Jobs in post-2008 America
Nearly 60 percent of all jobs added during the post-2008 economic recovery have been in low-paid professions such as retail sales and food preparation, with hourly wages ranging from $7.69 to $13.83, said a new study for the National Employment Law Project.
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Paul Ryan's marathon
After Paul Ryan claimed in an interview to have run a marathon in under three hours—a superb time achieved by few first-time marathoners—Runner’s World found records showing that Ryan’s time was actually four hours and one minute. Ryan’s spokesman acknowledged his mistake, saying he reported the time to “the best of his recollection,” and that the “race was more than 20 years ago.”
RunnersWorld.com
Apple rejects drone app
An iPhone app that allows users to track U.S. drone strikes around the globe has been rejected three times by the Apple store for “objectionable content.” The Drones+ app sends text alerts of media reports on drone strikes, and displays a map showing where strikes have taken place.
Los Angeles Times
How kids spend their allowance
American kids are given an average of $15 a week in allowance, according to a recent survey. Some 61 percent of all parents pay an allowance, and more than half start making these payments when their children are just 8 years old. Only 1 percent of kids save any of their allowance money, with most of them immediately buying toys and candy.
CNN.com
Ireland faces a priest shortage
Parishioners in some parts of Ireland have started to lead Catholic Masses, because of an acute shortage of priests. Only 16 Irish men enrolled in seminaries in 2012, down from more than 150 per year in the 1980s.
BBC.com
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Music reviews: Chance the Rapper, Cass McCombs, and Molly TuttleFeature "Star Line," "Interior Live Oak," and "So Long Little Miss Sunshine"
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Film reviews: Eden and Honey Don't!Feature Seekers of a new utopia spiral into savagery and a queer private eye prowls a high-desert town
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Critics' choice: Three chefs fulfilling their ambitionsFeature Kwame Onwuachi's grand second act, Travis Lett makes a comeback, and Jeff Watson's new Korean restaurant
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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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Treating Internet addiction, and more
feature Treating Internet addiction; Freshman virgins at Harvard; A salary handicap for lefties; Prices for vintage automobiles soar; Gun permits for blind people