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BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:07 am

The peach blossom is Delaware's official state flower and has prompted Delaware's nickname as the peach state.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:12 am

A single New Orleans gun shop named Elliot's has sold 2,300 firearms that police have linked to crimes,including at least 125 murders,over the past five years.Elliot's was a terror to his community," New Orleans police chief Warren Riley said.

USA Today

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:32 am

Boomong develoment of million-dollar oceanfront homes has left only 20 miles of the 5,300 miles of Maine's craggy coastline open to commercial lobstermen and fishermen. Most fishermen now depend on privately owned docks and boatyards that also could be sold at ant time.

The Boston Globe

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 3:48 pm

The sales of rap albums are in steep decline.Sales of rap CDs this year are down 33 percent from 2006,and in 2006,they were off 21 percent.Hip Hop artists blame record industry commercialization of the genre,while music industry analysts say white teens have simply tired of lyrics about the street life,"ho's," and "bling."

USA Today

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:35 am

Paris Hilton actually spent more time behind bars than most people in her circumstances,an analysis of five years of jail records show. Her time served exceeds 80 perent of the 1,500 defendants caught driving with a suspended license after a drunk-drivig arrest.

Los Angeles Times

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:37 am

Despite a 78-cent increase in gas prices brtween 2000 and 2005,the proportion of people using car pools to get to work actually dropped,from 12.2 percent to 10.7 percent.

Associated Press.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:25 am

Despite the absence of major natural disaters in 2006,charitable giving in the U.S. hit a record $295 billion last year. The previous record of $283 billion, set in 2005 included $7.4 billion in donations related to tsunami relief and Hurricane Katrina.

Financial Times

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:13 am

The number of blacks joining the military has dropped by more than one-third since the Afghanistan and Iraq wars began.Pentagon data shows. Pentagon official Curt Gilroy said strong anti-war and anti Bush-sentiment amoung many black community leaders was making recruitment of African- Americans harder than ever.

Los Angeles Times

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:15 pm

A worldwide shortage of tuna caused by overfishing has frantic sushi chefs in Japan experimenting with smoked duck,avocado,and other alternatives.Some chefs are considering replacing tuna with raw horse and deer meat. "it's like American runing out of steak," said sushi chef Tadashi Yamagata.

The New York Times

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:30 pm

An authoritative new federal survey found that 29 percent of American men report having 15 or more female sexual partners in a lifetime, compared to 9 percent of women who report having sex with 15 or more men. The number of lifetime sexual partners for men was seven;for women,four.

Associated Press

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:21 pm

Global gasoline prices vary so widely that it cost just $1.45 to fill a 2007 Honda Civic in Venezuela,$31.42 in the U.S., $81.44 in Britain,and $93.98 in Turkey.

Foreign Policy

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:36 am

The United States battleship Delaware was commissioned in 1910.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 7:51 am

The first blast furnace in Connecticut was built in Lakeville in 1762.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 8:54 am

Out-of-wedlock births in the U.S. have climbed to an all-time high,accounting for nearly four in 10 babies born last year,the federal government reported. The increase occurred among all racial groups and most dramatic among women in their 20s.

USA Today

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:24 am

The U.S. last year imported $5.3 million worth of American flags manufactured in other countries.

The Wall Street Journal

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 7:17 am

The temperature on the moon falls to 116 degrees below zero in darkness.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 10:10 am

nearly one in three Americans is an alocohlic or has experienced personal or job problems because of excessive drinking,according to a new survey by the National Institute on Alcoholism.Only 24 percent of those with alcohol problems ever seek treatment.

Newssay

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:45 am

The melody of the classic hymn "Amazing Grace" originated from a 12th-century pagan song celebrating masturbation.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:56 am

The Richard Nixon Library in Yorba Linda,Cal., has demolished its Watergate galley,which depicted the scandal as a partisan "coup" engineered by Nixon's enemies in order to qualify as a recognized part of the National Archives,the Nixon library has created an expanded Watergate wing,with selections from the White House tapes,the Senate's Watergate hearings,and other historical documents.

Los Angeles Times.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:23 am

After a highway or bridge adopts a E-Zpass or other automatic debit system,tolls go up about 30 percent compared to roads and bridges at which motorists still pay tolls with paper money and coins,a new study has found.Economist Amy Finkestein says that people are "less aware" of toll increases when they're automatically deducted and that policymakers know it.

The New York Times