Almost a quarter of all Americans have participated in binge drinking, and 8.4% have used an illicit drug in the past month, a new report says.
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37% of married people snoop on their spouses online
The percentage of significant others, spouses and parents who admit to digital snooping is on the rise.
Many people are left slightly creeped out by the many ways strangers collect their online data through targeted online advertising. Strangers aren’t the only people who are likely to collect personal information without your notice according to a new study.
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Despite slow economy concert business is booming
Bono and his U2 bandmates have pulled in $85.8 million on their 360 tour.
The concert touring business is enjoying a healthy comeback this year after struggling in 2010. Despite the slow economy acts like U2, Kenny Chesney, Bon Jovi and Lady Gaga are bringing in concert goers.
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55% of parents spy on their children on Facebook to see what they are up to
Many parents worried about what their children do online have taken matters into their own hands.
Fifty-five percent of parents log onto social networking sites like Facebook to spy on what their children are doing, a study has found.
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Students can now rent e-textbooks on Kindle
Students can now rent e-textbooks for periods from 30 to 360 days.
E-book textbook rentals have just been introduced by Amazon just in time for the fall semester. This will allow students to save up to 80 percent on some titles. E-textbook rentals can be viewed not just on Amazon’s e-reader (and rumored Amazon tablet) but also on any device that can download the Kindle app including PCs, iOS devices, and Android phones and tablets. The rental option isn’t available for general interest e-books, just e-book versions of textbooks.
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Call centers in the Philippines employ more agents than India
Philippine call center
Philippine call centers now employ more agents than India in a shift in the booming business away from its traditional home. Some call center operations in India have even moved part of their business to the Philippines.
Are daily deals worth it for the businesses?
Many companies are skeptical about the long-term payoff of daily deals.
Daily deals become increasingly popular with consumers. But, there is conflicting information about whether such offers are worth it for businesses. For some, the payoff does not justify the payout even though others enjoy profits and new customers from the venture.
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Young Chinese take local governments to task via Internet
Experts regard this as a new channel for the government to hear public voices in policy-making.
Ou Jiayang, a 23-year-old college graduate, should have been preparing for her new job, but Ou Jiayang is from the south Guangdong Province and spent the past two months doing something else.
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‘Fourth bureau’ – little known companies track data used in credit scores
The “fourth bureaus” track your everyday transactions including your magazine subscriptions.
Mike Mondelli, an Atlanta entrepreneur, has access to more than a billion records detailing consumers’ personal finances — and there is little they can do about it.
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‘Bath Salts’ – alarming new stimulant legal in many states
Bath salts are labeled “not for human consumption,” which helps them skirt a law that would make them illegal.
This spring in the emergency room at Schuylkill Medical Center in Pottsville, Pa, .Dr. Jeffrey J. Narmi could not believe what he was seeing. There were people arriving at the emergency room so agitated, violent and psychotic that a small army of medical workers was needed to hold them down.
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Top 20 most dangerous U.S.cities for pedestrians
Florida holds the top four on the list with the most dangerous places to walk in America.
The 2011 edition of the “Dangerous by Design” report has just been released by Transportation for America, which calculated the Pedestrian Danger Index (PDI) in metro areas around the country. Cities where people walk more have more pedestrian deaths, so the index plots the number of pedestrians who die against the number of people who walk.
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QR Code on tombstone creates dynamic memorial
QR Codes are an inventive way to memorialize a loved one.
When Yoav Medan’s mother Judith passed away in June, the Israel-based medical technology executive couldn’t decide what he wanted to write on her tombstone. After deliberating with his family, Medan decided to turn to technology for the answer and attach a QR code to the grave in Haifa, Israel…
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