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16 Sep 2010 11:12

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U.S.: Poverty rate numbers: Not unexpected, but still very high

  • 14.3% the poverty rate in the U.S. in 2009 – the highest level since 1994
  • 43.6M the number of Americans currently in need of some sort of help
  • oneethnic group – Asians – didn’t see their poverty levels rise source
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28 Jan 2010 10:05

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Biz: Ford didn’t take the bailout road, made a 2009 profit anyway

  • $2.7
    billion     size of Ford’s 2009 net profit, their first profitable year since 2005
  • $30
    billion     amount Ford lost between 2006 and 2008; holy freakin’ hell source
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21 Jan 2010 09:34

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Biz: Somebody’s just had a record year: Goldman Sachs shows off

  • $13.4
    billion     in profits through all of 2009, which is pretty much a record year for them; freaking showoffs
  • $16.2
    billion     in bonuses given last year, which sounds high but is the lowest they’ve given since 1999 source
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31 Dec 2009 12:55

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Culture, Politics: JibJab’s take on 2009 pretty much nails everything

  • Wait, we take that back. We don’t see the Rod Blagojevich/Roland Burris saga, which was as funny as the Mark Sanford saga, if not funnier. Too bad, but they did a good job nailing the bizarre, insanely crazy year that was.
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31 Dec 2009 11:20

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U.S., World: More Americans soldiers died in Afghanistan than last year

  • 155 soldiers died in Afghanistan in 2008, according to iCasualties
  • 319 died in 2009; more roadside bombs are to blame source
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29 Dec 2009 11:24

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Music: The year’s most popular songs, synthesized into one tune

  • If you’re like us and think mainstream pop (besides Taylor Swift, she’s dreamy) blends into one another, you’ll appreciate this mashup of the top 25 songs of 2009, which turns 25 mediocre songs into one awesome one. Somewhere, Gregg Gillis/Girl Talk is in a dimly-lit, noisy, sweaty room somewhere, screaming, “I got here first!”
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21 Dec 2009 12:02

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Music: Pitchfork’s top 50 albums: Which one sold the most, anyway?

  • 131k sales figures for Animal Collective’s “Merriweather Post Pavilion,” which topped the list
  • 205k sales figures for Phoenix’s “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix” (No. 8), which is the highest-selling on the list
  • 3.4k sales figures for Real Estate’s “Real Estate” (No. 20), the lowest-selling on the list; you should buy it source
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04 Nov 2009 12:41

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Politics: Daily poll: Looking for meaning in the 2009 elections

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03 Nov 2009 20:14

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U.S.: ELECTION RESULTS! Bob McDonnell clobbers Creigh Deeds in Virginia

  • Just look at these poll numbers! Creigh Deeds never had a chance. And he did so poorly that the race could be called almost immediately after the polls close. Is this a bad sign for Obama? Who knows. All we know is that that whole Regent University paper controversy never once nicked McDonnell. Congrats, new Virginia governor. Let us know if you want to hang with the ShortFormBlog staff in Adams Morgan at some point. We imagine that place is totally your scene on Saturday night at about 2:30 a.m. source
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26 Sep 2009 12:11

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Biz: The 2009 bank-closing tally has gone up yet again

  • 95 banks have closed this year, the latest in Georgia source
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