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...country's manufacturers began to struggle with foreign competition in the 1970s, some retirees got shafted, and lawmakers and regulators responded with new rules that were intended to protect pensions and retiree health insurance but instead scared most companies away from even offering them. Pension plans have given way to 401(k)s, in which employees bear all the risk, and the Employee Benefit Research Institute says only 13% of U.S. private-sector employers now offer health benefits to retirees...
That's why building trust in middle-class Sunni enclaves like Mansour has become a key component of the military's counterinsurgency strategy. "We're in competition with al-Qaeda," says Lieut. Colonel Dale Kuehl, "for who can protect the Sunnis better." Baghdad's Sunni population is largely confined to a narrow band west of the Tigris, extending from Mansour to the Baghdad airport. Kuehl and his 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment live in the middle of the Sunni stronghold, dug into a former police station. A floor-to-ceiling map of west Baghdad in Kuehl's operations center...
...last Saturday morning for driving under the influence. The 41-year-old carpenter (remember Trading Spaces?) was found to have a blood alcohol concentration of 0.14 and was later released on a $5,000 bail. He issued a public apology soon after and already a petition is circulating to protect his job. But honestly, if you had to build houses every week for a family of sixteen Moldavian refugees whose parents died in a freak gasoline fight, you’d probably be hitting the bottle pretty hard as well. Last but certainly not least, Britney Spears is back...
...there much that Sderot can do to protect itself. Advanced anti-rocket laser systems are both prohibitively expensive and hardly foolproof against Qassams, which cost next to nothing to build. So, the town makes do with a basic early warning system involving a surveillance balloon moored on its outskirts providing a view over Gaza, and alarms that sound when there is a rocket launch. This gives residents about 15 seconds to take the nearest available cover. The city opened its bomb shelters on Tuesday for the first time since the 1967 war, 40 years ago. And the city school system...
Although the amnesty clause applies to all students, Director of the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Services Ryan M. Travia said he does not believe the potential policy will protect group leaders if students became intoxicated from ritualized drinking or hazing during events sponsored by the clubs...