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The hottest year ever? and more
feature In Iraq, where U.S. troops patrol in heavy armor, the temperature topped 126 degrees in July.
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The online dating game, and more
feature Nearly 30 percent of all new couples in the U.S. found one another through online dating services or social media.
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The costs of prolonged exposure to combat, and more
feature In a historical first, more U.S. troops were hospitalized for mental-health disorders last year (17,538) than for battle wounds or other injuries (11,156).
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Record set for Beatles lyric sheet, and more
feature The original lyrics to the Beatles’ “A Day in the Life,” handwritten by John Lennon, sold at a Sotheby’s auction for $1.2 million.
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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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No profits for YouTube, and more
feature YouTube will lose $470 million this year, even though visitors to the site will download about 75 billion videos.
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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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Public pension funds lost $1 trillion in market crash, and more
feature Public pension funds set up for retiring teachers, police, and other municipal workers lost $1 trillion in the recent market crash.
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Big Oil's big subsidies, and more
feature Oil production is among the most heavily subsidized businesses. BP, for example, was getting a tax deduction of $225,000 a day for renting the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.
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The oil lobby's shared profession, and more
feature Three out of four lobbyists who represent oil and gas companies previously worked for the federal government.
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Spillover violence from Mexico is less than feared, and more
feature The latest FBI statistics show that the four major U.S. cities with the lowest violent crime rates are all in states that border Mexico.
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Swine flu vaccine hit by expiration date, and more
feature About a quarter of the swine flu vaccine purchased by the federal government during last year’s outbreak has expired and will now be destroyed.
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BP’s feed of gushing oil, and more
feature The live underwater video feed of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico has become one of the most popular features on the Internet.
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Six-figure salaries for House of Representatives staffers, and more
feature Nearly 2,000 House of Representatives staffers pulled down six-figure salaries in 2009.
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