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Wal-Mart's jump in midnight sales, and more
feature Wal-Mart says its stores see a jump in midnight sales on the first of each month, when cash-strapped shoppers receive their monthly government benefits.
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Virginity among the young rises, and more
feature The percentage of 15- to 24-year-olds who’ve never had sex has risen to 28 percent, up from 22 percent in 2002.
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No fatalities for U.S. airlines, and more
feature U.S. airlines didn’t have a single fatality in 2010, despite more than 10 million flights involving more than 700 million passengers.
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Population decline in rural counties, and more
feature About 46 percent of rural counties in the U.S. lost population over the last decade.
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The cost of higher gas prices, and more
feature Every one-penny rise in the cost of a gallon of gas takes $1 billion of consumer spending away from other goods in the course of a year.
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Health-care law tug of war, and more
feature Every vote to repeal or dismantle the health-care law in the House has predictably died upon or before reaching the Democratic-controlled Senate.
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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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Suicide deaths surpass battle deaths, and more
feature More active-duty U.S. troops have committed suicide this year than have been killed in battle.
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Prime-time TV gets racier, and more
feature The networks’ new trick is to show fully naked characters with their breasts, buttocks, and/or genitals pixelated.
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Jobs in post-2008 America, and more
feature Nearly 60 percent of all jobs added during the post-2008 economic recovery have been in professions that pay very little.
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The cost of health care, and more
feature America spent $2.6 trillion on health care last year.
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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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Meat consumption drops, and more
feature The Department of Agriculture has found that meat consumption in the U.S. has dropped 12.2 percent over the past five years.
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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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