The Best Jobs In America

Seeded on Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:28 AM EDT (CNN)

MONEY Magazine's Top 50

job, money, us-news, employment, salary, career

Blame the Student

Seeded on Sun Apr 9, 2006 6:17 PM EDT (USA Today)

...Not the teachers, or the small school budgets.

learning, education, students, school, teachers

Why Prodigal America Should Be Ashamed (A Revision)

Fri Mar 17, 2006 6:10 PM EST

There is something extremely disgraceful about a world in which the wealthiest twenty-five million Americans have a total income nearly equivalent to that of the poorest two billion people on Earth (Wikipedia).

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america, charity, money, hunger, waste, poverty, us-news, consumption, consumerism, materialism

Catharsis Actually Increases Anger and Aggression

Seeded on Sun Mar 5, 2006 4:41 PM EST (apa.org)

Better think twice before pummeling your pillows.

health, anger, psychology, catharsis, aggression, venting, hostility

Why Prodigal America Should Be Deeply Ashamed

Wed Mar 1, 2006 12:07 AM EST

There is something extremely disgraceful about a world in which the three wealthiest people have more financial assets than the poorest ten percent of the world's population, combined (Wikipedia).

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world, america, money, obesity, hunger, pollution, waste, poverty, us-news, consumption

Tax Breaks Given on Gas-Guzzling SUVs, Not Efficient Hybrids

Seeded on Sat Feb 18, 2006 2:39 PM EST (Yahoo! Finance)

Ridiculous.

business, tax, money, hybrid, cars, gasoline, break, us-news, suv, gas-guzzler

Airlines: Winners and Losers of Lost Luggage Claims

Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:41 PM EST

Missing suitcase reports are up 23% since last year. In 2005, airlines lost an average of 10,000 bags each day. The increase in the number of travelers, airline budget cuts, and stiffer bag inspections are to blame (M.

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travel, airline, missing, airport, lost, claim, suitcase, us-news, luggage, baggage

So You Think You Have it Bad? Think Again, Cry Baby

Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:30 AM EST

Far too often we get caught up in the "bad" of our lives, devoting all our attention to what we can't do, mistakes we've made, and things we can't have.

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health

Why Bacon and Eggs Might Be Deadly (It's Not the Cholesterol)

Seeded on Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:47 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Who would have guessed that eating food cooked in non-stick pans may cause cancer?

cancer, epa, health, dupont, teflon, perfluorooctanoic-acid, pfoa

Bubble Tea: Starbucks's Next Cash Cow?

Seeded on Sun Feb 12, 2006 3:44 PM EST (goldsea.com)

business, starbucks, bubble, coffee, milk, tea, pearl, boba, tapioca

What's in a Name? Shakespeare's Spells L-I-A-R

Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:34 PM EST

The question of William Shakespeare's authorship is a point of strong contention, and because there is both supporting and opposing evidence for the case it is dubious that a general agreement will ever prevail.

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literature, odd-news, shakespeare, william, evidence, authorship, oxfordian, stratfordian

Parents to Blame for Hostile Tendencies in Children?

Sat Feb 11, 2006 1:23 AM EST

Declining moral values of television programs have become increasingly common since the television was first introduced. Programs that once provided for wholesome family gatherings have evolved into crass, violence spawning, and morally caustic forms of entertainment.

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