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Post by **noreply66** » Thu May 17, 2007 2:45 pm

According to a tally by three University of Indiana scholars,Fox News host Bill O'Reilly's daily commentaries contain an average of 8.88 instances of name-calling per minute,or one insult every 6.8 seconds.

Los Angeles Times

Post by **noreply66** » Fri May 18, 2007 8:34 pm

An estimated 350 million people in Asia now speaks English--about the same number as the English speaking population of the U.S.,Great Britian and Canada combined.

International Herald Tribune

Post by **noreply66** » Fri May 18, 2007 11:05 pm

Nearly 11 million U.S. residents are not fluent in English,up from 6.6 million in 1990,the U.S. Census Bureau reported.

United Press International

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat May 19, 2007 5:31 am

The anemometer is an instrument which measures the force, velocity, or pressure of the wind.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon May 21, 2007 8:38 pm

The U.S. divorce rate has dropped to its lowest level since 1970,the federal government reports.Experts say the decrease stems in part from fewer people marrying,but also reflects two trends people marrying later and thus more carefully,and couples trying harder to repair troubled marriages.

Bloomberg news

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue May 22, 2007 8:47 am

The first telephone book ever issued contained only fifty names. The New Haven District Telephone Company published it in New Haven, Ct. in February 1878.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue May 22, 2007 7:04 pm

Only 850 babies in the U.S. were named Katrina last year,after a hurricane bearing that name killed thousands and wreaked wide spread devastation.The name dropped 100 places in popularity and now ranks at 382,just below :Brenna."

Associated Press

Post by **noreply66** » Wed May 23, 2007 6:24 pm

The number of celebrity photographers in Los Angeles has grown more than tenfold since 1992.Every week,these paparazzi generate more than 120,000 images.

Radar

Post by **noreply66** » Thu May 24, 2007 6:11 pm

An analysis by Google found that about 10 percent of all Web pages are equipped to secretly download spyware and other "malicious" code and users computers. The download can steal login and passwords information,install unwanted bookmarks and toolbars,and even damage operating systems.BBC News

Post by **noreply66** » Fri May 25, 2007 6:28 pm

In China,doctors and hospitals report at least 7 million abortions a year,and a recent study says there may be as many as 13 million.In the U.S., there are about 1.3 million abortions a year.

The New York Times

Post by **noreply66** » Mon May 28, 2007 9:35 pm

The number of nowhite Americans has surpassed the 100 million mark for the first time,the U.S. Census Bureau reported.About one in three Americans are now black,Latino,or Asian.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue May 29, 2007 9:42 am

More than 250,000 New Orleanians have joined a lawsuit that accusess the Army Corps of Engineers of negligence in designing and building the city's levees,canals,and shipping channels.The plaintiffs are asking for a total of $278 billion in damages.

The Washington Post

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:52 am

The Delaware Breakwater at Cape Henlopen State Park was the first structure of its kind in the western hemisphere.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed May 30, 2007 9:41 am

Only about 400 drive-in theaters are still in business in the U.S. In the 1950s,there were 4,000.

Los Angles Times

Post by **noreply66** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:27 am

Some 158 billion text messages were sent nationwide last year,nearly double the number in 2005.While many cell phone plans offer 100 free text messages a month,millions of teenagers send that many messages ever day.

The Washington Post

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:22 am

Asian-American women ages 15-24 have the highest suicide rate among women of any race or ethnicity,the Department of Health and Human Services reports.Experts say young women in this group suffer high rates of depression due to intense pressure from theit families to excel.

CNN

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:57 am

By the time an average America child leaves elementary school,he or she will have witnessed 8,000 murders and 100,000 other acts of violence on TV.

New Scirntist

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:20 am

Nearly three out of four American households now forbid anyone to smoke in their homes-a sharp increase from the 43 percent of homes that barred smoking a decade ago,a federal survey of 127,000 households found.Even families in which one or more members smoke require the smoker to "take it outside"

Associated Press

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:20 am

The U.S. Military has thousands of slot machines on overseas bases,generating more than $100 million annually.The money is used to fund recreation programs, but critics say the military should not be encouraging gambling ot taking money out of the pockets of the troops.

CNN

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:25 am

Justice Clarence Thomas sat through the 68 hours of oral argument in the Supreme Court's current term without uttering a word.A tally by McClatchy Newspapers found that Thomas has spoken 281 words since October 2004, compared to nearly 35,000 words by Justice Stephen Brever.

Detroit Free Press