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...Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released on Thursday updated estimates of the number of H1N1 infections and deaths in the U.S. According to the new figures, about 4,000 Americans, including 540 children, have died of H1N1 flu, and 22 million people have been infected since April, when the novel flu virus first surfaced. The new death toll, which encompasses data through Oct. 17, represents a tripling of CDC estimates issued just last week; the number of deaths in children was quadruple last week's figures. But the increase does not mean that the disease has suddenly become...
...editing error, the original version of this article misstated that 2 million Americans have been infected with H1N1. The number is 22 million...
...truth be told, we’re not too far off from a Department of Culture as it is. We just need tie it all together. In addition to the National Endowment for Arts—which received $50 million in stimulus money—we have the National Endowment for the Humanities, Institute for Museum and Library Services, National Public Radio, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the State Department’s cultural programs, and ,of course, the Smithsonian. All in all, the argument against rolling out the frontiers of the state is pretty weak—they?...
...their feet and working for a common purpose. Some might argue that financing artists should be low on our priority totem pole. But artists are taxpayers, rent-payers, and consumers—just like everyone else. This country has 100,000 nonprofit arts groups, which employ some six million people and contribute $167 billion to the economy per year. Of course, in the long term we could use more engineers and science teachers, but right now we really need more working Americans exchanging goods and services...
Library expenditures grew by 25 percent between 2004 and 2008, and the libraries experienced heavy budget cuts last year after both the University endowment and the dollar fell, leading the Harvard College Library—the largest unit within the system—to seek a $12 million cost reduction...