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America's Most Stressful Cities
Chicago for the second year in a row the country's most stressful city. Crowding, poor air quality, a high 11% unemployment rate and free-falling home values have created a cocktail of constant worry affecting many in the Windy City.
Facebook Exodus
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold. Facebook, the online social grid, could not command loyalty forever. If you ask around, as I did, you’ll find quitters. One person shut down her account because she disliked how nosy it made her. Another thought the scene had turned desperate. A third feared stalkers. A fourth believed his privacy was compromised. A fifth disappeared without a word. How to Quit Facebook
The Orwell Diaries each day publishes George Orwell’s journal entries from 70 years ago as if they were blog posts. The author’s notes from September 1939 record a particularly historic moment: Germany’s invasion of Poland, marking the start of World War II.
