Current Events 3
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- First Lady
- first used in 1849 at Dolle Maddison funeral/ 1859 with Harriet Lane used in print/ 1911 in general use
- Fair Tax Plans
- change the current income tax for a national sales tax; yes:39% no:20% dont know:41%
- Anthony Kennedy
- supreme court justice now is the 'The Man in the Middle'
- Unenployment
- rises in 47 states and DC/ more than 9.4 mil looking for jobs
- Campaign Spending
- cost of election of President and Congress to be $5.3 bil/ less than 6 bil spent on Halloween
- Sandra Day O'Conner
- former supreme court justice gives her own judicial review
- Pete Van Wierrn
- Brave's broadcaster retires after 33 yrs in the booth
- Flying
- full name anfd date of birth required to fly in '09
- Voting
- if turnout tops 60% it will be first since 1968/ 55% in '04
- Wal-Mart
- sees a double didget decline in credit card use/ more shopper at first of the month
- Opec
- calls special meeting as oil prices drop to $66.75 a barrel/ $145.29 July
- FBI
- more than 30 letters of threats have been sent to financial institutions in 8 states and DC/ most had suspicous powder
- Apple
- I-phone lifts profits 27% in 3rd quarter/ 11 mil I-pods; best non-hoiday