During the 2006-2007 school year, 7.3 million students (59 percent of them boys) played high school sports. That total is about 2.1 million higher than the number in 1979-1980.
Source: Census Bureau
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August 31, 2009
The US Open began as a men’s singles and doubles tennis tournament in 1881.
Source: USOpen.org
August 30, 2009
In 1972 Sen. Edward M. Kennedy pushed the Meals on Wheels Act and the Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program (WIC).
Source: kennedy.senate.gov
August 28, 2009
Only two U.S. presidents are buried at Arlington National Cemetery: John F. Kennedy and William Howard Taft.
Source: Arlington National Cemetery
August 27, 2009
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy authored more than 2,500 bills during his 46-year career in the U.S. Senate. Several hundred of them became law.
Source: kennedy.senate.gov
August 26, 2009
Family health insurance premiums increased 130 percent from 1996 to 2006; individual insurance premiums went up 107 percent over the same time period.
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Aug. 18-Aug. 24
This week, readers sent us comments on abortion funding, "The Daily Show" and keeping your insurance.
In the FactCheck Mailbag we feature some of the e-mail we receive. Readers can send comments to editor@factcheck.org. Letters may be edited for length.
August 25, 2009
More than 50 percent of births in nine states were financed by Medicaid in 2003.
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
August 24, 2009
Seventy-five percent of AIDS deaths in 2007 occurred in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
August 23, 2009
The number of people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide at the end of 2007 was an estimated 33 million.
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation