U.S. population to top 300 million this month
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Some time this month, the number of Americans will surpass 300 million, a milestone that raises environmental impact questions for the only major industrial nation whose population is increasing substantially.
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The number of people in the United States without health insurance rose to 45 million last year, the government reported Thursday, and new statistics show that the increase outpaced that for people getting coverage.
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Americans are getting taller on average but they are much heavier too, according to government figures released on Wednesday showing that the US population is, literally, growing.
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WASHINGTON - Americans are getting taller on average but they are much heavier too, according to government figures released Wednesday showing that the US population is, literally, growing.
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Americans gave nearly $300 billion to charitable causes last year, setting a new record and besting the 2005 total that had been boosted by a surge in aid to victims of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma and the Asian tsunami.
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By Nicole C. Wong, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep. 6--If everyone laid off by Hewlett-Packard moved to the same city this autumn, they would fill all the houses and apartments in Cupertino -- and 2,600 people would still need homes.   Welcome to ex-HPville: population 53,100.
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Package will give most US households $300 to $1,200 apiece, plus an extra $300 per child.
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Thousands of people are expected to turn out at 300 hunts in the UK at the start of this year's season.
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Americans are getting taller on  average but they are much heavier too, according to government  figures released on Wednesday showing that the U.S. population  is, literally, growing.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - The death toll in the  earthquake and ensuing tsunami that hit Asia has topped 6,300,  officials and local media said Sunday.
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Oct 08  - Between 1990 and 2001, the number of people with chronic kidney failure in the US rose from 697 to 1424 cases per million population, according to a report released Thursday.
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Business & money: Unemployment in the United States rose to its highest level in more than two years last month
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The US economy added 337,000 now jobs in October, a seven-month high and much higher than Wall Street expectations.
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Existing home sales in the Unites States surged 3.1 percent in September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.75 million units, the third highest level on record, the
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WASHINGTON The Triple-A holiday travel forecast projects nearly 51 (m) million pople will be hitting the road in the United States for the Christmas and New Years holiday weekends.
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The number of Americans living in poverty increased last year, with nearly 36 million people below the poverty line, 1.3 million more than last year, the US Census Bureau reported yesterday.
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NEW ORLEANS -- Despite slow progress in rebuilding some neighborhoods, New Orleans's population is nearing 300,000, or about 65 percent of its pre-Hurricane Katrina size, a new report says.