Every day new statistics come out about combat veterans having PTSD which not only effects them but their families. Solutions like therapy and prescription drugs haven’t done much to produce relief for these soldiers. The numbers are pretty staggering and can be found in more detail at a website called Heal My PTSD. However, specific numbers for combat veterans are that in the lifetime of vets... 

A pretty big worldwide event has been going on for the past 24 hours and you might have missed it. The finale starts just an hour away at 5:00pm PST 6:00pm CST, 7:00pm EST with Al Gore in NYC. The streaming event was launched on the video streaming platform UStream.tv and promoted on Facebook, Twitter and the website ClimateRealityProject.org. A good breakdown of some of the highlights and how to... 

Kickstarter is an online crowd fundraising platform for those with an entrepreneurial mindset and creative ideas that they’d like to see made into reality. The basic concept is that strangers pledge money to projects simply because they find the idea interesting or hope to reap the benefits; for instance, a pledger might receive a limited edition of a given product once it is placed on the market... 

As the Washington Times reported on September 24th, even International Monetary Fund Chief Christine Lagarde is hoping that the American Congress will put responsibility ahead of politics in order to avoid the so-called “fiscal cliff.” But it’s not only world leaders and bankers who need to be concerned about that: students who are continuing their education at online accounting schools... 

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday announced that it has proposed a new rule that will make it easier for stay-at-home parents (without personal income) to qualify for credit cards. This is just one example of how this period of economic stagnation has impacted the way that American parents think. The change has broad implications for everything from grocery stores to tutoring services. The... 

The time has come once again for Forbes to announce their top 100 best colleges in the United States list. A college in Massachusetts which has claimed the best college label for the past two years has been dethroned by would you guess it… an Ivy League University.  The Top-Ten were once again dominated by the Ivy League schools as they managed to get Princeton, Yale, and Harvard into the top... 

With the drop in the job market in the past few years, many Americans are wondering if it is even worth going to college to get a degree. Many now see it as a waste to spend valuable time and money earning a degree that they will never use, and are seriously asking themselves if it’s worth it for them to attend college. Now with a whopping 75% of Americans thinking that college is just too expensive,... 

Being a trendsetter across the globe, the United States has a lot of things to be proud of. Some people would even throw the phrase, “The American Dream” into this description. Unfortunately, even the trendiest run into questionable decisions. Beginning July 1 of this year, a new law will be passed that will double the interest rates of college loans from 3.4% to 6.8%. This increase will... 

Photo Credit: Paula Deen Hootsuite & Twitter There is always a new weight loss plan hitting the bookstores, on magazine covers and a new celebrity is always touting their new way. The latest sensation is quite impressive no matter how you look at it though, Paula Deen has lost a lot of weight. Paula Deen completely revealed all in this new issue of People Magazine. The front of the magazine cover... 

Students riding a bus in Greece, New York belittled, badgered and bullied a bus monitor into tears. The bus was part of the Athena Middle School in NY. The bus monitor was riding the bus to help try and keep the kids safe and under control. What the bus monitor, Karen H. Klein got were horrendous attacks verbally over and over. The video was recorded for over 10 minutes and 9 seconds of extremely...