Indonesians lay across railroad tracks in the belief the current wil cure them of their illnesses.
Despite the danger and the efforts by authorities in Jakarta to halt the craze, Indonesians with illnesses have been lying down across railway lines in the mistaken belief that a low-voltage electric current in the tracks will cure them as it passes through their bodies. (pics and video)
“7 billion and counting”
The global population is expected to surpass 7 billion later this year, up from 6 billion in 1999. An estimated 2.3 billion more people will be added—nearly as many as inhabited the planet as recently as 1950 between now and 2050. The population will reach 10.1 billion in 2100 according to new estimates from the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations.
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Fourth graders made modest gains on the test compared to the last time it was given in 2001.
Only about a quarter of American schoolchildren scored “proficient” or above on a 2010 geography test the National Assessment of Education Progress has announced.
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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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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.
As more and more people are using smartphones, we’re relying on them for more of our Web surfing. Twenty-five percent of Americans say they’re now doing most of their Internet browsing on their phones instead of a computer, according to a new report from the Pew Internet Project.
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Some workers are being asked to work 50 hours or more, while others face night and weekend hours.
Is the 9-to-5 work week coming to an end? Higher income employees feel the pressure to work 50 or more hours per week while lower income employees are being forced to work less hours.
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A third of workers now take lunch breaks in mornings or late afternoons.
The mainstay of the working day used to be the lunch hour. But The lunch hour is being gobbled up according to two new reports.
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Penn State tops the list for public in-state colleges.
No college wants to top these rankings. Today the Education Department unveils a website on which it is publishing for the first time lists identifying the nation’s most expensive colleges.
Pharmacy robberies are on the increase.
An epidemic of pharmacy robberies is sweeping the United States. Desperate addicts and ruthless dealers are turning to violence to feed the nation’s growing hunger for narcotic painkillers.
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Planking
Planking , also known as the Lying Down Game, is the seemingly harmless trend of lying face down, perfectly stiff, on various structures in public. The trend has spawned how-to videos on YouTube and the term now has a Wikipedia entry. (Pics)
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Minorities outnumber whites among babies under age 2.
Minorities make up a majority of babies in the U.S., for the first time ever. The ‘cultural generation gap’ is part of a sweeping race change and a growing age divide between mostly white, older Americans and predominantly minority youths that could reshape government policies.
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