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Serious shortcomings in national data, including an outdated federal measure of household poverty, are undermining the task of identifying and assisting America's most vulnerable children, according to a report issued Tuesday.
The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States rose by 23 this week to 943.
The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States rose by 11 this week to 928, the third consecutive week for an uptick after months of declines.
The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States fell by 11 this week to 876, down more than 1,000 from a year ago.
The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States fell by one this week to 899, down more than half from a year ago.
The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States fell by 18 this week to 900, down more than half from a year ago.
The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States fell by 17 this week to 928, down nearly half from a year ago.
U.S health officials say there are now 226 confirmed cases of swine flu in the United States.
The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States fell by 10 this week to 945, down nearly half from a year ago.
The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States fell by 30 this week to 975, down nearly half from a year ago.
The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States rose by four this week to 1,043, the first time this year the weekly count has increased.
The number of homeless people on New York City streets declined 30 percent from last year, thanks to revamped agency policies, the city's Department of Homeless Services said Wednesday.
Certain key words pop up repeatedly in President Barack Obama's initial budget proposal and they are telling: "new," "billion," "health," "increase," and "million." He used versions of those words more than one thousand times in just 134 pages.
- As snowstorms blew into this Northwest city and the economy iced over in December, the occupants of a shelter nestled among industrial buildings on the north side prayed for divine intervention.
In the first major census of people living on the streets since the recession, thousands of volunteers across the country are fanning out in the thick of night this week to count the most desperate members of their communities.
How do you count scorpions? Very gingerly, it turns out. "You use tongs and pick them up by the stinger," London Zoo senior keeper Tony Dobbs said. "You avoid the pincers at all costs. You could get a nasty nick if you're not counting carefully."
It's a Christmas time tradition dating to 1900, and it has nothing to do with Jesus or Santa. It's literally for the birds.
A glitch that would have kept votes from being counted in the presidential and other top-of-the-ticket races was discovered during a pre-election check of a voting machine in Santa Fe County, officials said.
The percentage of underweight babies born in the U.S. has increased to its highest rate in 40 years, according to a new report that also documents a recent rise in the number of children living in poverty.
The high-pitched, staccato mating call of a northern saw-whet owl pierces the night and lures birds into a gossamer net that researchers have strung along the Appalachian Trail.
New York City produces nearly 1 percent of the nation's greenhouse gas emissions — an amount that puts it on par with Ireland or Portugal — according to a city study.
The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States this week rose by two to 1,627.
Ants That Count!"Can ants count? Not out loud they can't. Not the way you and I count. But an ingenious experiment conducted in the Sahara suggests maybe ants do count.
Death Toll Reaches 65 in Louisville, Kentucky HomicidesPolice have no suspects in the death of a woman in her 40's shot multiple times in an alley in Kentucky. The homicide count in this America city currently stands at 65.
Conservative 'Unconcedes' in New York House RaceConservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman has withdrawn his concession in a close special election for a U.S. House of Representatives seat, and New York officials have begun counting paper ballots.
Virginia's Elections Are UNCONSTITUTIONAL?!?!Yes, Virginia, your elections are unconstitutional, and frankly, no one in power gives a damn! Check it out if you want to know why the government doesn't listen to the voters any more.
Battle Over Census Becoming Fight Over Illegal Immigration -- Politics DailyEven though 100 million forms have already been printed, the census director recently told a Senate panel that reprinting the forms would cost about $22 million, not exactly a princely sum in Washington these days.
Votes for Obama not being counted in NC! (Read very carefully if you plan on voting for Obama in NC)My mother has been working the polls in North Carolina for early voting and has alerted me to something that I think would be important for NC voters to know.
Can birds count? 1 2 3 5 8. That's as far as the crows in the Box Burger Place lot got into the Fibonacci series.
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,098US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,098
Rather than having Allison Stewart spend the first half hour of the hour long Friday edition of Count Down digging into so-called missteps and mistakes of the Clinton campaign.
Emergency Call To Help Ron Paul VoteWatchWith the exclusion of Ron Paul from the Fox News Forum to be held two days before the New Hampshire primary, there is little question that groups are and will be using some fraudulent tactics attempting to alter the COUNT of the Ron Paul vote. . .
Great World Wide Star CountJoin thousands of other students, families, and citizen scientists counting stars this October, for the
Iraq Body Count - Latest UpdatesNot sure accurate this is... but I thought it was worth a seed.. :)
The Most Important Race of 2006?Chances are you've never heard of the Ohio race between Democrat Jennifer Brunner and Republican Fred Hartmann. Their contest isn't for Congress or the governor's office; even in Ohio, it's a good bet many voters have never heard of it.
Hang out with German nobility. This barely made the news in the U.S., because it is so unsurprising. Cocaine and gay orgies in a party thrown by a German Count? Next we'll hear they pissed on each other. Yeah. Big shock.
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