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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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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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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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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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The costs of prolonged exposure to combat, and more
feature In a historical first, more U.S. troops were hospitalized for mental-health disorders last year (17,538) than for battle wounds or other injuries (11,156).
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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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