Russia still has one of the lowest levels of press freedom, according to an annual survey by Freedom House published on the organization’s website. Russia ranks 175th, along with Gambia, in a 196-country list. The survey shows the level of press freedom in Russia in 2009 almost unchanged from 2008, with the press in the [...]

A pet, whether it be a cat, dog, or other animal, is a lovable and important part of a family’s life. In the case that a pet should get loose or go otherwise go missing; a family may be very upset and unsure of what to do. Fortunately, there are ways to prevent or help [...]

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for unemployment insurance fell slightly less than expected last week, government data showed on Thursday, implying only a gradual labor market improvement. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 11,000 to a seasonally adjusted 448,000 in the week ended April 24, the Labor Department said. [...]

Recently passed health care reform (HC bill) raises a multitude of issues regarding personal privacy and government intrusion into peoples’ lives. Page 58 contains the following statement: Government will have real-time access to individuals’ finance & a National ID Health card will be issued. Page 59 contains the following statement: Government will have direct access [...]

County Lines published in The Daily News: Cruise Line Brings New Ship To Galveston Royal Caribbean International is to replace its cruise ship Voyager of the Seas by one of the worlds 10 biggest liners next year. Mariner of the Seas will be repositioned to Galveston in November 2011 to operate seven-night Western Caribbean cruises [...]

Updated April 29, 2010 12:05:00 Australia would be the first country in the world to force cigarette companies to use plain packaging. (Reuters: Charles Platiau, file photo) The Federal Government will raise taxes on cigarettes by an extra 25 per cent, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has confirmed. The hefty hike, which takes effect from midnight [...]

With increasing security measures and awareness, you may think that personal identity theft is a thing of the past. However, statistics in a 2009 report released by the Javelin Strategy and Research Center suggest otherwise. Their survey shows that nearly 10 million U.S. adults were victims of some form of ID theft in 2008, a [...]

A text node or a leaf node is a physical storage component that saves actual data stored in the rows of MS SQL table. Each text node consists of a parent node and is structured either in B-tree or heap format. The data saved in the text node becomes inaccessible when it becomes orphaned. In [...]