Treating Internet addiction
A psychiatric hospital in Pennsylvania has launched a 10-day inpatient treatment program for people with severe Internet addiction, the first of its kind in the U.S. Dr. Kimberly Young, the psychologist behind the nonprofit program, says that Internet addiction is “more pervasive than alcoholism.”
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Freshman virgins at Harvard
Two out of three of the young adults starting at Harvard this fall are virgins, according to a survey conducted by The Harvard Crimson.
TheAtlantic.com
A salary handicap for lefties
Left-handed people earn on average 6 percent less than right-handed people and are 2.5 percent less likely to have a college degree. Researchers speculate that the difference is caused by brain abnormalities that are more common among the left-handed.
Qz.com
Prices for vintage automobiles soar
The best high-end investment in recent years has been vintage automobiles. Prices for well-kept luxury automobiles from the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s have more than doubled in the past five years, and have risen by 28 percent in the last 12 months alone. Fine art, once considered a safe haven for wealthy investors, dropped 6 percent this year.
WashingtonPost.com
Gun permits for blind people
Iowa grants gun permits to blind people. State officials concede that being unable to see what you’re shooting is not ideal, but say that failing to grant the permits would violate the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. Other states do impose a vision requirement or require applicants to take a field test to prove they can hit a target.
The Des Moines Register
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Very rich and very poor in California, and morefeature California is home to 111 billionaires, yet it also suffers the highest poverty rate in the country.
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Arctic cold kills tree insects, and more
feature This winter’s arctic temperatures have had at least one beneficial impact: They’ve killed ash borers, gypsy moths, and other tree-eating insects.
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Congress's poor record, and more
feature The 113th Congress is on course to pass less legislation than any Congress in history.
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Gender differences in employment, and more
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A first for West Point, and more
feature For the first time, two male graduates of West Point were married at the military academy’s chapel.
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A God given land?, and more
feature More white evangelical Protestants than U.S Jews believe that Israel was “given to the Jewish people by God.”
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Jailing the mentally ill, and more
feature American prisons have replaced state mental hospitals as a place to warehouse the mentally ill.
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Congress's war record, and more
feature Congress has not formally declared war on any country since June 5, 1942.