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More than 90 percent of recent refugees from Middle Eastern nations are on food stamps and nearly 70 percent receive cash assistance, according to government data.

The Census Bureau's Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) shows immigrant households use welfare at significantly higher rates than native households, even higher than ( Read more... )

A man who recently has been to West Africa went to the emergency room at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan late Sunday with symptoms consistent with Ebola - high fever and gastrointestinal problems, the hospital reported on Monday.
A hospital spokeswoman, Dorie Klissas, said that to protect the patient’s privacy the hospital was not making public ( Read more... )

Сегодня с запозданием узнала(случайно включив телевизор), что с 1 января запрещается производить и импортировать обычные лампочки по 40 и 60 ватт. А 100 и 75 уже запрещены. Все должны перейти на новомодные. Обещают большую экономию электроэнергии, притом что эти новомодные намного дороже старых. Как пить дать врут. И свет от них противный ( Read more... )

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San Francisco, California (CNN) -- San Francisco city officials are readying to ban most of McDonald's Happy Meals in current form because they offer toys to entice kids to buy meals not meeting nutritional criteria.

Странно, что они не догадались просто запретить несовершеннолетним есть в Макдональдсах. Делов-то - приравнять Биг Маки к алкогольным ( Read more... )

Hartford City Council welcomes opening Muslim prayer

One of the provisions in the new health care law requires small businesses to provide coverage for workers. Such an "employer mandate" has been in place in San Francisco, Calif., for over a year.
Under the law, businesses with 20 or more employees are required to provide medical coverage, either on their own or by paying into a city-run program. ( Read more... )