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...debate first became heated over the issue that tops voter concerns: France's sluggish economy and chronic unemployment. For Sarkozy, there's no mystery to the malaise: "It's because we work less than others do." Though he doesn't advocate a full reversal of the 35-hour working week introduced by a Socialist government in 1998, he wants to free both employers and employees from paying payroll tax and insurance charges on overtime hours. Royal's response: "I prefer to give work to those who don't have any," especially through a government-funded program to give six-month...
...Clean bill of health? Not exactly. At 61, Alem?n is obese and reportedly in frail health, suffering from ten different chronic illnesses...
...facing a growing number of football veterans with deteriorating health, the NFL is beginning an extensive study of the connection between sports-related concussions and chronic brain dysfunction. Plans to address the often devastating side-effects of a professional football career are already in the works. Yet as the NFL devotes funds to researching and treating brain disorders after the fact, the question remains whether the league is willing to make sacrifices to take the safety of its players seriously from the fore. As attention to the relationship between athletics and brain injury is on the rise...
...cost as much as $3 million over several years, co-chairman of the NFL’s Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI) Committee, Dr. Ira Casson, said the study aimed to determine “whether or not a career in the NFL results in any kind of chronic brain injury...
...even more disturbing picture of security at the nation's nuclear inner sanctum than the one outlined last year in a no-nonsense investigation by the Department's Inspector General. In fact, according to government documents, the woman who made off with the weapons designs was herself engaged in chronic illegal drug use and other serious security breaches that have never been made public. Documents also show that the DOE is investigating separate drug use by at least 35 other lab workers who received security clearances around the same time...