by Jodi Mathews | Mar 14, 2003 | News
Unsuspecting weight watchers may have been duped by nutrition labels at the world’s largest fast-food chain, and the Center for Science in the Public Interest is taking McDonald’s to task. McDonald’s Web site offered nutrition information for a...
by Jodi Mathews | Mar 12, 2003 | News
As the U.S. government broadens its scrutiny of Americans deemed terrorist-worthy, many fear new laws threaten rights to privacy. The American Civil Liberties Union is using a controversial means to address the issue by filing a Supreme Court appeal on behalf of...
by Jodi Mathews | Mar 10, 2003 | News
The OFT found that Argos and Littlewoods, Britain’s largest toy stores, had made an agreement with Hasbro, which controls nearly one-fifth of the country’s toy market, not to discount the price of its products, the Independent reported. The agreement meant...
by Jodi Mathews | Mar 6, 2003 | News
“Now That I’m Here: What America’s Immigrants Have to Say About Life in the U.S. Today,” a new study from Public Agenda, reveals current immigrant attitudes toward America. “Now That I’m Here: What America’s Immigrants Have to...
by Jodi Mathews | Mar 4, 2003 | News
Columbia University’s National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association’s Feb. 26 issue that underage drinking amounted to 19.7 percent of alcohol consumed, or $22.5 billion. The report,...