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 sea otter (Enhydra lutris) is a marine mammal native to the coasts of the North Pacific, from northern Japan, the Kuril Islands and Kamchatka east across the Aleutian Islands and along the North American coast to California.Adult sea otters typically weigh between 14 and 45 kg, making them the heaviest members of the weasel family, but among the smallest marine mammals. Unlike most marine mammals, the sea otter's primary form of insulation is an exceptionally thick coat of fur, the densest in the animal kingdom with up to 400,000 hairs per cm2 (2.5 million per in2). It preys mostly upon invertebrates such as sea urchins, diverse mollusks and crustaceans, and some species of fish, inhabiting nearshore environments where it can quickly dive to the sea floor to forage. Although sea otters can walk on land, they are capable of spending their entire lives in the ocean.The sea otter is a keystone species, with a stabilizing effect on its local ecosystem that is disproportionate to its size and abundance. Specifically, sea otters control sea urchin populations, which would otherwise inflict extensive damage to the kelp forest ecosystems that provide crucial habitat and food for other marine organisms and help contain coastal erosion.Between 1741 and 1911, sea otters were hunted extensively for their fur, reducing the world population to 1,000 – 2,000 individuals in a fraction of their historic range. In about two-thirds of its former range, the species has rebounded after an international ban on hunting, conservation efforts, and re-introduction programs into previously populated areas. The recovery of the sea otter is considered an important success in marine conservation, though populations in certain areas (the Aleutian Islands and California) have plateaued at depressed levels or are declining. For these reasons, as well as its particular vulnerability to oil spills, the sea otter remains classified as an endangered species.