The government said Sunday it is giving air traffic controllers an extra hour off between shifts so they don’t doze off at work, a problem that stretches back decades. But officials rejected the remedy that sleep experts say would make a real difference: on-the-job napping.

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FAA Gives Tired Controllers an Extra Hour to Rest

For more than twenty years, microcredit has been widely heralded as the remedy for world poverty. Recent news stories, however, have sullied microcredit’s glowing reputation with reports on scandals, exorbitant compensation to managers, skyrocketing interest rates, and aggressive marketing schemes. read more

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Microcredit: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

A new bill would prevent states from holding out porridge bowls and asking for more.

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A remedy for beggar states