http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6838090n&tag=contentMain;contentBody
In the US by 2020-17% of the workforce will be over 65,while in Europe it's even higher-such as 22% in Germany by 2020. As a result automaker BMW is adapting now, by making working conditions more comfortable for older workers-while still keeping productivity high.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6838090n&tag=contentMain;contentBody
This traffic buster is a hybrid bus/train. The tracks can be raised so that vehicles can drive underneath. The Straddle Bus won't pollute Beijing's already dirty air-it is powered by solar and electricity and can carry up to 1,400 passengers . The city once was known for bicycles but as it's become more modern it now has 4.5 motor vehicles for a population of 20 million.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100905/ap_on_bi_ge/us_employment_future_jobs
Whenever companies start hiring freely again, job-seekers with specialized skills and education will have plenty of good opportunities. Others will face a choice: Take a job with low pay — or none at all.
Job creation will likely remain weak for months or even years. But once employers do step up hiring, some economists expect job openings to fall mainly into two categories of roughly equal numbers:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100905/ap_on_re_us/us_killing_wolves
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BILLINGS, Mont. – Government agencies are seeking broad new authority to ramp up killings and removals of gray wolves in the Northern Rockies and Great Lakes, despite two recent court actions that restored the animal's endangered status in every state except Alaska and Minnesota.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129651881&ft
Though thousands of soldiers are diagnosed with PTSD, many more suffer without treatment. Among those who do seek treatment, doctors are finding another, distinctly different problem called traumatic brain injury, or TBI. The two conditions have similar symptoms, but the causes are quite different. While PTSD is a psychological disorder that can be treated with medication and therapy, TBI is physical injury to the brain that requires cognitive treatment to help rebuild function. "Fundamentally, PTSD is a disorder where you remember too much, whereas TBI is a disorder where you don’t remember enough," says Dr. Gregory O’Shanick, National Medical Director for the Brain Injury Association of America.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hotel-movies-20100904,0,1331363.story
More guests are bringing their own devices, taking a small but significant bite out of the bottom line as the hospitality industry struggles to pull out of a deep slump.
The nation's hotel industry, already struggling to pull out of its worst slump in decades, is now suffering from another loss in revenue because of the booming popularity of cellphones and laptop computers.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6836060n
"Pharmageddon": America's New Drug Crisis.Report: Prescription Drug Addiction, Particularly Among Baby Boomers, Resulting in Leap in Overdose Deaths. Over the last two decades, deaths from accidental drug overdoses have increased five-fold. And, for the first time, unintentional overdoses have replaced car accidents as the leading cause of accidental death in 15 states and the District of Columbia.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/bowls/predictions BCS National Championship Game | ||
 |  Jan. 10 Glendale, Ariz. BCS #1 vs. BCS #2 |  |
| Comment: The top two teams in the CBSSports.com 120 rankings will meet in the BCS National Championship. Alabama will be seeking its second consecutive national title, while Ohio State will be looking for its first since 2002. | ||
The champions of selected conferences are contractually committed to certain bowls, unless they are No. 1 or No. 2. (ACC: Orange; Big Ten: Rose; Big 12: Fiesta; Pac-10: Rose; SEC: Sugar). If a Bowl loses a host team to the title game, then the bowl gets first choice at a replacement team. The rest of the selection order for 2011 is as follows: Sugar, Orange, Fiesta.
