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Monthly Archives: July 2009
July 28, 2009
Residential property burglaries accounted for 67.9 percent of all burglary offenses in 2007 in the U.S. Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program
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July 27, 2009
There were an estimated 2,179,140 burglaries in the United States in 2007. Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program
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July 26, 2009
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the minimum wage was originally 25 cents per hour on Oct. 24, 1938. Source: Department of Labor
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July 25, 2009
As of July 24, the federal minimum wage in the United States is $7.25 per hour. Source: Department of Labor
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Health Care Nostrums
The Republican National Committee has released a new Web ad about health care. The RNC has some fun with the issue, framing its ad as a parody of pharmaceutical advertisements. Warning: trying to sort out fact from fiction in this video may lead to headaches, shortness of patience, and excessive …
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July 24, 2009
On today’s date in 1897, aviator Amelia Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas. Source: Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
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Misleading GOP Health Care Claims
Republicans in Washington seem to be shifting into overdrive to keep a health system overhaul from passing Congress before the August recess. Yesterday, July 22, brought two more deceptive assaults (that we know of) on the pending bills, one from Minority Whip Eric Cantor and the other from the top …
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July 23, 2009
There are about 10,000 bird species in the world. Source: National Geographic
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DSCC Ad Links Crist and Ayotte to Palin
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has released a Web ad linking one confirmed and one potential Republican candidate in the 2010 senatorial races to soon-to-be former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. But one person isn’t quite like the others. According to a description of the ad on its YouTube channel, the …
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Tagged Charlie Crist, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Kelly Ayotte, Sarah Palin
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