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Understanding the tax code, and more
feature In the course of the last decade, there have been 4,428 changes to the federal tax code, or more than one per day.
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The cost of the financial crisis, and more
feature The financial crisis may cost the U.S. almost $13 trillion.
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Estimating airstrike casualties, and more
feature Airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities could kill or injure more than 80,000 people, according to a recent study.
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A meagre session for Congress, and more
feature Congress has sent only 54 bills to President Obama so far this year, including 14 to rename post offices.
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The rising cost of social benefits
feature Federal and state governments spend nearly 66 cents of every dollar in revenue on social benefits.
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Household gun ownership falls, and more
feature Though the number of guns sold each year keeps climbing, the percentage of Americans who own guns has been falling steadily.
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The fate of NASA's moon rocks, and more
feature Of nearly 400 moon rocks given to state and world leaders after the Apollo 11 and 17 missions, almost 200 have been lost, destroyed, or stolen.
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Potter films rake in billions, and more
feature The Harry Potter movie series has earned $6.37 billion at the box office over the past decade.
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U.S. green-card lottery draws 15 million, and more
feature A record 15 million people from dozens of countries this year entered the U.S. green-card lottery.
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Who is the fairest Republican of them all? and more
feature Ten different potential Republican presidential candidates have at some point finished first in polls of GOP voters this year.
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Income for the top 1 percent soars, and more
feature Incomes for the top 1 percent soared 275 percent in inflation-adjusted dollars between 1979 and 2007.
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The $26,364 threshold, and more
feature In 2010, half of all U.S. workers earned less than $26,364.
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Republicans capture the white vote in congressional elections, and more
feature In the congressional elections, 60 percent of white voters cast their ballots for Republicans, and just 37 percent voted for Democrats.
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The looming government "shut down," and more
feature If Congress doesn’t extend the federal debt ceiling and the government is “shut down,” the government won’t actually shut down.
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