46% of Americans Believe in Creationism; Soda Ban May Hit the Big Apple

Editor's Note: Please enjoy this copy of Slashback, our weekly newsletter that rounds up the most-discussed stories and more from Slashdot each week. If you like what you see, please sign up for a free weekly subscription. If you don't want to receive another issue of Slashback, do nothing.  46% of Americans Believe in Creationism, Gallup Finds Soda Ban May Hit the Big Apple Not Enough IT Pros and Engineers to Go Around in U.S.? Venezuela Bans Commercial Sale of Firearms and Ammo Red Hat Will Pay Microsoft to Get Past UEFI Restrictions Hot Comment: Fan death From the Vault: Is it Wrong to Accept an Employment Counter-Offer? 46% of Americans Believe in Creationism, Gallup Finds  Nearly half of Americans hold the view that God created humans in their form within the last 10,000 years, according to the latest Gallup poll. The percentage of those who hold this view has not changed since 1982, when Gallup started asking the question. Sound Off>> Soda Ban May Hit the Big Apple In an effort to curb obesity, New York City's Mayor Bloomberg is seeking a ban on oversized sodas in restaurants, movie theaters and stadiums. Will Big Apple residents have to say good-bye to Big Gulps? Sound Off>> Not Enough IT Pros and Engineers to Go Around in U.S.? Despite continued high unemployment, 49% of U.S. companies are struggling to find talent to fill mission-critical positions, according to a survey by ManpowerGroup. IT staff, engineers and "skilled trades" are among the toughest spots to fill. Sound Off>> Venezuela Bans the Commercial Sale of Firearms and Ammo With the ultimate goal of disarming all civilians, Venezuela has brought a new law into effect which bans the commercial sale of firearms and ammunition. The ban is the latest attempt by the government to improve security and cut crime ahead of elections in October. Sound Off>> Red Hat Will Pay Microsoft to Get Past UEFI Restrictions Once Windows 8 is released, hardware manufacturers will be forced to ship machines that refuse to run any software that is not explicitly approved by Microsoft -- and that includes competing operating systems like Linux. Fedora's solution is to pay up. Sound Off>> Fan death "This is also the country that believes in death by sleeping in a room with a fan." -- by ZiakII  Read More>> Is it Wrong to Accept an Employment Counter-Offer? Ten years ago, an anonymous user was about to accept a job offer with a 50% increase in pay when their current employer made a counter-offer of a matching salary. The user turned to Slashdot readers for advice on whether to stay or go. As usual, Slashdotters were very generous with their words of wisdom.  Read More>> Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-47676@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.