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The Reference Desk: Harry Potter Controversies and The Worki...

Is Harry Potter too scary for children? Does it corrupt them? A discussion about the movie’s controversial issues on religion, sexuality, adolescence, and stardom. (The Atlantic) JK Rowling’s childhood home in Tutshill is u [...]

Posted On : Jul, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Here's A Quick Way To Make Controversy Work

Have you ever noticed how fast certain rumors and stories travel? The more salacious, the more distance the story can cover. The more insidious, the bigger the story will become. And if the story involves wealth or power or both, then you [...]

Posted On : Jul, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

I’m happy dating my work: Kangna Ranaut

Actress Kangna Ranaut’s sister Rangoli tied the knot recently. Incidentally, Kangna’s last hit Tanu Weds Manu that released early this year revolved around her own onscreen wedding. So it was hardly surprising that when the ac [...]

Posted On : Jun, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Workers hurt by health insurance woes

Following a trend seen nationally, fewer workers in Illinois are insured than they were in the 1990s. A study for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that nationwide nearly one in five workers is uninsured, a statistically signif [...]

Posted On : Mar, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Health insurance industry works on image makeover

The health insurance industry is working on a transformation that could come right out of "Extreme Makeover." Long cast as villains for denying coverage or refusing to pay for treatment, insurers now are representing themselves as [...]

Posted On : Mar, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

Kim Kardashian Skips Superbowl To Videotape Workout

Perhaps because her fiancé, New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush, isn’t playing in this year’s big game, or perhaps to simply garner publicity for what may be 2009’s most sought after soft-soft-core porn vide [...]

Posted On : Feb, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Health staff stage 'work-to-rule'

Health service staff from pharmacists to maintenance workers are protesting over what they call a "derisory three-year pay deal".The union said the deal would work out at a 2.5% increase per year.Protests will be held outside hosp [...]

Posted On : Dec, 03 2008 | Comments : 0

Pakistan's election winners to work out coalition

Pakistan's opposition election winners were due to step up efforts to forge a coalition on Friday, raising the prospect of a government intent on forcing U.S. ally President Pervez Musharraf from power. Leaders of the two parties that won [...]