Time is running out to keep federal emergency aid in place for cleanup and rebuilding efforts after this year’s tornadoes, floods and hurricanes. Congress is scrambling to reach a compromise on how to continue the funding after the money runs out tomorrow. And lawmakers have yet to agree on a FEMA budget for the new fiscal year that starts on Saturday. Source Link
Today could be a deadly day for those who need kidney dialysis to stay alive. A new study found more medical complications and deaths occurred after the typical two-day weekend break between treatments. Switching to every-other-day dialysis could be a hardship on patients and taxing for facilities, and would cost billions more to pay for the additional treatments. Source Link
How do Americans spend their time online? A new Nielsen survey shows we log nearly a billion hours a month keeping up with friends on Facebook. Only game play on XBox Live takes a bigger chunk of online time. Social media in general accounts for nearly a quarter of all time spent online, with the other top destinations being Yahoo, Google, AOL and MSN-Bing. Source Link
