Wireless Devices Now Outnumber Humans in U.S.
There are now 1.05 wireless devices per person
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Did you visit The Drudge Report yesterday to get the latest breaking news on the Obamacare decision? We were mainly focused on CNN (big mistake) but if you stopped by Matt Drudge's breaking news site, you were not alone.
There are now 1.05 wireless devices per person
Throwing support behind protesters, Elliot Spitzer urged Obama to sack Tim Geithner
Analysts say there just was too much evidence stacked against him
The bill whittles down their settlement with Facebook down to $52 million
The World War II vet's career as an activist began after being forced out of the U.S. Army
According to Microsoft's numbers, the biggest share of spam is for drugs
The once and maybe future frontrunner's name recognition waned since 2007
90 percent of them, though, can't hurt humans
A garbage man camping out to buy the iPhone 4S may set the record at 240 hours
Because corporate boards want to think their head honcho is better than others
Just another nail in the coffin for the Postal Service
White House petitions point to weed as the nation's most pressing issue
"Sex appeal," "arousal," and "other body parts" are popular themes in American music
Rising disapproval of the conservative movement has now reached a majority
A few incorrectly checked boxes caused a lot of problems for the U.S. Census Bureau
IKEA is reportedly a literal cradle of humanity
FEMA has declared 84 natural disasters,
The Fox News head takes issue with the AP's characterization of people praying in mosques
Government dissatisfaction is the highest it's ever been, says Gallup
Only 2.5 percent of lesbians in civil partnerships separate in the U.K.
With the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell this week, the U.S. joins the list
The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite is due to hit Earth in about two days
The mp3 players are becoming increasingly irrelevant to Apple
Fox News mentioned the law's repeal 16 times compared to 66 times at CNN
Job creation? Apparently there are a bunch of Facebook apps for that
Even Instragram has 10 times pictures
Global warming won't be kind to sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia
Still, that's only a "fraction" of the money that rich people have been stowing away
Obama has a 75 percent approval rating on foreign affairs in Europe
At least 5 percent of the world's population has the disease
The poverty rate's jumped to 22 percent for U.S. minors, while staying only 9 percent for seniors
That's 74 million more viewers than Oprah's cable network
He's topped Bush's last 28 months in office by about 200,000
Say you found a great article on the Internet. Which network should you share it on?
Does that help explain why women are earning more degrees than men?
The most powerful predictor of mistrusting Muslims: trusting Fox News
48 percent of those with $3 million or more in assets are open to giving Uncle Sam more
2011 has been both the hottest and driest summer for Texas in at least 116 years
That's about 18 guns lost daily, on average
But there's still pretty of room for optimism, according to survey figures
From 2009 to 2010 there was a 30 percent surge in air traffic between the two nations
The U.S. ranks last among developed nations in treating preventable diseases
While Americans as a whole are evenly divided, differences crop up along religious lines
There are now about 5.1 million multigenerational homes in the U.S.
Traffic to main daily coupon sites Groupon and LivingSocial declined in July
A new poll reveals which business sectors are the best and least liked among Americans
Fourteen of the 20 states with the highest divorce rates are red
Overall, global obesity rates have doubled since 1980
One projection says that the nation of robo-workers will be 1.2 million strong in two years
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