Statewide, hospitals are bracing for the ill effects of the troubled economy, including providing more charity care and seeing fewer patients choosing elective surgeries.

This month we examine the ethics of travel and charity. Business travelers cross continents and see cities more than most; their stays may be brief, but the business traveler still gets a sense of the core culture of the countries they visit.

In his first pronouncement as Business Secretary, Peter Mandelson suggested that recent proposals extending the right of parents to flexible working may have to be withdrawn. His reasoning is that new legislation would put extra pressure on small business

Amid a dour economy, throngs of Inland shoppers rose before dawn to take advantage of retailers' Black Friday sales promotions, some standing in long lines for a full night of post-Thanksgiving bargain-hunting.

Some environmentally conscious students at MCC are helping the community recycle tech waste. Geoscience students, with help from a Rochester recycling company have a drive-thru set up at MCC all day Friday.