Obama to college students "Compromise Isn’t a Dirty Word"

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Bringing light to the poor, one liter at a time

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Should not ask middle class to make sacrifices without asking most fortunate to make sacrifices as well.

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Restaurants to offer more-healthful fare for kids

Nineteen chains — including Burger King, Denny's, IHOP, Chili's, Friendly's, Chevy's and El Pollo Loco — have agreed to participate in the Kids Live Well initiative as worries increase about the role of fast food in childhood obesity. Taking a cue from nutritionists, a group of 19 restaurant companies are pledging to offer more-healthful menu options for children at a time when concern is growing over the role of fast food in childhood obesity.

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Young Entrepreneurs Pursue Opportunity in a Tough Economy

As part of a project called "Buy Young," organized by the non-profit Our Time, over a hundred young men and women -- almost all of them under the age of 30 -- sat at a giant rectangle of wooden tables at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce headquarters building in Washington DC. They described how they came to start their own businesses, with explanations from "no one would hire us" to "there weren't enough women restaurateurs in New York City" and "I'm from a family of entrepreneurs." With names like Tutorspree, Jack's Threads, Tasty Clouds Cotton Candy and uBeam, their companies -- ranging in size from a handful of employees to many hundreds -- shout that they are different.

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