With childhood obesity increasing at alarming rates, NC has proposed a bill that would create an incentive for high school students across the state to enroll in physical education classes. The bill will provide honors P.E. classes, which will give the courses greater weight when determining a student’s GPA. The N.C. Alliance for Athletics, Health, [...]

In a 60 minutes interview, Mike Williams, a Deep Horizon crew member, spoke out claiming BP was aware of safety issues a month before the rig exploded. It all began when BP’s 21-day drilling timeline turned into a 6 week project. With each day of drilling costing BP an estimated $1 million, the company instructed [...]

The age of technology is rapidly reducing personal privacy, but who is to blame? It’s rare to meet someone that doesn’t have a Facebook account; even my parents have become members of this popular social networking site. However, kids’ concerns over parental access to college party photos and other possibly embarrassing information should be the [...]

AstraZeneca faces two federal investigations for illegal marketing techniques and skewed clinical trials. A federal investigation began into AstraZeneca’s questionable marketing of the drug Seroquel, resulting in a major settlement deal and a corporate integrity agreement. The company developed an illegal scheme in which it paid doctors to promote the drug for uses that are [...]