Vol. 140 No. 2803, April - April 2012
Index
- Broadway to campaign trail: Mormon is the buzz.
- Increased stress puts more at risk.
- To the victors go the spoils.
- 'Extreme' tactics defeat proposed laws.
- As the nation suffers a burgeoning obesity crisis, health advocates and policymakers have zoned in on poor neighborhoods they have termed 'food deserts' - areas with few grocery stores and other access to healthy food.
- Both children and the elderly have slower response times when they have to make quick decisions in some settings, but research from Ohio State University, Columbus, suggests that much of that slower response is a conscious choice to emphasize accuracy over speed.
- Buyers of homes most value a new or updated kitchen and bathroom and an open floor plan, says a survey conducted by Coldwell Banker Real Estate, Parsippany, N.J.
- Conservatives may not agree on the best candidate for president, but they all agree that Obama must go.
- Driven by surging consumption in the U.S. and Asia, natural gas' share of total energy consumption rose to 23.8%, reports the Worldwatch Institute, Washington, D.C.
- Interactive applications for mobile phones may be some of the mast powerful forms of advertising yet developed, maintains Robert Potter, director of the Institute for Communication Research at Indiana University, Bloomington.
- Put your grocery bill on a diet.
- Some 45,900,000 Americans age 18 or older (20% of this age group) experienced mental illness in the past year, claims the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Washington, D.C. Adult women (23%) were mere likely to experience mental illness than men (16.8%).
- The more afraid a person is of a spider, the bigger that individual perceives the spider to be, suggests research published in the Journal of Anxiety Disorders.
- The U.S. has moved from fifth (in 2010) to first in the rankings of most charitable nations, according to the United Kingdom's Charities Aid Foundation survey.
- Obama's fiscal suicide: proposed budget would be a kiss of death for the poor--and everyone else.
- Privacy rights violated again.
- Three in five workers yell at their computer.
- Buying and selling stand-alone brands.
- Power-law distribution usurps bell curve.
- Afghans fleeing war find misery in urban slums.
- Tax season is the perfect time to get organized.
- Use that needed refund wisely.
- What it costs to have your taxes done.
- Homegrown terrorism actually declining.
- The unlikely Earth Day hero.
- Going green for the good of all.
- The Boss comes back to the "Streets of Philadelphia".
- Birds winging their way North.
- People see themselves as caretakers.
- Poor dogs are victims, too.
- Tips for flying the friendly skies.
- How to overthrow the status quo.
- U.S. remains woefully unprepared.
- 'Double tsunami' proves double trouble.
- New wrinkle in growing health gap.
- This is where the jobs are.
- Targeting party hosts off campus.
- Tips for successful 'College Visits 101'.
- What intruders do not want you to know.
- Baseball cards also break color barrier.
- College students save on spring break.
- Bullies are more likely to partake.
- Could Ohio shootings have been prevented?
- Mediocrity rising: baseball gone "wild" with added playoff teams.