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News: Anything But Studying - Inside Higher Ed
As I write this the US has 279 confirmed cases and one death from H1N1/2009 in 36 states. WHO has tallied 1085 1124 cases in 21 countries with 25 deaths.
It appears that Connecticut is on the verge of passing a bill that allows civil unions for gay couples in that state. It would be the first state to do so without any judicial order requiring it.
Pim Vanmeurs wrote: I think you'll find the Netherlands does a pretty good homicide rate. Indeed 1.2/100,000 total and 0.3/100,000 firearms related compared to US 7.6/100,000 total and 4.5/100,000 firearms related