Sunday, March 4, 2012

Miserable States

  • On top of calculating an overall national level of well-being, the index also calculates the well-being for each state, assigning scores from 0 to 100, with 100 representing ideal well-being. The national score dropped slightly in 2011 to 66.
  • (24/7 Wall St.)
  • Americans are not any happier than they were last year. In fact, they are slightly more miserable. At least, that's what the recent Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index shows.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • In fact, they are slightly more miserable. At least, that's what the recent Gallup the index also calculates the well-being for each state, assigning scores from 0 to 100, with 100 representing ideal well-being.
  • (24/7 Wall St.)
  • For the second consecutive night, the Phoenix Suns had a miserable first half but followed it up with and if not for a last-second loss to Golden State they would have tip-toed to within two games of .500 overall.
  • (CBS Sports)
  • Newt Gingrich said it is impossible to "fix" Afghanistan and suggested the U.S. should to tell Afghan citizens to "figure out how to live your own miserable life, the Washington Post reported.
  • (GlobalPost)
  • He suffered through miserable shooting performance as the Red Devils dropped a 66-58 state championship loss to Hemingway. Holmes, along with senior classmate Shaquille Simpson, are the lone players remaining from that team.
  • (Rock Hill Herald)
  • Fiat has announced once of the biggest auto investments to date in Russia: a €850m (US$1.1bn) deal to build a new plant producing Jeep off-roaders adapted to local conditions, with backing from Russia's biggest state bank, Sberbank.
  • (The Business Insider)
  • High unemployment, poor access to basic necessities such as food, shelter and medicine, and rising obesity rates continue to plague many of Americas southern states, according to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.
  • (GlobalPost)
  • When it comes to professional sports, the state of Ohio boasts many teams that leave fans frustrated.
  • (The Business Journal)

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