Fewer couples file for divorce
Hard economic times have produced a major drop in the number of people filing for divorce, for the simple reason that people can’t afford to split up their households. In an industry survey, lawyers estimated that the number of divorce cases had dropped 40 percent this year.
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25 percent of drivers will be 65 or older by 2025
Some 15 percent of drivers in the U.S. are 65 or older, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety reports. But thanks to the coming “gray wave” of baby boomers, by 2025 that figure will jump to 25 percent.
USA Today
Mississippi has nation's highest obesity rate
In Mississippi, nearly one in three adults is obese—the nation’s highest obesity rate. In 1991, no state had more than a 20 percent obesity rate. Today, the only state that doesn’t is Colorado, at 18.9
percent.
Associated Press
Women own twice as many shoes as men
The average American man owns seven pairs of shoes, while the average woman owns 15.
USA Today
States may repeal blue laws to make money
In desperate need of tax revenues due to the recession, several states that now ban alcohol sales on Sunday—including Texas, Georgia, Connecticut, and Alabama—are debating whether their so-called blue laws should be repealed.
Time
Congresss's many caucuses
The 435 lawmakers in Congress belong to a total of 250 caucuses devoted to special issues, including the Songwriters Caucus; the Bourbon Caucus; the Motorcycle Caucus; and the Caucus on Qatari-American Economic Strategic Defense, Cultural, and Educational Partnership.
The New York Times
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Very rich and very poor in California, and morefeature California is home to 111 billionaires, yet it also suffers the highest poverty rate in the country.
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Arctic cold kills tree insects, and more
feature This winter’s arctic temperatures have had at least one beneficial impact: They’ve killed ash borers, gypsy moths, and other tree-eating insects.
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Congress's poor record, and more
feature The 113th Congress is on course to pass less legislation than any Congress in history.
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Gender differences in employment, and more
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A first for West Point, and more
feature For the first time, two male graduates of West Point were married at the military academy’s chapel.
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A God given land?, and more
feature More white evangelical Protestants than U.S Jews believe that Israel was “given to the Jewish people by God.”
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Jailing the mentally ill, and more
feature American prisons have replaced state mental hospitals as a place to warehouse the mentally ill.
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Treating Internet addiction, and more
feature Treating Internet addiction; Freshman virgins at Harvard; A salary handicap for lefties; Prices for vintage automobiles soar; Gun permits for blind people