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...economic downturn and record-high gas prices have been a boon to public transit. Americans took 10.7 billion trips last year on the nation's trains, buses and subways--the highest level of ridership in 52 years, according to the American Public Transportation Association. But while the rate stayed high even as gas prices dropped, rising unemployment could mean fewer commuters...
...surprised that you rate boy as one of U2's four worst albums. It is an excellent album that many younger fans will probably continue to overlook based on articles like this one. If U2 released Boy today, critics would probably be fawning over the rebirth of a pop/rock giant rather than analyzing the band's ongoing decline. Jeff DeVito, BOUND BROOK...
...Washington HIV Infections Soar in the Nation's Capital A report by the District of Columbia revealed that at least 3% of residents suffer from HIV or AIDS--among the highest rates in the nation and a figure that far outstrips the 1% benchmark that the city's HIV/AIDS administration says indicates a "severe" epidemic. The city's rate of infection--which has risen 22% since 2006--surpasses those found in some developing nations, and officials warn that the actual tally is even higher than the reported number. More than 75% of residents harboring the virus are African American...
...joblessness level reached 8.5% at in March because the number of people pushed out of work last month rose 663,000. Each time another 1.7 million people lose their jobs, the unemployment rate moves up another 1%, so if 2.6 million more Americans are fired, the jobless rate will hit 10%. At the current rate at which the economy is shedding workers the 10% level will be reached by the end of July. The counterargument to picking a date only four months from now is that the rate at which people are losing jobs will decelerate. Of course, there...
...placed recording electrodes in their spinal nerves. They injected histamine into the monkeys' lower legs to produce an itch, and the STT neurons fired up. The researchers then scratched the paralyzed, itchy legs with a metal device that mimics the sensation of monkey fingers and found that the firing rate in the neurons dropped rapidly. That sudden drop-off in firing is the neurological equivalent of the relief felt after a good scratch, indicating that scratching seemed to calm the nerves and therefore relieve the itch. The findings supported the researchers' initial hunch that the itch sensation was not located...