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...bricks thrown through windows and threats of sniper fire against children and grandchildren. Earlier this week, a man was arrested for making death threats against Senator Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat. Soon afterward, a California man was arrested for doing the same thing to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. "The uptick in threats - I noticed it in the December time frame, and it's been steady since then," says Terrance Gainer, the Senate's sergeant-at-arms, who oversees security for the nation's 100 Senators. (See 10 players in health care reform...
...students. "Road trip!" is a common explanation for what brought them to CPAC. But more and more young attendees - who pay just $25 for a three-day pass, vs. $175 for adults - are highly articulate conservatives running their school or state Young Republican chapters. "We've seen a huge uptick in membership in the last year," says Zach Howell, national chairman of the College Republicans. Just because they're conservative, though, doesn't mean they don't know how to party. (See the 10 greatest speeches of all time...
...uptick in teen-pregnancy rates...
After declining for more than a decade, the teen-pregnancy rate climbed 3% in 2006, with some 750,000 teenagers becoming pregnant, according to a Guttmacher Institute report. Abortions among teens increased 1%. Planned Parenthood blamed abstinence-only sex-education programs for the uptick, but the report notes that demographic changes and shifting attitudes toward pregnancy could also be factors...
...breast reduction surgery in the U.K. increased from 323 in 2008 to 581 in 2009, a jump of 80%. Yet, instead of reflecting a surge in gynecomastia, the medical condition in which hormonal changes result in abnormal enlargement, swelling and discomfort in men's breasts, experts suggest that the uptick in cosmetic surgeries is more likely a reflection of both obesity, and increased media scrutiny of "man boobs." (Case and point, several gossip sites have entire photo galleries dedicated to male celebrities' fleshy breasts...