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...Some of this bad news is the result of very good news. Thanks to better sanitation, more food and improved public health, the average life expectancy in low- and middle-income nations has risen from 50 in 1965 to 65 in 2005. Women are simply living long enough to reach the age at which they're most susceptible to breast cancer. With Westernized life spans, however, can come Western habits too - fatty foods, lack of exercise and obesity, all of which may raise the incidence of breast cancer...
...Europe cannot be the area of the world's economy to bear the consequences of others' inaction," Juncker told Reuters just hours after the dollar set yet another all-time record low against the euro of $1.43 late Monday. Juncker fears continued depreciation of the dollar will make exports from the euro zone too expensive for outside buyers. Such exports have played a major role in the E.U.'s recent economic recovery. "I will no longer accept that one considers it normal for Europe to accept at its own cost to manage the consequences of the existing global imbalances...
...consistently higher than black and Hispanic students, and that the scores of all groups rise with family income. In 2007, the New York Times reported that the latest round of SAT scores continued to show a significant disparity between the scores of white, affluent students and their minority and low-income peers. In light of this data, we suspect that, despite the College Board’s assertions to the contrary, success on the SAT is likely correlated with factors other than general intelligence or academic ability and academic potential...
...President has vetoed a bipartisan measure to expand health insurance for low-income children. Most of his expressed objections to the bill have been vigorously refuted by Republican Senators who helped craft the legislation. Members of his own party have vowed to lobby their colleagues in an effort to override the veto. During his first presidential campaign, Bush chided conservative House Republicans for spending cuts accomplished on the backs of the poor. Now congressional Republicans are chiding...
...Leader John Boehner stressed it was a Republican Congress that created the popular program in the first place a decade ago. But "it's irresponsible to use a program designed for children as a trial balloon for government-run health care in this country, especially when we still have low-income kids who need to be identified and covered," Boehner told TIME...