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State prison admissions fall, and more
feature With states decriminalizing marijuana and scaling back 1970s-era drug laws, admissions to state prisons have declined.
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Good governance in Africa, and more
feature This year’s winner of the $5 million Mo Ibrahim prize for good governance in Africa is...nobody.
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Congress's poor record, and more
feature The 113th Congress is on course to pass less legislation than any Congress in history.
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Gun violence in PG-13 movies, and more
feature The amount of gun violence in PG-13 movies has more than tripled since 1985.
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A first for West Point, and more
feature For the first time, two male graduates of West Point were married at the military academy’s chapel.
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A demographic turning point, and more
feature For the first time in U.S. history, there were more recorded deaths than births among white Americans in 2012.
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Gender differences in employment, and more
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Smartphone collisions, and more
feature Fifty-three percent of all adult mobile-phone owners have been banged into because someone was peering at their smartphone.
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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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