Patt Morrison for Monday, July 6, 2009
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Wal-Mart & SEIU: Unlikely Partners for Employer-based Healthcare
Wal-Mart’s “Everyday Low Prices” has been a boon for budget shoppers, but the company’s philosophy hasn’t always benefited its own employees. Is Wal-Mart changing its stripes? In a major break with other large companies, Wal-Mart teamed with the SEIU last week to lobby the Obama Administration to require employers to provide health insurance to workers, as part of a national healthcare reform policy. What’s motivating Wal-Mart to potentially take on millions in new insurance costs?
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Iran Clerics at Odds…Moussavi Standing His Ground
A group of Iranian religious leaders openly defied supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday, calling the election and new government illegitimate. Today, opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi made his first public appearance in a week, saying he would persevere in his challenge to the regime. We check in for the latest.
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This is for the Mara Salvatrucha
While other criminal gangs, like the Italian Mafia or the Mexican Eme, grab headlines and notoriety there is a much more insidious street gang at work in your neighborhood. Mara Salvatrucha, formed by Salvadoran immigrants in the 1980’s, has been described by the FBI as “the fastest growing and most violent gang in the country.” An investigative journalist takes us inside the MS-13.
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Prescription Drugs and the King of Pop
The toxicology report still isn’t back but the rumors that Michael Jackson’s cardiac arrest may have been a result of a dependency on a multitude of prescription drugs continue. At least five of Jackson’s doctors are under investigation, bags of medical evidence have been confiscated from the home and some media outlets are reporting that Jackson’s body was riddled with track marks. There is still no confirmation that prescription drugs played any role in the singer’s death but the DEA has stepped in to assist the LAPD.
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Poison Walls? Chinese Drywall in California?
Radioactive phosphogypsum doesn't sound like something you'd want in your home. And it isn't... it's a radioactive industrial waste byproduct that causes metal corrosion and many potential health problems. Unfortunately, the material has found its way into Chinese wallboard--and in 2006, some 10 million pounds of the drywall were shipped to the US. Problems are cropping up in new homes throughout the Southeast, including a rotten eggs smell from the sulfur content. In California, the wallboard was almost certainly used--but the dry climate prevents the foul smells but not the potential corrosive and health effects. What can the government do to stop this latest case of contaminated Chinese products? What are the health hazards? And what can you do to protect yourself?
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