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Published: Thursday 31 March 2011

>> Google has decided to demote "low-quality" websites from online search engine results.

But it will give better rankings to sites with original content and information like research, in-depth reports and analysis. It has not yet specified the sites, which would be affected.

>> A new federal report shows that more than 90 per cent of nursing homes in the US employ one or more people convicted of least one crime. In addition, five per cent of all nursing home employees have at least one criminal conviction.

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