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Second Life is the hottest thing around. It's a virtual, three-D computer world where political candidates like John Edwards have an office, where companies sell products, where governments like Sweden have set up shop, where the local residents, called "avatars" spend money on everything from designer clothes to gourmet coffee, and where next week, IBM Corp. workers will be on strike.

The International Federation of Journalists has been presented with the George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award, in recognition of the courage of its members, the journalists and media workers who risk their lives in the pursuit of truth around the world.

Workers with employer-paid health insurance and families to cover are now paying an average of $3,281 a year toward their premiums – in addition to higher deductibles and rising co-payments for prescriptions and doctor visits, according to a recent survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research Educational Trust.

U.S. postal rate increases are hitting small publications hard and CWA wants to know how much more locals are paying to mail newsletters, and whether it's affecting their ability to publish.