A study showed that nearly 60% of African American children don't know how to swim...accidental drowning deaths is nearly 3 times higher for minorities ages 5-14 than it is for whites. It's a moral imperative: saving lives through learning to swim.

Income inequality is greater in the U.S. than in other developed nations...that makes us more vulnerable to hitting the skids than the rest of the world. " Low-wealth children are unlikely to become high-wealth adults."

The federal budget deficit soared in July, pushed higher by economic stimulus payments and $15 billion in outlays to protect depositors at failed banks.

ScienceDaily (July 24, 2008) -- Study finds a healthier diet and a return to traditional farming can help reduce energy consumption in US food system by 50%.

The concept is simple: Members create an online profile that includes a list of the work they'll do free, or "offers," along with a list of services, or "requests," they want in exchange. Instead of exchanging services, they trade with the bank.

Fear pushed oil to $131.04 a barrel. People dread that the world has found all the easy-to-reach oil, and the daily supply of the essential black goo will fall further and further behind.

1 in 20 Americans, 5.8% of the U.S. population may be compulsive shoppers plagued by post-purchase remorse, guilt and financial woes.

A protein in the Florida-grown fruit tricks the tongue's sweet receptors - after munching on its pulp, people find that sour foods they eat taste remarkably sweet.

Despite my white coat, I am, in truth, just like them, only making a wish for a good outcome, one that I sadly can't guarantee. My patients are seeking a shaman, but I'm just a (doctor). All I can give them is hope". Dr. Linda Reid Chassiakos

The favorite explanation: They eat bigger portions of less nutritional foods and (don't exercise enough). The eat-too-much-move-too-little theory (has been proven by NCHS statistics). http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hes tats/overweight/overw