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Mark Hyman, MD: Haiti Journal Day 8: The Tsunami Coming — Riding the Waves of Rescue, Rebuilding and Resurrection (Huffington Post)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Two photo slideshows appear in this post. The first one is not graphic. The second one includes extremely graphic depictions of surgery and wounds. Viewer discretion is strongly advised.
How can we measure the resiliency of the Haitian people who are the poorest in the western hemisphere with 55% living below the extreme poverty [...]
Obama Critics Say His Economic Vision Is Hazy (L.A. Times)
Reporting from Washington – With congressional support eroding, his popularity falling and his renomination of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke potentially in trouble, President Obama faces an even more daunting task to save his entire domestic agenda — convincing millions of angry Americans that his economic policies will bring them a brighter future.
Even as [...]
They’re Hiring! Four Bright Spots In the Job Market (Yahoo!)
4 Fields That Are Still Hiring
By Lawrence Ross
Over the past year, bad news – bank failures, job loss, and a down housing market – has hovered over the economy like a dark cloud. But good news is on the horizon. According to Newsweek magazine, the stock market has rallied up 44% since March 2009. And [...]
Fareed Zakaria/Opinion: Obama Should Act More Like A President Than A Prime Minister (Washington Post)
A great debate has begun as to how Barack Obama should respond to last week’s election results in Massachusetts, which was clearly a protest vote against him, congressional Democrats and their signature policy proposal: the health-care bill. My own advice would be simple: Barack Obama needs to act like a president, especially the president he [...]
Save $100 on Groceries in 3 Easy Steps (The Motley Fool)
There are those who keep color-coded files with meticulously clipped coupons indexed by category, retailer, and expiration date. And then there’s the rest of us.
The good news is that big supermarket savings can be had by those of us who can barely take the time to jot down a shopping list … or even remember [...]
When Obama Talks, The Markets Tank (AP/Yahoo! News)
It was the fat cats’ fault before. But now it’s becoming Obama’s.
With the unemployment rate stubbornly high, people were already shifting blame for their economic woes to President Barack Obama one year into his presidency. Last week, investors joined them.
For 10 months, the stock market climbed at breathtaking speed. But the Dow Jones industrial average [...]
3 Tips For Getting A Good Night’s Sleep (Woman’s Day)
Tired? You’re not alone. About 20 percent of Americans get fewer than six hours of shut-eye nightly, and a growing number have to rely on sleep aids to fall asleep or stay that way, according to the National Sleep Foundation. Is getting more (and better) sleep possible without the help of drugs? To find out, [...]
White House Officials Contradict Themselves On Success of Stimulus (Politico)
White House advisers appearing on the Sunday talk shows gave three different estimates of how many jobs could be credited to President Obama’s Recovery Act.
The discrepancy was pointed out by a Republican official in an email to reporters noting that “Three presidential advisers on three different programs [gave] three different descriptions of the trillion-dollar stimulus [...]
PROFILE IN COURAGE: The Real Frank Serpico Resurfaces (The New York Times)
He looked like some sort of fur trapper, this bearded man walking through the snowy woods here in upstate New York. But then, Frank Serpico has always been known for his disguises.
Anyone who has seen the celebrated 1973 film “Serpico” knows that he often dressed up — bum, butcher, rabbi — to catch criminals. His [...]
BOB HERBERT/Opinion: The President, Congres, Dems & GOP Still Don’t Get It (New York Times)
How loud do the alarms have to get? There is an economic emergency in the country with millions upon millions of Americans riddled with fear and anxiety as they struggle with long-term joblessness, home foreclosures, personal bankruptcies and dwindling opportunities for themselves and their children.
The door is being slammed on the American dream and the [...]
