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Abortion rate falls to new low, and more
feature The U.S. abortion rate has fallen to its lowest level since the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in 1973.
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Fewer American deaths in Afghanistan, and more
feature As the U.S. draws down its forces, American deaths in Afghanistan have fallen sharply.
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A tax break for the wealthy, and more
feature Taxpayers reporting less than $50,000 in income provide 19 percent of the money given to charity, but receive only 5 percent of the tax write-offs for donations.
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Fewer abortions in 2009, and more
feature The number of abortions in the U.S. fell 5 percent in 2009, the most recent year for which statistics are available.
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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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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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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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A per capita view of Olympic medals, and more
feature The U.S. won 104 medals at the Olympic Games, the most of any country—but on a per capita basis, we ranked just 50th.
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Fewer households own guns, and more
feature The proportion of U.S. households in which a gun is present has fallen from about 50 percent in the 1970s to 34 percent last year.
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Bin Laden’s bad health, and more
feature The medicines recovered from Osama bin Laden’s compound show he no longer suffered from kidney disease, but he did have drugs for other ailments.
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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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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 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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