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03 Jun 2010 10:37

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Biz: It’s the Census, stupid: Jobs show serious improvement in May

  • 513,000 the increase in non-farm payrolls in May, helped by the Census
  • five number of consecutive months the job market has improved source
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29 May 2010 16:16

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U.S.: Census 2010: The ever-evolving “What’s Your Race” question

  • Few questions are as controversial as the race question on the Census box. What’s surprising about it is that it started out as complicated (due to slavery), became simple again and then became complicated again (due to political correctness). Racebox.org has gathered all the census sheets from 1790 on. Great historical documents. source
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05 Apr 2010 21:46

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U.S.: Get out your tinfoil hats: Census wants to count gay couples, too

  • George Takei’s husband has great taste in headwear. The former “Star Trek” star used his Starfleet uniform to get attention for this ad, which encourages same-sex couples to fill out the Census’ marital status section how they feel it should be filled out. It’s an encouraging step for the Census that they’re choosing to count gay couples this way. source
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02 Apr 2010 11:05

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Biz: The big flop: The Census isn’t creating the jobs it should

  • 600,000 Census jobs should be created, including 100,000 in March
  • 48,000 have been hired so far, which was far below estimates source
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07 Jan 2010 08:53

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U.S.: Looking for a job? The U.S. Census could use your help

  • 1.2 million people are getting hired to count heads source
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24 Nov 2009 20:43

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U.S.: Remember that strange census worker hanging? It was a suicide

  • At least that’s what authorities are saying about the death of William E. Sparkman. Back in September, Sparkman was found dead in rural Kentucky. The crime was especially bizarre – he was hung and his body had the word “Fed” scrawled on it. Authorities now say that the case wasn’t a hate crime but a staged suicide in an attempt to earn a life insurance payout. Well, at least he wasn’t mauled by dogs like one unlucky Indiana census worker a few years back. source
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