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The Class of New Unemployables

Andy Kroll Mother Jones  Should older Americans who lost their job in the Great Recession give up the search and wait it out until retirement?…



City may curb sales of sugary beverages

Stephen Smith Boston.com  First, it was smoking in restaurants and bars. Then, artery-clogging trans fat in fast food joints and bakeries. Now, Boston health regulators…





Global ‘internet treaty’ proposed

Claudine Beaumont The Telegraph The proposal was presented at the Internet Governance Forum in Lithuania last week, and outlined 12 “principles of internet governance”, including…




It’s a swine mess

Government set to force OAPs to have pig vaccine with flu jab  News of the World Millions of people will be given a secret swine…