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Monthly Archives: April 2013
U.S. Hospitals Told to Be on Lookout for H7N9 Bird Flu
By Anna Edney U.S. hospitals are being urged to head off a spread of the new H7N9 avian influenza by looking out for people exhibiting flu-like symptoms who have traveled to China or had contact with someone who has the illness. … Continue reading
Postal Service is losing $25 million a day
By Aimee Picchi The U.S. Postal Service is known for delivering the mail no matter if hurricanes or blizzards are obstructing the way. But now its pleading with lawmakers to deliver something for the agency: reforms that will stop the bleeding. Postmaster … Continue reading
Key & Peele: Bone Thugs and Homeless
It’s been a long week! Have a laugh from Key & Peele.
Posted in Soul Brother's Funny Bone
Tagged comedy, Comedy Central, funny, Kay & Peele, parody, video
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Hurricane Sandy Shook The U.S. Like An Earthquake
By Becky Oskin Hurricane Sandy’s fateful left turn toward the mid-Atlantic Coast in October last year lit up earthquake monitors all the way to Seattle, according to results presented at the Seismological Society of America’s annual meeting today (April 18). … Continue reading
How long it takes to cover rent in major U.S. cities
By Matthew Tarpey Most experts agree that about one-third of your salary should go toward paying rent. Unfortunately, in some cities that’s a tough goal to achieve. Using data from Economic Modeling Specialists International, along with average rent costs provided … Continue reading
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Tagged Apartment, budget, CA, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, life, Los Angeles, money, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, rentals, San Antonio, San Diego, San Jose
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Boston aftermath brings out America’s worst prejudices
By David Sirota Between a Saudi student’s profiling and irresponsible CNN and NY Post reports, our nation’s bigotry is on display. For a country that so often purports to be color blind, that insists too many people of color are … Continue reading
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Tagged bigotry, Boston, Boston Marathon, CNN, David Sirota, Ethnicity, John King, journalism, New York Post, race, racial profiling, reporting, Saudi Arabia, television, United States
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Jobs keep creeping out of downtowns
By Haya El Nasser The recession put the brakes on job growth but did nothing to reverse a decades-long trend: job sprawl. Despite the economic slump, the share of metropolitan areas’ jobs farther from downtowns increased from 2000 to 2010, … Continue reading
Bryan Stevenson – We need to talk about an injustice
Great presentation from human rights lawyer and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative discussing the unfairness of the American criminal justice system.
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