AmericansUS: wealth gap between young and old is widest everThe wealth gap between younger and older Americans has stretched to the widest on record, worsened by a prolonged economic downturn that has wiped out job opportunities for young adults and saddled them with housing and college debt.  Big Pharma got Americans hooked on anti-psychotic drugsDrug companies like Pfizer are accused of pressuring doctors into over-prescribing medications to patients in order to increase profits. Ferry carrying Americans can’t leave LibyaTwo ferries braved rough seas Thursday to evacuate 4,500 Chinese workers from Libya’s eastern port of Benghazi, but high winds to the west left hundreds of Americans stranded on a docked ferry in Tripoli. Obama: Voters upset with pace of progressU.S. President Barack Obama said the results of the midterm elections reveal that Americans do not believe enough progress has been made on the economy and that he must take responsibility for that. U.S.: 4 million will pay health care penaltyAbout 21 million Americans will be uninsured in 2016, when health care reform laws are fully implemented, with 4 million of them subject to a penalty for failing to buy insurance. U.S. considers some free wireless broadband serviceU.S. regulators may dedicate spectrum to free wireless Internet service for some Americans to increase affordable broadband service nationwide, the Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday. The FCC provided few details about how it would carry out such a plan and who would qualify, but will make a recommendation under the National Broadband Plan set for release next week. The agency will determine details later. Climate change may extend allergy season: studySneezing, congestion, and runny noses from hay fever may be lasting longer because climate change may be extending pollen seasons, doctors in Italy said on Monday. Social Networks Play a Major Part in How We Get NewsThe latest study from Pew Internet analyzes the news consumers in America and various different ways of finding news. Based on a sample of 2,259 adults, the study reveals that three fourths of the people (75%) who find news online get it either forwarded through email or posts on social networking sites, and half of them (52%) forward the news through those means.
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