Study reflects a dangerous trend toward the acceptance of marijuana and other substances compared to two years ago.
A growing number of teens do not see marijuana use as a distraction while driving. Nearly one in five (19%) say they have gotten behind the wheel after smoking pot, a study reported Wednesday. Thirteen percent of teens report driving under the influence of alcohol.
Continue reading… “Dangerous trend in marijuana acceptance amid teen drivers”
The rise in the use of smartphones and social media by consumers fueled the increase in identity fraud.
In 2011, nearly 12 million Americans were victims of identity theft, an increase of 13 percent over 2010, according to a report released on Wednesday by the research firm Javelin Strategy & Research.
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Alcohol problems not uncommon in surgeons.
According to a new survey, about 15 percent of surgeons have alcohol abuse or dependency problems, a rate that is somewhat higher than the rest of the population.
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David and Candice Knox spend about half the year together with a few weeks apart followed by a few working apart.
Candice and David Knox have been married for 13 years. They met at a seminar 20 years ago in Vancouver, British Columbia. The couple jokes they had to go through customs just to date. Little did they know four years ago when the economy tanked and Candice Knox got a job offer in Palm Desert, that the anniversary luggage he gave her 10 years ago would come in handy.
Continue reading… “Commuter marriages on the rise”
It’s no longer uncommon for people to work until 70.
In 1972, when Paula Symons joined the U.S. workforce, typewriters in her office clacked nonstop, people answered the telephones and the hot new technology revolutionizing communication was the fax machine.
Continue reading… “Baby boomers in America enter new era of ‘work til you drop’”
Only half of all people who own Internet-capable TVs have actually connected them to the internet.
The big buzz for the last couple of years has been 3D TV’s. It seems lately though it’s all about the Internet connection. Major TV-makers such as LG, Panasonic, Samsung and others are offering television sets with Wi-Fi and apps to access video services like Netflix, music sites like Pandora and social networks like Twitter.
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While it seems like just about everyone has a smartphone now, a closer look by Nielsen finds that 66 percent of those in the 24- to 34-year-old age group have smartphones , representing “the greatest proportion of smartphone ownership” of any age group.
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Some 2.5 million people worldwide die each year from the harmful use of alcohol.
Up to 210,000 Britons will be killed prematurely by alcohol over the next 20 years, with a third of those preventable deaths due to liver disease alone, health experts warned Monday.
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Motherhood without marriage has settled deeply into middle America.
Birth to unmarried women used to be called illegitimacy, now it is the new normal. The share of children born to unmarried women has crossed a threshold after steadily rising for five decades: more than half of births to American women under 30 occur outside marriage.
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Futurist Thomas Frey: What music comes to mind when you try on your new pair of jeans? Does that “music in your head” somehow change when you try on a different brand?
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Nomophobia – fear of being separated from your mobile phone.
There is no doubt cell phones have become a necessity in today’s world. But, an new study reports that a large number of Britons are now suffering from ‘nomophobia’ – the fear of being separated from their mobile.
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Couples of different race or ethnicity made up a record 8.4 percent of all married couples in 2010.
According to a new Pew Research Center study, marriage between races and ethnic groups has reached an all-time high in the United States as public acceptance has grown.
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