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"More Young Adults Are Poor, Live With Their Parents"

By Rob Winters - Published on Thursday, 15 September 2011 06:30

"It’s not your imagination: It really is more crowded at mom and dad’s place. The Census Bureau made headlines yesterday with news that the nation’s official poverty rate hit 15.1%, the highest since 1993. Tough times have also translated into a rise in adult children moving back into (or never leaving) their parent’s homes. In the spring of 2011, 5.9 million young adults aged 25 to 34 lived with their parents, up from 4.7 million before the recession. And these adult kids still at mom and dad’s make very little money: Over 45% have incomes that’d put them below the poverty threshold."

"University accounts used for political campaign"

By Rob Winters - Published on Thursday, 15 September 2011 06:28

"Two "research" accounts at the University of Calgary, funded mainly by the oil and gas industry, were used for a sophisticated international political campaign that involved high-priced consultants, lobbying, wining, dining and travel with the goal of casting doubt on climate change, newly released accounting records reveal.

Records show the strategy was crafted by professional firms, in collaboration with well-known climate-change skeptics in Canada and abroad, allowing donors to earn tax receipts by channelling their money through the university."

"Rookie Toronto councillor pulls support for Ford’s waterfront plan"

By Rob Winters - Published on Thursday, 15 September 2011 06:20

"A week before council votes on the Ford brothers’ contentious vision for Toronto’s dormant Port Lands, one member of the mayor’s once-loyal executive committee is breaking ranks.

Jaye Robinson, rookie councillor for Don Valley West, said the Ford-endorsed plan to build a mega-mall and Ferris wheel on 180 hectares at the mouth of the Don River is “too light” for her to back.

“I can’t support this plan,” she told The Globe and Mail. “The lack of consultation, the lack of a business plan, it’s a concern.”

Her rejection of the Fords’ port plan came the same day a poll was released showing plummeting support for the mayor, and follows a string of Ford allies openly questioning the mayor’s policy direction on everything from possible library closings to potential layoffs of emergency workers. Left-leaning members on council are interpreting the grumbling as a sign of a slow-motion mutiny in the Ford camp."

"Eavesdropping on the Nursing Home Staff"

By Rob Winters - Published on Wednesday, 14 September 2011 06:06

"Because we were just discussing the angst-ridden process of selecting a nursing home, I was particularly interested in a new survey from the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

If you’re embarked on this task, diligently visiting facilities and hoping you are noticing the right things, don’t you wish you could hear what the staff thinks, particularly the nursing aides who provide the great bulk of hands-on care?"

"An Immune System Trained to Kill Cancer"

By Rob Winters - Published on Wednesday, 14 September 2011 06:04

"PHILADELPHIA — A year ago, when chemotherapy stopped working against his leukemia, William Ludwig signed up to be the first patient treated in a bold experiment at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Ludwig, then 65, a retired corrections officer from Bridgeton, N.J., felt his life draining away and thought he had nothing to lose.

Doctors removed a billion of his T-cells — a type of white blood cell that fights viruses and tumors — and gave them new genes that would program the cells to attack his cancer. Then the altered cells were dripped back into Mr. Ludwig’s veins."

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