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BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed May 02, 2007 11:47 am

The United States Air Force Academy is located in Colorado Springs.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed May 02, 2007 10:57 pm

The LoDo region of Denver stands for Lower Downtown.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu May 03, 2007 10:10 pm

Several states are moving to outlaw driving while texting--DWT--after a major insurance industry study found that 37 percent of drivers in their late teens or 20s admitted to having sent or read text messages while driving.Los Angeles Times

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri May 04, 2007 6:55 am

Alaska accounts for 25% of the oil produced in the United States.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri May 04, 2007 9:43 am

Due to widespread disgust with campaign spending and advertising,support for the public campaign-financing system is waning. Only 7.3 percent of those who filed a 2006 tax return designated a $3 contribution to help finance presidential campaigns.In 1976,27.5 percent chose to contribute.

USA Today

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun May 06, 2007 8:02 am

No NCAA basketball team from a school located in its state's capital has ever won the national championship.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon May 07, 2007 10:49 pm

nearly 95 percent of physicians in the U.S. receive free meals,drug samples,sports tickets,and other gifts from pharmaceutical sales reps trying to get doctors to prescrbe their products,a study in the New England Journal of Medicine found.

los Angeles Times

Post by **noreply66** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:45 am

Over the next eight years, China's emerging navy plans to put into operation 11 nuclear-powered submarines, 32 conventionally powered subs,and a nuclear-powered sub that can launch nuclear washeads at other nations.

Realclearpolitics

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed May 09, 2007 6:35 am

The Trans-Alaska Pipeline moves up to 88,000 barrels of oil per hour on its 800 mile journey to Valdez.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed May 09, 2007 6:38 pm

Fourteen new books about Princess Diana are set for publication this year,to coincide with the 10th anniversary of her death. there are already 180 Diana books in print in the U.S. alone.

The wall Street Journal

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu May 10, 2007 8:27 am

In 1926 13-year-old Bennie Benson from Cognac, Alaska designed the state flag

Post by **noreply66** » Thu May 10, 2007 6:41 pm

In her U.S. Senate press releases,Hillary Clinton identifies herself as "Hillary Rodham Clinton." On the Web site she set up for her presidential candidacy, she's identified as "Hillary Clinton." A spokesman said there had been no strategic decision to drop Rodham.

Albany Times-Union

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri May 11, 2007 6:10 am

Every four years Alaskans elect a Governor and a Lieutenant Governor to four-year terms.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri May 11, 2007 9:24 am

After a traffic stop,police are three times more likely to search black drivers,and two times more likely to search Hispanic drivers,a new Justice Department study found.

USA Today

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun May 13, 2007 5:29 am

Denver has the largest city park system in the nation with 205 parks in City limits and 20,000 Acres of parks in the nearby mountains.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon May 14, 2007 8:57 am

The discovery of gold in the Yukon began a gold rush in 1898. Later gold was discovered at Nome and Fairbanks.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:31 am

One-third of the teens and preteens who use the internet regularly have posted their real names,phone humbers,or home addresses on My Space or other social networking sites.

USA Today

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue May 15, 2007 4:56 am

Alaska is a geographical marvel. When a scale map of Alaska is superimposed on a map of the 48 lower states, Alaska extends from coast to coast.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue May 15, 2007 3:06 pm

In Amsterdam,40 percent of commuters get to work by bicycle.The garage planned for the city's central railroad station will hold 10,000 bikes.

The Wall Street Journal

Post by **noreply66** » Wed May 16, 2007 5:41 pm

Drivers ages 75 to 84 are involved in about the same rate of fatal car accidents as teenagers--three deaths per 100 million miles driven,a Carnrgie Mellon study found.But for drivers 85 and older, the fatality rate skyrockets to nearly four times that of a teenager

USA Today