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...survey completed Monday by the Washington Post and ABC News found than nearly 6 in 10 Americans - including 56% of independents - believe the Republicans are not doing enough to forge a compromise on important issues. By contrast, just 45% of Americans think Obama is doing too little. In that spread, lies a distinct, potential political advantage for the President...
...company town, the paychecks of Toyota employees are the main source of support for its restaurants and shops. According to city statistics, 77,000 people in the town work in auto-related industries. The entire region is connected to Toyota, with independent suppliers of parts spread through the surrounding countryside and nearby cities. "Toyota is the biggest company in this area," says Masahiko Hosokawa, a business professor at Chubu University in Nagoya, the closest major metropolis to Toyota City. If Toyota's crisis depresses its global sales, "it will have an impact here," he says. (See the 50 worst cars...
...White House has taken action as well. On Monday, federal officials announced $78.5 million in funding to prevent the spread of Asian carp; plans include building new barriers between the Chicago canal and the Des Plaines River. (The carp may be able to bypass the existing electric barrier in the canal when water levels are high and the two waterways mix.) "We see the threat and potential impact of the Asian carp establishing themselves in the Great Lakes," says Nancy Sutley, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. "We believe we have the chance to work together...
...over. As news broke that scientists had detected DNA from the fish in Lake Michigan, the White House--which also opposed the shutdown--agreed to convene an Asian-carp summit for worried Great Lakes governors. U.S. Representative Dave Camp of Michigan, meanwhile, introduced a bill to halt the potential spread of the aggressive fish and develop a strategy to close the waterways...
Further, the spread of online giving runs the risk of devaluing charity by making it routine or even trivial. If future generations come to believe that charitable donation merely means typing “HAITI” on a Blackberry keyboard as a knee-jerk response to sappy news coverage, it may become harder for aid organizations to recruit dedicated employees and volunteers who are willing to devote their life to a cause...