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06/03/2010 18:45
(NewsUSA) - "Oh, we don't have a runaway problem here," is a statement Maureen Blaha often hears during her travels throughout the country as executive director of the National Runaway Switchboard (NRS). "The problem, it seems, is that it's never 'here' when it's actually everywhere," she says.
The...
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06/03/2010 18:34
(ARA) - Each year a new crop of students graduates from colleges and universities, and joins the millions of unemployed across the nation in seeking work. The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics reported an unemployment rate of 9.7 percent in March 2010, with an average of 6.3...
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06/03/2010 18:23
(NewsUSA) - For the first time in U.S. history, kids may face a shorter lifespan than their parents. The cause? Obesity.
American children are suffering from the obesity epidemic that has plagued the nation for the past decade. Today, nearly 20 percent of 6-11 year-olds and over 18 percent of 12-17...
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06/01/2010 21:39
(NewsUSA) - When most people think of social justice, they think solely in terms of the government redistributing wealth, rather than individuals and churches tackling the deeper personal issues associated with poverty.
But a program being piloted by the Richard and Helen DeVos Center at The...
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