And 7-eleven says its grocery sales have jumped 12-13 percent over the past year, compared with only slight increases for non-necessities like gloves and toys.
In the past two decades, however, continued connection with and dependence on family, thanks to cell phones, email and social media, have increased significantly.
Worse, in the past, ill-conceived designs, safety scares and theregulatory delays they gave rise to made nuclear plants even more costly thantheir hefty price-tags suggest.
Over the last 12 months, U.S. unemployment has jumped by more than a percentage point as the nation weathered a deepening recession that has spread around the world.