Ruling finds Japanese man died from overwork

"TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A Japanese labor bureau has ruled that one of Toyota's top car engineers died from working too many hours, the latest in a string of such findings in a nation where extraordinarily long hours for some employees has long been the norm. The man who died...

Stewart Saves Minnesota - Franken to Run For Senate

We can only hope he is a better politician than he was a comedian."Minnesota Democrats have thrown their support behind comedian Al Franken in a race for U.S. Senate that will pit him against Republican incumbent Norm Coleman.Franken, who wrote and performed for "Saturday...

7 dire money mistakes

"Leo Tolstoy famously wrote in "Anna Karenina," a novel that culminates in an equally famous suicide, that "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." When families are unhappy because of their finances, however, they've typically chosen one...

SMS reminders for Boomers reaching the "CRS" Age

Ever heard the one about CRS (can't remember sh*t) that circulates around folks who are turning 40, 50, 60, etc? CRS becomes a "syndrome" for the Boomers who age gracefully crowd. Now those same folks who previously shunned SMS text messaging, are beginning to see SMS in a...

OK to eat the yellow snow?

"NOVOSIBIRSK, February 2 - The yellow-orange snow that fell in West Siberian regions Wednesday contained no toxic substances and its color was the result of a sand storm in neighboring Kazakhstan, experts said Friday. "Experts have established that the substances in the snow...

Harvard Research Shows Teachers as Segregated as Students

"Every red-blooded American school student, while enjoying their school break, are inevitably performing a time-honored-holiday tradition as well — counting down the days till school starts again. Too many students will return to schools where self-segregation is the norm,...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

Debating the Desire for a Diamond

"What does it say about you if you want one, or if you don't? Here are two points of view. Why do women want a diamond in the first place? Amidst the whole debate over the ethics of the global diamond trade that is explored in the new Leonardo DiCaprio film Blood Diamond,...