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Post by **noreply66** » Tue May 23, 2006 8:56 am

The New York City metropolitan area is home to 7% of the U.S. population and 23% of the psychiatrists.

The New York Times

Post by **noreply66** » Wed May 24, 2006 8:47 pm

In Iraq,the name"Omar" is exclusively Sunni,and Shiite militias have targeted men with that name for street executions.As a results,registry offices report a surge in legal name changes,with many Omars changing their names to the religiously neutral "Ammar"

Chicago Tribune

Post by **noreply66** » Thu May 25, 2006 8:14 am

Between 1994 and 2001,the rate of unwanted pregancies among affluent women fell by 20%,according to the Guttmacher Institute.During that same peroid,unwanted pregnancies for women below the poverty line increased by nearly 30%.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri May 26, 2006 10:42 am

Some 80,000 Americans are injured each year by lawn mowers.Most injuries are not caused by sharp blades,but by rocks and other projectilies hurtling from machines.

The New York Times

Post by **noreply66** » Fri May 26, 2006 11:22 pm

52% of teenagers who signed an abstinence program's promise to remain virgins until marriage had sex within one year,according to a new study of 14,000 teens.

Los Angeles Times

Post by **noreply66** » Sat May 27, 2006 7:57 pm

As President Bush's approval rating have sunk,the number of jokes about Bush on the latenight shows of Jay Leno,David Letterman and Conan O'Brien have doubled,to a combined total of 102 per month.At the height of the Lewinsky affair, the number of jokes about President Clinton on the three shows reached 140 a month.

The Washington Post

Post by **noreply66** » Sun May 28, 2006 9:12 am

More than 1,060 federal,state,and local public officials were convicted of corruption in 2004 and 2005,the FBI reported.An FBI task force targetting government corruption currently has more than 2,000active cases.

The New York Times

Post by **noreply66** » Mon May 29, 2006 6:55 pm

Only 21% of Americans live in rural communities,but rural crashes accounted for 58% of traffic fatalities in 2004,the national Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported.Officials blame this phenomenon on the reluctance of young rural men who drive pickup trucks to wear safety belts."The people who are not wearing their seat belts are the same people,by and large who are getting killed,"said NHTSA's Jackie Glassman.

USA Today

Post by **noreply66** » Wed May 31, 2006 12:33 pm

This year has seen the election of four female heads of states on four continents--President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia,President Michelle Bachelet of Chile,Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller,and South Korean Prime Minister Han Myung-sook,Worlwide,there are now a dozen female national leaders.

The Washington Times

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 1:40 pm

Thoughout the world,164 out of 168 nations surveyed guarantee paid maternity leave to working mothers.The four who do not are Papua New Guinea,Swaziland,Lesotho, and The United States

The Washington Post.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 8:40 am

Americans spend $40 billion a year---more than the gross domestic product of Vietam--caring for their lawns.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 8:22 pm

The U.S. Border Patrol's budget has doubled from roughly $800 million in 1998 to almost $1.6 billion today.Over the same period,the number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. has Tripled,from some 4 million to an estimated 12 million.

The Wall Street Juornal

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 4:04 pm

To escape bombings,street assassinations,and chaos,hundreds of thousands of Iraqis are emigrating.In the last 10 months,officials in Baghdad say,some 1.85 million Iraqis--a quarter of the middle class--have obtained passports.

The New York Times

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:41 pm

When completed next year, the new $592 million,104 acre U.S. Embassy in Bagdad will be this country's largest embassy in the world,with 21 buildings and office space for more than 3,000 people.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:04 pm

American couples adopted 22,728 orphaned children from abroad last year--triple the number in 1900.Most of the children are from China and Russia,but there's been a surge in adoptions from African nations,which private agencies attributed to actress Angelina Jolie's adoption of a baby girl from Ethiopia.

The Boston Globe

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 12:51 pm

The average American consumed about 140 pounds of cane sugar,corn syrup,and other sugars last year--50 %more than the Germans and French,and nine times as much as the Chinese.

The New Yorker

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:49 pm

About 150,000 of the 200,000 New Orleans residents who fled to Houston after Hurricane Katrina are still there.Officials have no idea how many ever plan to return to New Orleans.

Associated press

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 9:46 am

Today,just one in five migrants who cross the U.S. border illegally are caught,according to surveys of illegal immigrants.

The Washington Post

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 2:12 pm

The Texas legislature has raised the speed limit on 500 miles of west Texas highways to 80 mph,the highest in the nation. Officials said most drivers on those straight ,remote stretches drive that fast anyway.

Houston Chronicle