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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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The cost of Occupy Wall Street, and more
feature The movement has cost municipalities at least $13 million in police overtime and other services.
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The rising cost of disability benefits, and more
feature Social Security disability benefits may run out of reserves in seven years.
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A linguistic success for Occupy Wall Street, and more
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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 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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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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Weighing in on women's issues, and more
feature When the media covers women’s issues, men do most of the talking.
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Job openings go unfilled, and more
feature Manufacturers say they now need workers who are trained in the use of computers, automation, and other technologies.
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Out-of-wedlock births climb, and more
feature More than half of births to American women under the age of 30 now occur outside of marriage.
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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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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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Suicides surpass motor vehicle deaths, and more
feature More Americans now take their own lives each year—about 37,000—than die in car crashes, a new study has found.
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