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In 1887, New York World reporter Nellie Bly went undercover in a New York City mental asylum. Her shocking reports were eventually collected in the book, Ten Days in a Mad-House. In 2008, Norah Vincent planed to do the same thing, although in a vastly different manner.
The data I analyzed was from a federal study commissioned by Congress in the early 1990s. They collected data in 1995, 1996 and 2001. I analyzed this data using a statistical method that lets me compare pledgers with similar non-pledgers.
The 1970 Yule Log, which is the one most viewers are familiar with (and which was finally filmed in a California fireplace in the sweltering heat), ran until 1989. By that time the show - if you can call it that - had been cut back to two hours; to many station...
About three days after the now infamous press conference, two New Yorkers launched a website called Thank You for Throwing Your Shoe to give other frustrated critics of the war a metaphorical chance to raise a shoe at President Bush. The site encourages visitors to add their own images to...
The El Gordo drawing has other beneficiaries besides the lucky winners: more than $80 million of the money collected goes to charities such as the Red Cross. The hefty payouts are thanks in part to the high price of an El Gordo ticket, or billete. One whole ticket costs about...