An Associated Press poll shows the killing of Osama bin Laden was the top news story of 2011, followed by Japan’s earthquake/tsunami disaster.
Job-seekers by the thousands signed on for short-term stints as World Cup security guards — only to go on strike early in the tournament.
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/ 23 February 2010
If dog-sledding were an Olympic sport, Canada’s far north might field some medal contenders.
They range from surgeons and scholars to illiterate refugees from some of the world’s worst hellholes — a dizzyingly varied stream of African immigrants to the United States. More than one million strong and growing, they are enlivening American cities and altering how the nation confronts its racial identity.
In nursing homes and college dorms, in crowded cities and spread-out suburbs, Americans confront an ailment with no single cause or cure. Some call it social isolation or disconnectedness. Often, it’s just plain loneliness. According to a new study documenting Americans’ shrinking circle of intimate friends, it is worsening.
Escalating an already heated national debate, a first-of-its-kind TV channel premieres on Thursday designed specifically for babies — an age group that the American Academy of Paediatrics says should be kept away from television altogether.