Vol. 134 No. 2731, April 2006
Index
- California could be next.
- Revenue boom should pave way for tax cuts.
- Timely tax tips for teenagers.
- About one in three adult drivers ages 21-25 have driven under the influence of alcohol or drugs during the past year, according to a report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Before you slip into those jeans made in Swaziland, consider that working conditions in overseas sweatshops not only have helped destroy the U.S. garment industry, but have turned textile workers toiling abroad into the "new slaves" of globalized industrialism, or so says sociologist Piya Pangsapa, assistant professor in the Department of Women's Studies, University at Buffalo (N.Y.).
- Despite a common belief that peer pressure against high academic achievement is prevalent among black students, a study conducted by the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, shows that this usually is not the case.
- Lower-class, unsuccessful "bad guys" smoke more often in movies than wealthy cinema heroes, new research reveals.
- The increasing presence of miniature digital music players could have serious consequences in the workplace, warns a cyber-crime specialist at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Marcus Rogers points out that these players have been used by car-theft and child-pornography rings because of their data storage capabilities.
- The value of staying in school never has been greater.
- Where did all that money go?
- With the average person spending more than 100 hours commuting to work each year, it should come as no surprise that 30% of Americans eat in their cars at least twice a week, declares Kelton Research Inc., Irvine, Calif.
- Young offenders are not necessarily deterred from crime after they turn 18 even when they know they could be slapped with a much longer prison sentence, cautions a study from the University of California, Berkeley.
- Get organized via spring cleaning.
- IRS gearing up for big increase.
- More ways to pay less.
- Guilt more effective than hope or fear.
- Starting a business in New Orleans.
- Don't forget about pets.
- It's allergy season for dogs, too.
- Signs of spring may bring pain.
- Beer's bad rap for carbs unjustified.
- High mercury levels found in popular fish.
- We never talk anymore.
- Can high salary buy job satisfaction?
- Masterworks of American photography.
- Bottoms up before the 5 o'clock whistle.
- Converting plastic to lubricating oil.
- Grads better prepared for real world.
- Tattoo, bling craze raises hiring issues.
- Wild hair may be okay, but not piercings.
- Lack of clear policy can be messy.
- The times they are a changin'.
- A world view from behind the camera.
- Video violence desensitizes brain.
- Getting injured pilots back in the saddle.
- Ricin: one drop is all it takes.
- Trust is possible among bitter enemies.
- Discovery of coolest earth-like planet.
- Splitting up drops wealth by 77%.
- We've gotten older, but are we wiser?
- Spiritual spring cleaning: seven ways to heal.
- Women feel rushed no matter what.