Read more laziness stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2244/laziness.html2010 - Newseren-usNewser Feed Generator2010-03-11T23:35:22http://www.newser.com/story/81113/america-laziest-country-on-earth.htmlLet the Olympics rate each country’s elite athletes; the Daily Beast wanted to know which country had the laziest general populace. So they pitted 24 developed nations against each other in four statistical categories: calories consumed per day, television viewing, Internet usage, and aversion to sports. The “winners”: The United...http://www.newser.com/story/81113/america-laziest-country-on-earth.html2010-02-17T17:55:52http://www.newser.com/story/78001/sitting-at-that-computer-is-shortening-your-life.htmlHey you, reading this at your computer: You might want to get up and stretch. A new study shows that every hour per day spent in front of that monitor raises your risk of early death from heart disease by a whopping 18%—ie, someone who spends an average of...http://www.newser.com/story/78001/sitting-at-that-computer-is-shortening-your-life.html2010-01-12T13:20:43http://www.newser.com/story/29416/lazy-bosses-go-wayyyy-back.htmlThink your boss is the first to delegate the duties and enjoy sunny days on the links? Such indulgences go way back, writes Stanley Bing in Fortune . Two thousand years ago, Cleopatra ruled Egypt by dazzling the male rulers of her time. More recently, America’s beloved Ben Franklin lived like...http://www.newser.com/story/29416/lazy-bosses-go-wayyyy-back.html2008-06-10T23:54:27http://www.newser.com/story/2520/lazy-gamblers-rent-scooters-in-vegas.htmlIn Las Vegas, motorized scooters offer access to expansive casino floors to the elderly, the disabled—and now the lazy. For 40 chips a day, a growing number of young, healthy tourists are renting the scooters so they can hop from the slot machine to the craps table at up...http://www.newser.com/story/2520/lazy-gamblers-rent-scooters-in-vegas.html2007-05-25T10:34:15