The rate at which infants die in the United States has dropped substantially over the past half-century, but broad disparities remain among racial groups, and the country stacks up poorly next to other industrialized nations. picked by muppet 2 years ago

How can Hawaii, which relies on oil to import 80% of its food 2,500 miles from the mainland, have the greenest city in the United States? How could the smoggy, sprawling capital of traffic-snarled Southern California rank second? picked by maxriter 2 years ago

Dishwasher Pete has a dream. A dream to visit all 50 of these United States. But not just to visit them, to do dishes in them. picked by dOntEAtpOOp 1 year ago

Imagine yourself jobless and struggling to feed your family while the governor of your state threatens to reject tens of millions of dollars in federal aid earmarked for the unemployed.That is precisely what is happening in some poverty-ridden states where Republican governors are threatening to turn away federal aid rather than expand access to unemployment insurance programs in ways that many ot... read full post picked by theclansman 9 months ago

There is a article about the Bronte Capital blog in the Sydney Morning Herald today. It mentions that I diagnosed the economic problems in Eastern Europe by analyzing the price of hookers. picked by bornbad 7 months ago

Tomorrow, August 6th, marks 64 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan by the United States at the end of World War II. Targeted for military reasons and for its terrain (flat for easier assessment of the aftermath), Hiroshima was home to approximately 250,000 people at the time of the bombing. picked by kakana 4 months ago

MySpace.com has found more than 29,000 registered Dupe offenders with profiles on the popular social Duping Web site — more than four times the number cited by the Dupe two months ago, Dupers in two states Tuesday. picked by sholom22 2 years ago

The FBI alerted law enforcement agencies last month that an al-Qaeda terrorist now in detention had talked of masterminding a plot to set a series of devastating forest fires around the western United States picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Did you know that people living in the Western region of the United States are more likely to become victims of a serial killer than people living in the Northeast?

*Found thanks to leo's post here. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

In what is one of the worst calamities to hit bat populations in the United States, on average 90 percent of the hibernating bats in four caves and mines in New York have died since last winter.

Wildlife biologists fear a significant die-off in about 15 caves and mines in New York, as well as at sites in Massachusetts and Vermont. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Tired of the United States and the other 190-odd nations on Earth? If a small team of Silicon Valley millionaires get their way, in a few years, you could have a new option for global citizenship: A permanent, quasi-sovereign nation floating in international waters. picked by MissWinkle 2 years ago

The United States and European Union are leading a diplomatic push to prevent all-out war between Georgia and Russia picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

African American children throughout the United States have greeted Barack Obama's electoral victory with tears and bewilderment. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

The average child in the United States will wear down 730 crayons by his 10th birthday (or 11.4 boxes of 64s). Kids, ages 2-8, spend an average of 28 minutes each day colouring. Combined, children in the US spend 6.3 billion hours colouring annually, almost 10,000 human lifetimes! picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

Describing herself as the "new face of Judaism," Alysa Stanton became the first black female rabbi in the United States during an ordination in Cincinnati. picked by bingo 6 months ago

Until now I believed that the nation that has done most to sabotage a new climate change agreement was the United States. I was wrong. The real villain is Canada. picked by chinook 1 day ago

This lawyer says there are millions of unsafe Chinese-made tires on vehicles in the United States. His lawsuit says the tires killed two men when a blowout caused a van to roll over. picked by hisidea 2 years ago

Wait till you see what the would-be grooms wrote in—and what states actually allow.

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LEWISTON, N.Y. (AP) -- Border agents pulled four live birds from the pockets of a pigeon collector and a traveling companion trying to enter the United States from Canada. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

An eight-year-old girl has stunned doctors in the United States after surviving more than 150 surgeries for a rare medical condition which caused her legs to fuse together. picked by thenegativeone 2 years ago