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...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...
...took charge, directing my dazed hide to the doors. Otherwise I would’ve stood in the lobby for the rest of my life. Stunned by my great idiocy. The idiocy of rightdoing through wrongdoing. He shook his head with a smile. “Our Lord is risen.” He was clutching the handles, mashing their cool to his palms. And then he was pulling.The weighty oaks wrenched back. The congregation spilled into view: a vista of judgment. Ezekiel’s arms spread wide, arcing as they stretched to their tips. He turned his head...
...students are ethnic minorities, and no single ethnic group makes up more than 21% of the student body. As a group, they treated Obama as if she were an American Queen, a personification of what they can only dream of becoming in a country where no minority has risen nearly as high as the Obamas...
...SportsOneSource, a research firm. Further, while the overall golf business is stuck in the rough - U.S. equipment sales, for example, have dropped 9% this year - spikes have sold relatively well. In the United States, the $500 million golf shoe market was actually up 3% in 2008, and it has risen 1% this year...
...investors got cold feet on Friday, and sent the Dow down 1.87%. The broader S&P 500 index fell 2.03%, with 84% of its stocks moving lower. One bit of good news: Friday's decline occurred on relatively light trading volume, and was not surprising given that stocks had risen so far in a short time. Yet a decline is still a decline, and the sharper sell off in financial stocks, which were down 3.4% on Friday, raises questions about the many challenges the industry - and the broader market - still face...