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Poor dental health care in the U.S. has high costs, and children frequently pay the price. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that children from lower-income families are twice as likely to experience tooth decay than those who come from higher-income households. Part of the problem is that many…
Tzukuri, an Australia-based company, is making waves in the worlds of fashion and technology with a new type of bluetooth-enabled sunglasses. The sunglasses, featuring lenses which are handcrafted by artisans in Japan’s Fukui prefecture, feature a small, low energy chip in the frames. This chip can be synced with a…
In April, the name Sharlene Simon made headlines when she sued the families of the boys she had killed and injured in a 2012 car accident. Simon, from Ontario, Canada, sued for emotional distress, claiming that the three teenage boys she had hit, one of whom died, were “incompetent bicyclists.” While…
Work for a federal agency? You probably don’t know who your boss is It is the common confusion among the federal agencies that who their actually boss is. Is it congressional committees that oversee them or the President who appoints their leadership? In the recent study The Irony of Congressional…
If Pfizer Avoids U.S. Taxes by Buying AstraZeneca, Will Congress Be Forced To Act? What would happen when the America’s top ranking drug selling company Pfizer and the most famous drug selling store Walgreen strike a deal for evading the taxes? Are these companies shifting their business to other territories?…
Minimum wage: Congress stalls, states act Though the chances of rising per hour wages are there yet Obama administration and congressional Democrats are intending to use the issue as a campaign trail in the midterm elections. In the meantime, many States of the country have increased their per hour minimum…
The Time Is Now for Congress to Act on Immigration Reform The reformation in the immigration system will inevitably last far researching positive repercussions on the growth of economy. Kauffman Foundation claims that “immigrants are inclined more- compared to native-born Americans- to start a new business. Unfortunately, our existing immigration…
Public Preference for a GOP Congress Marks a New Low in Obama’s Approval Frustrated and the most agonized American public – that has been waiting since years for economic recovery- has ranked the sitting President as a career low in the ABC News/Washington Post poll. It is said that the…
Who has the best Web sites and social media outreach in Congress? The Congressional Management Foundation has given Golden Mouse Awards to more than 80 lawmakers for their excellent online communication. Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk (R) won the award for using twitter to disclose his Stroke recovery while Florida Congressman…
Congress gets back to work Monday looking like it will do what it does best: the bare minimum After two weeks of vacation, congress is going to back on work. It is said that the lawmakers are going to discuss serious issues of the country. Will they really moot issues…