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...what the cops call rat packers, gangs of kids who beat up people on buses and then head back to school to brag about it. The local jails are sometimes too full to permit arrests for certain crimes. A local television report recently quoted an Oakland police estimate that one-fourth of the city's prostitutes were underage. Crime has dropped since Brown became mayor, but it's rising again, fast...
...working for the ones who need it most. While middle- and upper-income seniors have been enrolling at a high rate, the consumer watchdog group Families USA released a report Tuesday noting that only about one-fourth of low-income seniors have signed up for the benefit. Of the 7.2 million seniors with incomes less than $14,700, just 1.7 million had enrolled in the program as of April 28, according to the organization's survey of state statistics. "The President and congressional leaders said their top priority was to sign up low-income seniors, so this is terribly disappointing...
...That amounted to 6.4% of GDP, or more than twice the size of the trade deficit in 1985, when the U.S. took the drastic step of devaluing the dollar?and the rate at which the gap is expanding is accelerating. China trade alone accounts for more than one-fourth of the deficit. That's why U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez has bluntly warned Beijing that something has to give. "China's failure to address economic frictions will have consequences," he said in a speech last week. "Without concrete results, the Administration, and the American people, may be forced to reassess...
...March 6th.? The most popular items purchased online were clothing/accessories and books, with a little more than two-thirds of respondents (68%) respectively making these purchases in the past year. More than half (54%) have purchased music; half (50%) have purchased electronics, while almost one-third (32%) have purchased toys.? A little more than one-fourth (29%) have purchased furniture and d?cor online; one-fourth (25%) have purchased food and drugstore products respectively and 14% have made an automotive purchase...
...Clothing Allowance: Of those surveyed, one-fourth (26%) spent $1,001 to $2,500 on clothing for either themselves or others in 2005.? Fourteen percent (14%) spent $751 to $1,000 and $501 to $750 respectively and 13% spent $2,501 to $5,000. Only 3% spent more than $10,000 on clothing...