeds causes leukaemia cells to die. The most recent issue of Clinical Cancer Research reports on the study's findings which indicate that within 24...

Current restrictions on marijuana research are absurd

"The human brain naturally produces and processes compounds closely related to those found in Cannabis sativa, better known as marijuana [see "The Brain's Own Marijuana," by Roger A. Nicoll and Bradley E. Alger. These compounds are called endogenous cannabinoids or...

The 'shwa getting hit by automotive meltdown

Oshawa is getting pumelled by the fall of the automotive industry in the US and Canada."In the third week of September, 480,400 people across the country were getting regular EI benefits, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday. That total was up 3.9 per cent from a year earlier....

Microsoft Corp.: Perfect passion defines a giant

" Many technology firms offer great perks and challenging work, but Microsoft stands out. The firm whose operating system is embedded in computers worldwide provides such benefits as help finding...

Benefits cheat jailed for using taxpayers' money to live 'life of Riley' on t...

This guy is only the very tip of the iceburge, I know of many people doing similar or same thing from EU and USA. Your tax money is giving loads of old guys pleasure in tropical paridises it makes me sick. I myself have a military pension...

Bailout Bill Includes Cheap Prozac and Therapy

The landmark $700 billion bailout bill, which was recently passed to stave off an economic recession and save Wall Street, also includes another bonus for executives: a deal on their Prozac to help them through...

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