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Reducing the federal budget by 0.0029%, and more
feature The $100 million President Obama has ordered cut from his $3.5 trillion budget represents a reduction of 0.0029 percent.
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Too fat for the armed services, and more
feature One in five military-age Americans is too fat to join the armed services.
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Abortions and vasectomies increase
feature Planned Parenthood clinics are reporting big increases in the number of abortions and vasectomies because recession-battered couples feel they cannot afford another mouth to feed.
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Digital information's explosive growth, and more
feature In 2006, the world produced 161 “exabytes” of digital information—3 million times the amount of information contained in all the books ever
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Landfills receive 30% less trash, and more
feature Due to the sputtering economy, landfills are getting up to 30 percent less trash.
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A great evangelistic opportunity, and more
feature Evangelical churches around the nation are reporting a surge in attendance and new memberships, a trend church leaders attribute to harder economic times.
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People with ordinary sore throats and fevers flood ERs
feature People with garden-variety sore throats and fevers are flooding emergency rooms nationwide, convinced that they have the swine flu.
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Promoting senators, Texting 101, Foreign tourists
feature Whether Democrats choose Sen. Hillary Clinton or Sen. Barack Obama to face Sen. John McCain in November, it will mark the first presidential election in the nation’s history pitting two sitting U.S. senators agai
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Largest campaign in history, Abstinence sex-ed, 390-foot yacht
feature Barack Obama's campaign has already hired 1,400 part- and full-time workers, triple the number of John McCain’s, and is hiring more.
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Noted
feature New York City is on track to have fewer than 500 homicides this year—the lowest total since the police began keeping track back in 1963. Just 35 of the killings thus far were committed by strangers. . .
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Noted
feature As prison populations in the U.S. have swelled since the 1970s, so has the number of ex-cons. About 700,000 prisoners are released from state and federal prisons each year. Two out of three, studies say. . .
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Catholic schools, lobbyists, global warming ...
feature More than 1,300 Catholic schools in the U.S. have closed since 1990, most of them in big cities. . .
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A “pole tax” for the adult-entertainment business?, and more
feature With the adult-entertainment business one of the few bright spots in the economy, states and municipalities are thinking of raising taxes on dirty magazines, sex toys, and strip clubs.
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Obama's staff picks, and more
feature Barack Obama has filled more top positions for his administration than had either Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, or Ronald Reagan at a similar point in their own transitions.
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