McDonald's employees trained in skills needed to run outlets for the fast-food chain can get credit toward high school diplomas, the British government announced Monday. Why not just get rid of high schools all together and just have McDonalds educate the youth of the world. Is this a sign of the coming apocalypse?

Americans spend more than $400 billion a year eating out, and behind each burger, turkey sandwich, and ice cream sundae is a simple decision that could help you control your weight-and your life. The problem is, restaurant chains and food producers aren't interested in helping you make healthy choices, in fact they invest $30 billion a year.

The internet shagtag food-chain thingamajig - where do you come?

For the second year in a row, Internet search engine giant Google has been named as the best company to work for in America by Fortune magazine.Google has topped the latest list of '100 Best American Companies to Work for' followed by online mortgage lender Quicken Loans and store chain Wegmans Food Markets in the second and third positions.

The big food chain’s domination hasn’t reached the Congo yet. No need for a MacDonald or a Quick joint when one feels a little hungry but doesn’t want to cook. You will find fast-food made in Congo practically all over the place. Goat meat, grilled fish, kebabs, chicken, you have a wide choice and it’s not expensive.

The Marine Mammal Center is a private non-profit U.S. organization centered on rescue, rehabilitation, environmental research and education regarding marine mammals such as cetaceans and seals.Located near Rodeo Beach in Marin County, California, the Center has received over 12,000 sick, wounded and orphaned animals since its founding in 1975. These animals strand along the Pacific Coast of the western U.S. and represent the following major species: California sea lion, Northern elephant seal, Pacific harbor seal, fur seal, dolphin and the endangered species Southern sea otter. Most of the animals brought in are successfully rehabilitated and released to the wild; no medical research is conducted using the rescued animals, although valuable scientific data is collected through routine diagnostic and necropsy analyses from the normal course of providing rehabilitation to rescued animals, which data is employed to assess disease pathologies and relation to the marine environment.Scientists at The Marine Mammal Center collaborate with their counterparts around the world (most notably from England, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, Scotland, the Netherlands, France and Germany) in working on complex individual animal treatment cases, and also participate in joint research projects regarding interaction of ocean dwelling mammals with the marine environment. Research at the Marine Mammal Center has included relationship of red tides and neurological damage to Pacific Coast pinnipedia and carnivora. Other recent studies have involved the causation of increasing outbreaks of leptospirosis, a pathogen induced illness creating acute kidney damage, in marine mammals. The education outreach program reaches in excess of 100,000 school children and members of the general public each year, emphasizing man’s connection to the marine environment.