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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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The cost of health care, and more
feature America spent $2.6 trillion on health care last year.
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Social Security's 89,000 mistakes, and more
feature As part of the Obama administration’s stimulus plan, Social Security mistakenly sent 89,000 checks for $250 each to people who were either dead or in jail.
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Jersey Shore captures 8.45 million, and more
feature The season premiere of MTV’s Jersey Shore was viewed by 8.45 million people, more than the average audiences of network news broadcasts on ABC and CBS.
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The Church of Scientology's exalted membership, and more
feature Despite its claims of having 8 million members, only about 25,000 Americans say they belong to the Church of Scientology.
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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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Sales of Jackson's albums top the charts, and more
feature In the week following Michael Jackson’s death, the three top-selling albums in the U.S. were all his.
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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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Why children go missing, and more
feature The vast majority of children reported missing are not abducted by strangers.
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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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A warm start to the year, and more
feature The U.S. just experienced the warmest start to a year since records began, in 1895.
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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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Fauja Singh, age 100, runs a marathon, and more
feature Singh took up running at age 89 after his wife and child died.
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Gender differences in employment, and more
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