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Post by **noreply66** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:22 pm

Due to bureaucratic delays,more than 9,000 houses in New Orleans condemned after hurricane Katrina struck,in August 2005,still have not been razed.The presence of so many abandoned,dilapidated structures has severly impeded efforts to bring back residents and rebuild blighted neighborhoods.

USA Tosay

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 5:09 am

Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:19 pm

Nine of the ten counties that registered the biggest population gains since 2000 are in South and West,Census Bureau figures show.Maricopa County,Ariz.,which includes Phoenix,is the nation's fastest growing county,having grown nearly 700,000 people since 2000.

The New York Times

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:37 pm

Of the $52.6 billion that tobacco companies have paid to the states to settle a massive lawsuit,state governments have spent only 33.5 percent on health care and anti-tobacco programs.The rest was used to fill holes in state budgets and cover other non-smoking-related expenses.

USA ToDay

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 6:31 am

The Houston Comets are the only team in the country to win four back-to-back WNBA championships. 1997-2000 Cynthia Cooper remains the only player to win the WNBA Championship MVP.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:14 am

The typical American household now gets 104 television channels,up from 61 in 2000,Nielsen Media Research reported.But viewers last year watched only 15 percent of the channels avaliable to them.
Associated Press

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 5:08 pm

Abdalah, the father of Mohammed, was so strikingly handsome that when he married, the hearts of two hundred virgins were broken from disappointed love.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:27 am

The world's largest recorded hailstone was 17 inches in circumfrence. This hailstone fell in the little community of Potter, Nebraska, on July 6, 1928.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:52 am

The number of "fugitive aliens" in the U.S.--foreigners who have ignored orders to leave the country--has nearly doubled since 2001 and now totals 636,000.The Department of Homeland Security has assigned 318 officers to track down the fugitives,giving each officer a backlog of about 2,000 cases.----------The New York Times

Fonzie · Post by **Fonzie** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:53 am

TigerTownTurkey wrote:Few women admit their age. Few men act theirs.

That is a funny one!

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:35 am

During the 2007 season,66 Major League baseball players are being paid $10 million or more.The Yankees Alex Rodriquez,at $27.7 million,is the highest paid,followed by fellow Yankee Jason Giambi ($23.4 million),and Boston's Manny Mamirez ($17 million)

Ass. Press

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:20 pm

Emergency room visits for Cheerleading injuries have more than doubled since the early 1990s,and cheerleading now accounts for more catastrophic spinal and head inuries than all other high school and college sports combined. In recent years,cheerleading has become both highly competitive and perilously acrobatic,with teams hurling girls upside-down through the air.

The New York Times

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 5:33 am

Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state of Texas.

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:24 am

Harvard College last week accepted 2,058 out of 22,955 applicants for the Class of 2011.The 9 percent admissions rate is the lowest in the college's history.

The Boston Globe

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:33 pm

San Francisco has 120,000 dogs,but only 93,000 children under the age of 14.

San Francisco Chronicle

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:00 am

A coastal live oak located near Fulton is the oldest tree in the state of Texas. The tree has an estimated age of more than 1,500 years.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:41 am

Texas boasts the nation's largest herd of whitetail deer.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:59 am

New Orleans residents are arming themselves in record numbers in response to the city's soaring crime rate and fears of anarchy should another hurricane strike.The number of permits issued to carry concealed weapons has doubled since Katrina,despite the loss of population.

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:19 am

Many of the nation's major cities would be shrinking dramatically were it not for the influx of immigrants in recent years,the Census Bureau reported.The New York metro region,for example,added 1 million immigrants between 2000 and 2006.Without them,the region would have lost nearly 600,000 people.

Ass. press

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:23 pm

There is about four miles of thread in a pair of women's silk stockings.