A NATIONAL TREND
SINCE 2006 THE INCOME GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR HAS GROWN \H THE 15 LARGEST U.S. CITIES
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It was a bad week for . . .
. . . driving with kids, after police got a 911 call about a woman’s screams issuing from a Massachusetts man’s car, and surrounded him. Instead of finding a woman in distress, officers discovered several goats in the back seat, and let him go.
Read moreNo Electricity
About 25 percent of the world’s population, or 1.6 billion people, do not have electricity in their homes.
Read moreMarijuana Related Tweets
Percentage of marijuana-related tweets that support use of the drug: 77
Read moreRising Obesity
A new University of Washington study has found that 2.1 billion people worldwide are overweight or obese. Here’s a snapshot of the percentage of people who fall in those categories around the world: Saudi Arabia – 69.4% U.S. – 67.4% Germany – 61.1% China – 28.3% India – 19.5%
Read moreBungling British Burglar
A bungling British burglar who volunteered to be fitted with a police GPS tracker was arrested after he carried out a string of burglaries while wearing the device. Nicholas Broadley, 33, wore the tracker as part of a program to help career criminals go straight. But when police checked his movements, they discovered that he’d been at the scene of three […]
Read moreNew York In Texas
Percentage of the world’s population that could fit in Texas by living with the population density of New York City: 100
Read moreIS CLIMATE CHANGE LARGELY THE RESULT OF HUMAN ACTIVITY?
The pollster Ipsos MORI put the question to people in 20 countries. Here’s a sampling of how many said yes:
Read moreEarthquakes In Oklahoma
Percentage change since 2008 in the number of earthquakes in Oklahoma registering magnitude three or higher: +5,400
Read moreWater, Water Everywhere
Estimated minimum gallons of water used annually to produce Coca Cola products: 8,000,000,000,000 Portion of the world’s population that amount would supply with drinking water each year: 1/4
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