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Graph Date Source Text pdf gif/jpg Composite Headlines Caption Headlines
G1 April 24th, 2003USA Today Snapshots
    • Caption-Headline: Women more likely to delay medical treatment
    G3 April 13th, 2006The Economist
    • Headline: Still troubled
    • Sub-Headline: Northern Ireland staggers toward normality
    • Caption-Headline: Catching up
    G4 May 24th, 2004USA Today
    • Headline: Price problem hits home
    • Sub-Headline: High support for affordable housing may drown out its opponents
    • Caption-Headline: Where affordable housing ranks as issue
    • Caption-Text: How would you rate the important of these issues in your area?
    G5 May 13th, 2003Wilmington News Journal
    • Headline: SCIENCE CURRICULUM WINS NATIONAL PRAISE
    • Sub-Headline: Expert: Delaware project motivated students to learn
    • Caption-Headline: Performance
    • Caption-Text: Science test scores have climbed steadily since 2000, the first year that children in public school across the state were tested in the subject.
    G7-1 June 16th, 2003NewsWeek
    • Headline: Stop Pretending Nothing's Wrong
    • Sub-Headline: It's hard for men to admit or even recognize their own depression. How to get help.
    • Caption-Headline: Boys Don't Cry: Men and Depression
    • Caption-Text: Men are less likely to admit they're depressed than women, and may turn to alcohol, drugs and violent behavior instead of seeking treatment. A look at who's affected and how:
    G7-2 June 16th, 2003NewsWeek
    • Headline: Stop Pretending Nothing's Wrong
    • Sub-Headline: It's hard for men to admit or even recognize their own depression. How to get help.
    • Caption-Headline: Boys Don't Cry: Men and Depression
    • Caption-Text: Men are less likely to admit they're depressed than women, and may turn to alcohol, drugs and violent behavior instead of seeking treatment. A look at who's affected and how:
    G8 August 31st, 2005The Wall Street Journal
    • Headline: Commercial Real Estate Shows Bubble Signs, Too
    • Sub-Headline: Values Rose 3% to Record In 2nd Quarter, Study Says, Aided by Increasing Rents
    • Caption-Headline: Overvalued?
    G9 July 2005Technology Review
      • Caption-Headline: Just as Secure, but Faster
      • Caption-Text: Programs that, say, compress files and compile code run faster with Jun Yang's new method than they do on a standard decryption (XOM) chip.
      G10-A August 2005Technology Review
      • Headline: Online Recreation
      • Caption-Headline: Daily life on the Net
      • Caption-Text: Significantly more Americans accessed new, weather, political, travel, and religious information online in 2004 than did in 2000.
      G10-B August 2005Technology Review
      • Headline: Online Recreation
      • Caption-Headline: Online-content spending
      • Caption-Text: The overall market for paid content (excluding pornography and gambling) has grown from $664 million in 2001 to $1.8 billion in 2004.
      G11-A February 3rd, 2003NewsWeek
      • Headline: Fear at the Front
      • Sub-Headline: All soldiers are brave in the face of battle--until the battle breaks out. The war of nerves, and how the troops preparing for conflict with Iraq are coping with it.
      • Continuation-Headline: Target: Iraq
      • Caption-Headline: To the Ramparts
      • Caption-Text: Washington may launch the war, but it's up to the troops to win it.
      G11-B February 3rd, 2003NewsWeek
      • Headline: Fear at the Front
      • Sub-Headline: All soldiers are brave in the face of battle--until the battle breaks out. The war of nerves, and how the troops preparing for conflict with Iraq are coping with it.
      • Continuation-Headline: Target: Iraq
      • Caption-Headline: To the Ramparts
      • Caption-Text: Washington may launch the war, but it's up to the troops to win it.
      G12-A June 28th, 2004NewsWeek
      • Headline: Microsoft's Cultural Revolution
      • Sub-Headline: How the software giant is rethinking the way it does business in the world's largest market
      • Caption-Headline: Microsoft Cozies Up to China
      • Caption-Text: Microsoft's strategy has evloved to meet the realities of business in China. The focus now is cooperation with the government and other firms. Some highlights along the way:
      G12-B June 28th, 2004NewsWeek
      • Headline: Microsoft's Cultural Revolution
      • Sub-Headline: How the software giant is rethinking the way it does business in the world's largest market
      • Caption-Headline: Microsoft Cozies Up to China
      • Caption-Text: Microsoft's strategy has evloved to meet the realities of business in China. The focus now is cooperation with the government and other firms. Some highlights along the way:
      G13 June 24th, 2005USA Today
      • Headline: Universities gird for battle for bioscience supremacy
      • Continuation-Headline: Stem-cell research emerging as a promising area of biotech discovery
      • Caption-Headline: Follow the money
      • Caption-Text: Universities are expanding biotech programs as the federal government shifts more research money to life sciences.
      G14 August 4th, 2003Business Week
      • Headline: THE ENIGMA OF RUSSIA
      • Sub-Headline: The economy is booming. But is the country really changing?
      • Continuation-Headline: The crackdown on oligarch Khodorkovsky has deeply alarmed business and foreign investors
      • Caption-Headline: The Bad News
      • Caption-Sub-Headline: ...LIFE EXPECTANCY IS SHORT...
      G15-1 September 14th, 2005New York Times
      • Headline: Two Major Airlines Seen Near Filing for Bankruptcy
      • Continuation-Headline: Northwest and Delta Are Said to Be Near Filing for Bankruptcy
      • Caption-Headline: Problems With Cash Flow
      • Caption-Text: Increasing fuel costs and dwindling cash assets have contributed to the financial woes of Delta and Northwest Airlines. Both companies are having difficulty meeting the cost of pension plans.
      G15-2 September 14th, 2005New York Times
      • Headline: Two Major Airlines Seen Near Filing for Bankruptcy
      • Continuation-Headline: Northwest and Delta Are Said to Be Near Filing for Bankruptcy
      • Caption-Headline: Problems With Cash Flow
      • Caption-Text: Increasing fuel costs and dwindling cash assets have contributed to the financial woes of Delta and Northwest Airlines. Both companies are having difficulty meeting the cost of pension plans.
      G16-1 October 4th, 1999Business Week
      • Headline: A Small Town Reveals America's Digital Divide
      • Sub-Headline: EQUALITY HAS YET TO REACH THE NET
      • Caption-Headline: WIRED AMERICA: WHITE, URBAN, AND COLLEGE-EDUCATED
      G16-2 October 4th, 1999Business Week
      • Headline: A Small Town Reveals America's Digital Divide
      • Sub-Headline: EQUALITY HAS YET TO REACH THE NET
      • Caption-Headline: WIRED AMERICA: WHITE, URBAN, AND COLLEGE-EDUCATED
      G16-3 October 4th, 1999Business Week
      • Headline: A Small Town Reveals America's Digital Divide
      • Sub-Headline: EQUALITY HAS YET TO REACH THE NET
      • Caption-Headline: WIRED AMERICA: WHITE, URBAN, AND COLLEGE-EDUCATED
      G18 August 16th, 2007USA Today Snapshots
        • Caption-Headline: Women's academic mastery
        G19 August 16th, 2007USA Today
        • Headline: Katrina victims struggle mentally
        • Sub-Headline: Post-traumatic stress still rising, study shows
        • Caption-Headline: Illness lingers
        G20-A June 24th, 2005USA Today
        • Headline: Tsunami aid pushes up U.S. image, while Iraq pulls it down, poll finds
        • Caption-Headline: Global attitudes shift with U.S. actions
        • Caption-Text: U.S. tsunami relief effort boosted image:
        G20-B June 24th, 2005USA Today
        • Headline: Tsunami aid pushes up U.S. image, while Iraq pulls it down, poll finds
        • Caption-Headline: Global attitudes shift with U.S. actions
        • Caption-Text: Re-election of President Bush weakened it:
        G21 July 2005Technology Review
        • Headline: A Mixed Bag of U.S. Institutions
        • Caption-Headline: Patenting trends among survey respondents
        G22-A July 29th, 2007Philadelphia Inquirer
        • Headline: SPREADING SUBPRIME PAIN
        • Sub-Headline: Many homeowners with adjustable mortgages face growing monthly payments. Some wonder where the money will come from.
        • Continuation-Headline: Subprime pain: A spreading woe
        • Caption-Headline: The Rise of Subprimes
        • Caption-Text: From 2003 to 2005, the overall volume of mortgage lending in the region fell from $50.45 billion to $37.75 billion, but lenders on the Department of Housing and Urban Development's list of companies that specialize in subprime loans increased their business from $3.65 billion, or 7 percent of the total, to $4.97 billion, of 13 percent of the total.
        G22-B July 29th, 2007Philadelphia Inquirer
        • Headline: SPREADING SUBPRIME PAIN
        • Sub-Headline: Many homeowners with adjustable mortgages face growing monthly payments. Some wonder where the money will come from.
        • Continuation-Headline: Subprime pain: A spreading woe
        • Caption-Headline: The Rise of Subprimes
        • Caption-Text: From 2003 to 2005, the overall volume of mortgage lending in the region fell from $50.45 billion to $37.75 billion, but lenders on the Department of Housing and Urban Development's list of companies that specialize in subprime loans increased their business from $3.65 billion, or 7 percent of the total, to $4.97 billion, of 13 percent of the total.
        G23 December 9th, 2002NewsWeek
        • Headline: Choosing Virginity
        • Sub-Headline: A New Attitude: Few teenagers are having sex. As parents and politicians debate the merits of abstinence programs, here's what the kids have to say.
        • Caption-Headline: Teens & Sexuality
        • Caption-Text: Raised in the age of AIDS and better educated about sex and abstinence, more teens are saying "no." Condom use is up and teen pregnancy is down. A look at the trends:
        G24 March 9th, 2006The Economist
        • Headline: Planning the new socialist countryside
        • Sub-Headline: Spooked by angry peasants, China raises spending
        • Caption-Headline: Guns and butter
        G24-A March 9th, 2006The Economist
        • Headline: Planning the new socialist countryside
        • Sub-Headline: Spooked by angry peasants, China raises spending
        • Caption-Headline: Guns and butter
        G25 July 26th, 2007USA Today
        • Headline: Obesity can run in social circles
        • Sub-Headline: Study: Peers affect ideas on fat and thin
        • Caption-Headline: Heavier Americans
        • Caption-Text: The average weight of women and men ages 20-74 has jumped over the past four decades (in pounds):
        G27 January 7th, 2006Wall Street Journal
        • Headline: Troubled Legacy: Auto Industry, at a Crossroads, Finds Itself Stalled by History
        • Sub-Headline: From Sales to Labor Costs, Once-Storied GM, Ford Grapple with Past Practices; A Need to 'Change or Die'
        • Continuation-Headline: Auto Industry Finds Itself Stalled
        • Caption-Headline: Shrinking Giants
        • Caption-Text: Market capitalization for Ford and General Motors
        G29 August 9th, 2007USA Today
        • Headline: Climate model predicts hot decade
        • Sub-Headline: As Pacific gets warmer, so will temperatures
        • Caption-Headline: Warming trend
        • Caption-Text: How much the average temperature is expected to increase worldwide when compared to the total average for the years 1979 to 2001:
        G30 August 31st, 1998USA Today Snapshots
          • Caption-Headline: How to gain civil rihts
          • Caption-Text: Which method adults believe is the best to gain one's civil rights:
          G31 January 12th, 2006Wall Street Journal
          • Headline: China's Trade Surplus Tripled, topping $100 Billion Last Year
          • Caption-Headline: Fueling Friction
          G32-B date unknownUSA Today
          • Headline: Will gas prices dent SUV sales?
          • Sub-Headline: Automakers say buyers won't change
          • Caption-Headline: Import automakers forge ahead
          • Caption-Text: Import automakers have increased market share in the USA during the past decade. They have done it by dominating the number of car models available and more than doubling the number of truck models they sell.
          G32-C date unknownUSA Today
          • Headline: Will gas prices dent SUV sales?
          • Sub-Headline: Automakers say buyers won't change
          • Caption-Headline: Import automakers forge ahead
          • Caption-Text: Import automakers have increased market share in the USA during the past decade. They have done it by dominating the number of car models available and more than doubling the number of truck models they sell.
          G33 July 2005Technology Review
            • Caption-Headline: First-in-Class Ain't What It Used to Be
            • Caption-Text: In the pharmaceutical sector, the amount of time in which a new product has a market all to itself has diminished considerably over the past several decades. By the late 1990s, it wasn't uncommon for a first-in-class drug (the first drug to use a particular molecular mechanism to treat a condition) to have several competitors in various stages of clinical development--even before it was approved. A few decades ago, a new drug would have a corner on the market for about eight years. Now, that figure is closer to two years.
            G35 date unknownBusiness Week
              • Caption-Headline: PAULSON'S WORLD
              • Caption-Sub-Headline: ...while Goldman Sachs has added debt faster than the U.S. government
              G36 September 28th, 2005Philadelphia Inquirer
              • Headline: Amtrak revives plan for fare increases
              • Caption-Headline: Commuters Facing Fare Hikes
              • Caption-Text: Amtrak has announced large increases for monthly pass customers starting next month. See story on B2.
              G37 October 3rd, 2005The Nikkei Weekly
              • Headline: Thai-made pickups crisscross globe
              • Sub-Headline: Japanese automakers shift production bases, lured by lower taxes, currency
              • Caption-Headline: Made in Siam
              G38 date unknownThe Nikkei Weekly
              • Headline: People to shoulder higher healthcare burden
              • Caption-Headline: Widening gap
              G39 August 15th, 2007USA Today
              • Headline: Record cases in contract probe
              • Sub-Headline: Crackdown aims at 'second insurgency'
              • Caption-Headline: Cut off
              G40 date unknownUSA Today Snapshots
                • Caption-Headline: Security clearance helps shrink pay gap
                • Caption-Text: The pay gap between men and women narrows for jobs that require security clearance.
                G41 date unknownThe Nikkei Weekly
                • Headline: Top execs stick to expansion in China after revaluation
                • Sub-Headline: Japan chief officers project yuan to gain 5-10% in 1 year, but basic strategy unchanged
                • Caption-Headline: Soaring
                G42 date unknownThe Nikkei Weekly
                • Headline: New policies revive failed insurers
                • Sub-Headline: Qualified workers chosen over mass hires to retain staff, lower policy cancelations
                • Caption-Headline: Higher productivity
                • Caption-Sub-Headline: Profiles of AIG Edison and AIG Star
                G43 date unknownThe Nikkei Weekly
                • Headline: Betting on specialized products, wide sales channels
                • Caption-Headline: Pension plans
                G44 date unknownThe Nikkei Weekly
                • Headline: Explosive potential foreseen
                • Caption-Headline: New media
                G48 September 22nd, 2005Wall Street Journal
                • Headline: American Express Tries to Find Its Place With a Younger Crowd
                • Sub-Headline: Fearing Slowdown, Executives Reward Urban Customers With Glam Drinks, Dancing; Asking Interns What's Cool
                • Caption-Headline: Charged Up
                G49 August 26th, 2005Wall Street Journal
                • Headline: Pentagon Envisions Operations With Small Satellites
                • Sub-Headline: Technical, Budget Problems With Big Ones Spark Push For Cheaper, Flexible Birds
                • Caption-Headline: Fueling Up
                G51 August 4th, 2005Wall Street Journal
                • Headline: Leap Forward: For Adidas, Reebok Deal Caps Push to Broaden Urban Appeal
                • Sub-Headline: Known for Its Engineering, German Company Takes on Nike in Lifestyle Market; Teaming Up With Missy Elliott
                • Caption-Headline: New Competition
                • Caption-Text: Adidas's acquisition of Reebok may help it challenge Nike.
                G52 date unknownUSA Today Snapshots
                  • Caption-Headline: Life on campus
                  G53 January 5th, 2006Wall Street Journal
                  • Headline: As Generics Pummel Its Drugs, Pfizer Faces Uncertain Future
                  • Sub-Headline: Insurers Gain Skill in Battling Company's Marketing; Sales of Lipitor Stagnate; Developing a New Cancer Pill
                  • Caption-Headline: Cholesterol Fight
                  G56 January 13th, 2006Wall Street Journal
                  • Headline: LG.Philips Fourth-Quarter Net Surged on Strong LCD Demand
                  • Caption-Headline: Picturesque
                  G57 January 5th, 2006Wall Street Journal
                  • Headline: Overseas and Energy Funds Sweep Top Honors in 2005
                  • Caption-Sub-Headline: Midcap stock funds take top spot on the by-size podium...
                  G58 date unknownThe Nikkei Weekly
                  • Headline: World's largest banking group sets sail
                  • Caption-Headline: Banking goliath
                  G62 November 30th, 2007USA Today Snapshots
                    • Caption-Headline: Changing face of AIDS
                    G64 February 16th, 2006The Economist
                    • Headline: Getting acquainted
                    • Sub-Headline: Taiwan's government hopes India may lure its businessmen away from China
                    • Caption-Headline: Second string
                    G65 February 9th, 2006The Economist
                    • Headline: The politics of power
                    • Sub-Headline: Concerns about security have driven the liberalisation of Europe's energy market into reverse
                    • Caption-Headline: A mixed-up market
                    G66 March 2nd, 2006The Economist
                    • Headline: Growing pains
                    • Sub-Headline: As institutional investors move in, hedge funds are losing some rough edges--and their spectacular returns
                    • Caption-Headline: Hedging their bets
                    G67 June 4th, 2007Time
                    • Headline: How to Fix No Child Left Behind
                    • Sub-Headline: The landmark law has reshaped public education, exposed failing schools and made them accountable. It's also flawed. Here's our report card on the statute--and ideas for making it better
                    • Caption-Headline: Early Report Card. The law demands that schools get better, bur progress may be in the eye of the beholder
                    • Caption-Sub-Headline: 2. LESS SCIENCE AND HISTORY
                    • Caption-Text: Because state assessment tests focus on reading and math, others subjects get squeezed out.
                    G69-A June 8th, 2007USA Today
                    • Headline: India's shoppers want only best, lots of it
                    • Sub-Headline: Spending power rises 'by the day'
                    • Caption-Headline: More discretionary funds
                    • Caption-Text: India's spending will shift from basic necessities to discretionary items.
                    G69-B June 8th, 2007USA Today
                    • Headline: India's shoppers want only best, lots of it
                    • Sub-Headline: Spending power rises 'by the day'
                    • Caption-Headline: Banking on service
                    • Caption-Text: India's service industry will drive the country's gross domestic product.
                    G70 February 26th, 2007Ford Advertisement
                    • Headline: Just to be fair, we gave them another shot.
                    • Sub-Headline: (Ford Fusion beat Camry and Accord twice.)
                    • Caption-Headline: FUSION CHALLENGE
                    • Caption-Text: Results from 400 drivers in L.A., who were asked if the cars were attractive, fun to drive, performed well and handled with prevision. "Yes" responses scored one point. "No" responses scored zero. The results speak for themselves.
                    G71 May 30th, 2007Washington Post
                    • Headline: Fair to Middling in the Middle Class
                    • Continuation-Headline: The Untimely, and Untrue, Death of America's Middle Class
                    • Caption-Headline: The Vanishing Middle?
                    • Caption-Text: Although the middle class is shrinking, it is because more households are becoming richer, not poorer.
                    G72 date unknownT. Rowe Price Advertisement
                      • Caption-Headline: Performance vs. Competitors:
                      • Caption-Text: The Capital Appreciation Fund's expense ratio was 0.73% as of its first fiscal year ended December 31, 2006; the Lipper Flexible Portfolio Funds Average expense ratio was 1.62%. Lipper expenses are based on fiscal year-end data available as of March 31, 2007.
                      G75 July 2007SmartMoney
                      • Headline: GETTING the BETTER HALF
                      • Sub-Headline: In a little-noticed trend, women are finally achieving financial parity in divorce settlements--and men are goggle-eyed at the price tag. How an ex-wife's share can add up to 70 percent.
                      • Caption-Headline: For Better or for Worse
                      • Caption-Sub-Headline: Divorce is financially crippling to both men and women, especially compared with married people.
                      G76 July 20th, 2007USA Today
                      • Headline: You and me and baby makes $197,700
                      • Sub-Headline: 10 tips to child-proof your finances from staggering costs
                      • Caption-Headline: Cost of raising a child
                      • Caption-Text: A middle-income family will spend nearly $198,000 to raise a child from birth to age 17; the higher your income, the more you tend to spend on your child.
                      G77 February 2007Money
                      • Headline: IS IT TIME FOR A new NEW DEAL?
                      • Sub-Headline: Americans are prosperous, but worried--about jobs, health care, retirement. Now some in Washington are asking if life really needs to be this risky.
                      • Caption-Headline: 1 Economy, 2 Stories. By quite a few measures, the U.S. economy has performed great. By others, there's legitimate cause for worry.
                      • Caption-Sub-Headline: THE ANXIETY ECONOMY
                      • Caption-Text: Families are having to work longer hours.
                      G78 July 10th, 2007USA Today Snapshots
                        • Caption-Headline: Active year for tornadoes
                        G80 July 2007Money
                        • Headline: THE OUTLOOK IS STRONGEST FOR LARGE-CAP GROWTH STOCKS
                        • Sub-Headline: Time for growth to take a turn
                        • Caption-Headline: VALUE FUNDS HAVE BEEN ON TOP SINCE 2000, GROWTH'S TURN SOON?
                        G81-A January 21st, 2008Time
                          • Caption-Headline: THE EXIT POLLS
                          • Caption-Sub-Headline: How Clinton Won
                          • Caption-Text: 57% of New Hampshire voters were women, and they went strong for Clinton
                          G81-B January 21st, 2008Time
                            • Caption-Headline: THE EXIT POLLS
                            • Caption-Sub-Headline: How Clinton Won
                            • Caption-Text: Obama captured first-time voters, but Clinton was strong among older voters
                            G81-C January 21st, 2008Time
                              • Caption-Headline: THE EXIT POLLS
                              • Caption-Sub-Headline: How Clinton Won
                              • Caption-Text: Clinton also carried Democrats, who outnumbered independents 54% to 44%
                              G81-D January 21st, 2008Time
                                • Caption-Headline: THE EXIT POLLS
                                • Caption-Sub-Headline: How McCain Won
                                • Caption-Text: More than one-third of voters were independents, and they flocked to McCain
                                G82-A January 21st, 2008Time
                                  • Caption-Headline: Poll: What Black Voters Are Thinking
                                  • Caption-Sub-Headline: HOW BLACK AMERICANS LINE UP POLITICALLY
                                  • Caption-Text: By age
                                  G83 February 10th, 2008Philadelphia Inquirer
                                    • Caption-Headline: Local Donations to Presidential Candidates in 2007
                                    • Caption-Sub-Headline: More than a third of the $7.1 million raised by presidential candidates in the Philadelphia area came from 10 zip codes, all in Center City, Chestnut Hill, or the Main Line.
                                    • Caption-Text: Breakdown by region
                                    G84 February 4th, 2008Time
                                      • Caption-Headline: Child Mortality Reaches Record Low
                                      • Caption-Text: For the first time ever, UNICEF has reported that the number of child deaths for the year has fallen below 10 million. Fifteen of the least developed countries have reduced the under-5 mortality rate 40% of more since 1990, thanks to vaccines, health education, mosquito nets and a little vitamin A.
                                      G85 June 9th, 2008Investor Business Daily
                                        • Caption-Headline: Dismal Jobs Report, Especially For The Kids
                                        • Caption-Sub-Headline: Service-related firms, which account for the bulk of employment and hiring, barely added staff last month as retailers and temp agencies slashed jobs. Factories and builders shed workers again. Wage gains have cooled. The jobless-rate spike was led by a record rise in teen unemployment.
                                        • Caption-Text: Unemployment by age
                                        G87 June 17th, 2008Investor's Business Daily
                                        • Headline: Price Of Not Extending Bush Cuts: Return To Historically High Taxes
                                        • Caption-Headline: Effective Tax Rates Under Clinton And Bush
                                        • Caption-Text: The cuts that President Bush pushed through reduced the tax burden for almost everyone making more than $20,000. Failing to extend the cuts would return taxes to levels that were among the highest on record
                                        G89 June 6th, 2008Investor's Business Daily
                                        • Headline: Mortgage Delinquencies, Foreclosures at Record High
                                          G90 April 2008SJU Magazine
                                          • Headline: Deciphering the Puzzle: Life with Autism
                                          • Sub-Headline: As the number of children diagnosed with autism continues to increase, more and more families must learn to deal with its effects.
                                          • Caption-Headline: Autism on the Rise
                                          G91 June 24th, 2008Philadelphia Inquirer
                                          • Headline: Comcast wins complaint
                                          • Sub-Headline: Verizon cannot use inside info to retain customers.
                                          • Caption-Headline: Grabbing The Phone
                                          • Caption-Text: Comcast has steadily gained landline telephone subscribers as Verizon has lost them.
                                          G96 February 28th, 2008The Economist Daily Chart
                                          • Headline: No contest
                                            G98 January 24th, 2008The Economist Daily Chart
                                            • Headline: Misunderstood?
                                              G99 January 22nd, 2008The Economist Daily Chart
                                              • Headline: Chinese leapfrog
                                                G100 January 16th, 2008The Economist Daily Chart
                                                • Headline: On the march?
                                                  G101 November 7th, 2007The Economist Daily Chart
                                                  • Headline: Rich pickings
                                                    G102 September 24th, 2007The Economist Daily Chart
                                                    • Headline: Addicted
                                                      G103 September 10th, 2007The Economist Daily Chart
                                                      • Headline: The toll of war
                                                        G106 June 13th, 2008New York Times
                                                        • Headline: Good Times Left Lehman Unprepared for the Bad
                                                        • Continuation-Headline: Lehman's Actions During the Good Times Left It Unprepared for the Bad
                                                        • Caption-Headline: Capital Management
                                                        G107 August 11th, 2008Time
                                                          • Caption-Headline: Earnings Now--and Later
                                                          • Caption-Text: Every college graduate knows that not all careers are created equal. But according to a new report from salary-survey company PayScale, differences in earnings can widen with time. Results for the 10 most popular college majors:
                                                          G108 October 31st, 2006New York Times
                                                          • Headline: Newspaper Circulation Falls Sharply
                                                          • Caption-Text: Most of the country's 25 largest daily newspapers reported lower circulation than a year earlier. Over all, the 2.8 percent drop was the largest in 15 years.
                                                          G110 July 10th, 2006New York Times
                                                          • Headline: At AOL, a Plan for a Clean Break
                                                          • Caption-Headline: Changing Views
                                                          • Caption-Text: Fewer people have visited some of the higher volume AOL Web services in the last year. However, interest has grown among some of the lesser used services, including pages that list horoscopes, recipes and financial advice.
                                                          G111 June 4th, 2006New York Times
                                                          • Headline: When Sweet Statistics Clash With a Sour Mood
                                                          • Caption-Headline: Family Values
                                                          • Caption-Text: The American family's net worth, on average, rose about 6 percent from 2001 to 2004. But the median net worth--the midpoint that separates the top 50 percent from the lower 50 percent--barely rose, and remained less than one-fourth as large as the average.
                                                          G112 August 20th, 2006New York Times
                                                          • Headline: New York Gets Sobering Look at Its Pensions
                                                          • Caption-Headline: Pension Gap
                                                          • Caption-Text: While New York City says its annual reports that its five pension plans for city workers are fully funded, an alternative calculation by the city's chief actuary suggest that the city has a substantial shortfall. The state allowed the city to postpone a portion of the actuary's recommended increased contributions to pensions from 2001 to 2005.
                                                          G115 November 9th, 2005Wall Street Journal
                                                          • Headline: TV On-Demand May Make Ads More Targeted
                                                          • Caption-Headline: New Media?
                                                          G116 November 9th, 2005Wall Street Journal
                                                          • Headline: Venture-Capitalists Think Large
                                                          • Sub-Headline: Bigger Chunks of Cash Are Going Into Later-Staged Companies; Visto Corp. Raises $70 Million
                                                          • Caption-Headline: Arriving Late
                                                          • Caption-Sub-Headline: The percentage of venture-capital financing in more-established companies is on the rise.
                                                          G118 November 20th, 2006Chicago Tribune
                                                            • Caption-Headline: Belief in the afterlife increases
                                                            • Caption-Text: The percentage of Jewish people who said they believed in life after death more than doubled between 1973 and 2004. Meanwhile, the percentage among Protestants and Catholics, already high, grew slightly.
                                                            G122 July 30th, 2008Minnesota Star Tribune
                                                              • Caption-Headline: FORECLOSURE NUMBERS DIVERGING
                                                              • Caption-Text: While the number of foreclosures is leveling off in Minneapolis, it's rising three times as fast in the rest of the county.
                                                              G123 July 25th, 2008Minnesota Star Tribune
                                                                • Caption-Headline: Minnesota boys' and girls' math scores
                                                                • Caption-Sub-Headline: 11TH GRADE
                                                                • Caption-Text: A new study shows the gender gap in math test scores has disappeared in high schools across the United States, but not yet in Minnesota.
                                                                G124 June 13th, 2008Minnesota Star Tribune
                                                                  • Caption-Headline: STATE DEVASTATED BY FLOODING
                                                                  • Caption-Text: Iowa's governor had declared 83 of the state's 99 counties as state disaster areas by Friday. Nine rivers were at or above historic flood levels.
                                                                  G126 February 1st, 2008Minnesota Star Tribune
                                                                    • Caption-Headline: OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY RISING
                                                                    • Caption-Text: Adults considered overweight increased by 50 percent and those who are obese more than doubled in the United States from 1980 to 2000. By 2004, two thirds of all adult Americans qualified as overweight and of those nearly half were obese.
                                                                    G127 January 9th, 2008Minnesota Star Tribune
                                                                      • Caption-Headline: CONFLICTING TALLIES
                                                                      G130 August 20th, 2008The Economist Daily Chart
                                                                      • Headline: Still or sparkling?
                                                                      • Sub-Headline: Where bottled water is most popular
                                                                        G131 July 31st, 2008The Economist Daily Chart
                                                                        • Headline: Connecting the dragon
                                                                        • Sub-Headline: China now has more internet users than America
                                                                          G132 July 7th, 2008The Economist Daily Chart
                                                                          • Headline: Big bucks
                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Presidential candidates are raising and spending more money than ever
                                                                            G133 January 15th, 2009The Economist Daily Chart
                                                                            • Headline: Goldfingers
                                                                            • Sub-Headline: How traders' testosterone levels affect their income
                                                                              G135 December 2nd, 2008The Economist Daily Chart
                                                                              • Headline: Bah, humbug!
                                                                              • Sub-Headline: The company Christmas party is falling victim to the credit crunch
                                                                                G137 September 9th, 2008The Economist Daily Chart
                                                                                • Headline: Going up
                                                                                • Sub-Headline: University attendance is growing
                                                                                  G138 March 9th, 2009The Economist Daily Chart
                                                                                  • Headline: Weighed down
                                                                                  • Sub-Headline: Rich countries, especially, are piling up debt
                                                                                    G140-B November 3rd, 2008Time
                                                                                    • Headline: London Falling
                                                                                    • Sub-Headline: Fueled by a finance boom, the city was a magnet for money and talent. Now a darker era looms
                                                                                    • Caption-Headline: By the Numbers. London's wealth has been driven by its success in finance
                                                                                    • Caption-Sub-Headline: ASSET MANAGEMENT
                                                                                    • Caption-Text: London has eaten into New York City's share of the global hedge-fund market
                                                                                    G141 February 2nd, 2009Time
                                                                                      • Caption-Headline: Washington
                                                                                      • Caption-Sub-Headline: A RECESSION WINDFALL FOR RECRUITERS
                                                                                      • Caption-Text: With layoffs sweeping the country, all branches of the militray have met or surpassed their recruiting goals in recent months as Americans look for stable employment. In the fiscal year that ended in September, the military surpassed its goal by adding 184,841 new active-duty service members.
                                                                                      G142 June 6th, 2009Detroit Free Press
                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: The world according to GM: A look at the Detroit automaker's deep reach in Michigan, the United States and around the globe
                                                                                        • Caption-Sub-Headline: Around the world
                                                                                        • Caption-Text: While GM's operations around the world are performing fairly well, the company's critical North America operations remain deeply troubled.
                                                                                        G143 March 25th, 2008Cleveland Plain Dealer
                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Housing sales start seasonal climb
                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Call it the holiday blahs, but home sales generally are slower in January, then start to pick up after the Super Bowl, according to Northeast Ohio real estate agents.
                                                                                          G144 April 4th, 2008Cleveland Plain Dealer
                                                                                            • Caption-Headline: Yahoo's losing battle against Google
                                                                                            • Caption-Sub-Headline: Yahoo's declining share of searches
                                                                                            • Caption-Text: Since Google's IPO in April 2004, its revenue and profit have grown to overshadow Yahoo's. In addition, Google is catching up to Yahoo in the number of unique visitors to its sites. In December 2006, Yahoo sites registered 131 million unique visitors to Google's 113 million. In December 2007, that gap had narrowed to 137 million for Yahoo compared with 133 million for Google.
                                                                                            G146 May 16th, 2008Cleveland Plain Dealer
                                                                                              • Caption-Headline: Steel imports drop, exports rise, prices soar
                                                                                              • Caption-Text: A weak dollar has helped keep steel imports at bay, while providing more export opportunities for U.S. steel makers and their U.S. customers. Both factors, along with strong demand, have contributed to a historic rise in steel prices.
                                                                                              G147 May 22nd, 2008Cleveland Plain Dealer
                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: The price of gas around the globe
                                                                                                • Caption-Text: Here is how gasoline prices in the United States compare with other countries with competitive markets.
                                                                                                G148 July 31st, 2008Cleveland Plain Dealer
                                                                                                  • Caption-Headline: FirstEnergy's costs and charges
                                                                                                  • Caption-Sub-Headline: Fuel cost increases
                                                                                                  • Caption-Text: FirstEnergy Corp. proposed modest rate increases over the next three years for its three Ohio companies in a filing with state regulators Thursday. FirstEnergy's average residential prices have been above the national average for the last decade, but the difference is expected to narrow because of rising fuel prices and transmission costs.
                                                                                                  G149 August 26th, 2008Cleveland Plain Dealer
                                                                                                    • Caption-Headline: Median household income up
                                                                                                    • Caption-Text: Median household income grew from 2006 to 2007, although Cleveland remains among the lowest in the nation.
                                                                                                    G150 October 18th, 2008Cleveland Plain Dealer
                                                                                                      • Caption-Headline: Tougher stance on low-level drug abusers
                                                                                                      • Caption-Text: Even as the number pleading guilty to a single drug-possession charge has increased in Cuyahoga County, the percentage allowed to plead to a misdemeanor has plummeted.
                                                                                                      G153-A April 1st, 2009Cleveland Plain Dealer
                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: Serpentini Sales
                                                                                                        • Caption-Sub-Headline: New car sales
                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: New car sales have been down at each of Serpentini Chevrolet's four dealerships this year, though used-car sales are up at two.
                                                                                                        G156 July 11th, 2009Philadelphia Inquirer
                                                                                                        • Headline: For A.C. casinos, low figures in high season
                                                                                                        • Continuation-Headline: A weak June for A.C. casinos
                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: Atlantic City and Pa. Gambling 'Win'
                                                                                                        • Caption-Sub-Headline: The amount gamblers lost and casinos gained in June.
                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: A.C. casinos grossed $322.7 million in June, a 13.6 decline decrease from a year earlier.
                                                                                                        G157-A July 22nd, 2009Philadelphia Inquirer
                                                                                                        • Headline: Turbulent times for major U.S. airlines
                                                                                                        • Sub-Headline: Even as some gains are being reported, nearly all are making schedule and workforce cuts.
                                                                                                        • Continuation-Headline: Airlines
                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: Declining Revenue
                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: Three major airlines reported declines in revenue and passengers in the second quarter.
                                                                                                        G157-B July 22nd, 2009Philadelphia Inquirer
                                                                                                        • Headline: Turbulent times for major U.S. airlines
                                                                                                        • Sub-Headline: Even as some gains are being reported, nearly all are making schedule and workforce cuts.
                                                                                                        • Continuation-Headline: Airlines
                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: Declining Revenue
                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: Three major airlines reported declines in revenue and passengers in the second quarter.
                                                                                                        G158 July 22nd, 2009USA Today
                                                                                                        • Headline: Parking fines easy cash for cities
                                                                                                        • Sub-Headline: But bills' extra bite may leave tourists with bitter taste
                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: Rising fines
                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: Some municipalities that have raised parking fines this year:
                                                                                                        G159 July 22nd, 2009USA Today
                                                                                                        • Headline: Germany's carmakers take the green road
                                                                                                        • Sub-Headline: Luxury buyers can expect to see an array of choices
                                                                                                        • Continuation-Headline: Greener luxury cars come with high prices
                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: Gasoline alternatives expected to grow
                                                                                                        G161 July 13th, 2009Business Week
                                                                                                        • Headline: RETIREMENT THE BIG RETHINK
                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: AFTER THE CRASH
                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: The stock market's descent sliced about 30% from the net worth of an imaginary Jill and Jack crash. How much must they dial back their living standards? Depends on how many years they have until retirement, according to software from Economic Security Planner.
                                                                                                        G162 July 13th, 2009Business Week
                                                                                                        • Headline: NUMBERS
                                                                                                        • Sub-Headline: AS THE ECONOMIC FEAR FACTOR WANES, OBAMA SLIPS A NOTCH
                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: Reversal:
                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: Democrats were the gloomier party in December. Now Republicans are more negative.
                                                                                                        G163 August 19th, 2009Philadelphia Inquirer
                                                                                                        • Headline: New credit card rules start Thursday
                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: Under the wire
                                                                                                        • Caption-Sub-Headline: Credit card issuers have been hiking some rates and fees before the terms of the new credit card law take effect.
                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: Recent hikes: The prime rate fell 2 percentage points this year, but the average variable rate on cards dropped about 1 percentage point
                                                                                                        G164-A June 29th, 2009Business Week
                                                                                                        • Headline: NUMBERS
                                                                                                        • Sub-Headline: WHERE TO FIND THE HIGHEST YIELDS
                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: RATES AROUND THE WORLD
                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: Central banks in Pakistan and Hungary actually raised short-term interest rates over the past year. Target-rate cuts in Britain and Chile were among the deepest.
                                                                                                        G164-B June 29th, 2009Business Week
                                                                                                        • Headline: NUMBERS
                                                                                                        • Sub-Headline: WHERE TO FIND THE HIGHEST YIELDS
                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: Yield Curve: The U.S. has a big gap between short- and long-term rates.
                                                                                                        G165 July 6th, 2009Fortune
                                                                                                        • Headline: FIELD GENERAL
                                                                                                        • Sub-Headline: Triumphant just a few years ago, the ethanol industry now finds itself embattled. Environmentalists are turning their backs on it, and it's even catching flak for higher food prices. Enter Wesley Clark to rally the troops.
                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: Living on the Margin
                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: WHEN CORN WAS CHEAP, WALL STREET POURED MONEY INTO ETHANOL. BUT PRICIER CORN AND CHEAPER ETHANOL HAVE DIMMED INVESTORS' INTEREST.
                                                                                                        G167 July 29th, 2009Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                        • Headline: Moscow market's closure upsets Beijing
                                                                                                        • Sub-Headline: Thriving wholesale venue filled with Chinese goods stirs authorities' ire; owner punished for lavish move, some say
                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: Market traders
                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: The unexpected shutdown of the sprawling Cherkizovsky market in Moscow has stirred trade tensions between China and Russia.
                                                                                                        G168 December 23rd, 2009Philadelphia Inquirer
                                                                                                        • Headline: Temple University is raising its standards
                                                                                                        • Continuation-Headline: The changing nature of Temple University
                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: Making the Grade
                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: With applications up 50 percent since 2000, Temple University is becoming tougher to get into.
                                                                                                        G169 August 31st, 2009Fortune
                                                                                                        • Headline: Renovating Home Depot
                                                                                                        • Sub-Headline: That's part of CFO Carol Tome's job, and after the housing bust it's tougher than most--but the lessons are valuable for anyone.
                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: A Tighter Race
                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: AS HOME DEPOT SLOWS ITS PACE OF NEW-STORE OPENINGS, LOWE'S IS CATCHING UP
                                                                                                        G170-B September 7th, 2009Business Week
                                                                                                        • Headline: NUMBERS
                                                                                                        • Sub-Headline: PROFITS PERK UP AT LARGE U.S. COMPANIES
                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: Playing catch-up:
                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: Net income reported by many of America's most profitable companies remains below year-earlier levels.
                                                                                                        G171 August 24th, 2009Business Week
                                                                                                        • Headline: NUMBERS
                                                                                                        • Sub-Headline: EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS
                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: Educational Enrichment:
                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: Workers with college diplomas received the biggest dollar pay increases over the past year.
                                                                                                        G172-A August 24th, 2009Business Week
                                                                                                        • Headline: Why the Statistics Point Toward Progress
                                                                                                        • Sub-Headline: Hans Rosling, a Swedish physician and thinker, argues that the recession is just a tiny setback
                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: LONGER LIVES, LARGER INCOMES
                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: Around the globe, lifespans are dramatically increasing, and incomes are rising
                                                                                                        G172-B August 24th, 2009Business Week
                                                                                                        • Headline: Why the Statistics Point Toward Progress
                                                                                                        • Sub-Headline: Hans Rosling, a Swedish physician and thinker, argues that the recession is just a tiny setback
                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: LONGER LIVES, LARGER INCOMES
                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: Around the globe, lifespans are dramatically increasing, and incomes are rising
                                                                                                        G174 January 14th, 2010New York Times
                                                                                                        • Headline: Obesity Rates Hit Plateau in U.S., Data Suggest
                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: Tracking Obesity Trends
                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that obesity continues to be a concern in the United States for all age and race groups.
                                                                                                        G175 September 22nd, 2005The Economist
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Working hours
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: The average number of hours worked each year has been falling in most rich countries over the past 15 years. In 2004, the Japanese worked 12% fewer hours than in 1990. Most Europeans have also been working less: 10% fewer hours in France and 6% fewer in Germany. Americans and New Zealanders toiled the most in 2004, while the average Dutch worker put in around 25% fewer hours than his American counterpart.
                                                                                                          G176 June 5th, 2007Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Listen to Music Free, but Pay to Carry
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Same Tune, New Player
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Growth in digital music downloads has not been rapid enough to offset declining CD sales despite brisk iPod sales.
                                                                                                          G177 May 20th, 2008Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Eyes on the Road: Reframing Talk on Small-Car Safety
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: A Decade of Difference
                                                                                                          G178 February 25th, 2010Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Advertising: Meredith Builds Up a Sideline in Marketing
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Magazine Owner Supplements Its Print-Ad Revenue by Taking on Email and Mobile-Media Campaigns for Clients
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Growing Gap
                                                                                                          G179 February 25th, 2010Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Bonus Blowback Bypasses Brokers
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Retention Pay, Signing Awards Get Thrown at Top Talent; a $10 Million Payout at Smith Barney
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Getting Their Cut
                                                                                                          G180 February 17th, 2010Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: After Greece, Now the Real Sovereign-Debt Challenge
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Age Concern
                                                                                                          G182 February 4th, 2010Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Patents in China Hit a Record
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Multinationals Say Policies Will Crimp Investment in Technology Development
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Bright Ideas
                                                                                                          G183 January 29th, 2010Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: At Piedmont, Paltry Payout Seen for IPO
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Market Timing
                                                                                                          G184 January 29th, 2010Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: AT&T Details Plans for Upgrading Network
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Carrier Earmarks Up to $19 Billion to Boost Capacity as Earnings Show How Important iPhone Is to Its Wireless Growth
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Customer Support
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Apple's iPhone has driven AT&T's wireless growth
                                                                                                          G185 January 27th, 2010Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: IPhone Emerges at Core of Apple
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Good Call
                                                                                                          G186 January 27th, 2010Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: World News: Foreign Takeovers Take a Toll in U.K.
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Kraft's Acquisition of Cadbury Feeds Discontent That Nation Is Losing Locally Controlled Industries
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Crossing Borders
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Foreign takeovers in the U.K. amount to more than those in Japan and Germany, two larger economies.
                                                                                                          G188 January 22nd, 2010Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: NBC Gets Set to Fix Prime Time
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Who Has the Remote?
                                                                                                          G189 January 22nd, 2010Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Google Says It Is Committed to China as Net Soars
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Clicks Pay
                                                                                                          G190 January 22nd, 2010Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Earnings: Union Pacific Net Falls, but Growth Stirs
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: U.S. Railroad's 17% Decline in Profit Outpaces Analysts' Estimates as Quarterly Shipping Volumes Gain Some Steam
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Union Pacific
                                                                                                          G191 January 21st, 2010Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: China Seeks To Temper Boom, Stirs Growth Fears
                                                                                                          • Caption-Sub-Headline: ...and housing is increasingly unaffordable in big cities.
                                                                                                          G192 January 21st, 2010Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Corporate News: EBay's Earnings Soar With Sale of Skype
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Competitive Marketplace
                                                                                                          • Caption-Sub-Headline: EBay reported modest growth in the fourth quarter, but it is losing ground to Amazon in unique visitors.
                                                                                                          G193 January 21st, 2010Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: New American Cash Conundrum: Too Much
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Mixed Blessing
                                                                                                          G194 February 15th, 2010BusinessWeek
                                                                                                          • Headline: Good to Great Hits Grade School
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Behind the success of KIPP, the charter school powerhouse, is a business mentality
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: KIPP'S VITAL STATISTICS
                                                                                                          • Caption-Sub-Headline: ... KIPP gets results
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Students at schools in poor communities score big gains on standardized tests
                                                                                                          G195 February 22nd, 2010BusinessWeek
                                                                                                          • Headline: The Bond Vigilantes Who Left Greece in Ruins
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Now, Europe is under pressure to rescue the Greeks while keeping other EU members in line
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: DEFAULT INSURANCE GETS COSTLIER
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Prices of credit default swaps on sovereign debt have risen this year, indicating investors' greater nervousness that national governments will default on their debts.
                                                                                                          G198 June 14th, 2010Delaware NewsJournal
                                                                                                          • Headline: The downside of debit cards
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Sure, they're convenient, but losing one or using one carelessly can cause you a world of grief
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Bank fees follow customers to debit cards
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: As the use of debit cards grows faster than credit cards, banks are bringing in more in overdraft fees.
                                                                                                          G199 February 1st, 2010BusinessWeek
                                                                                                          • Headline: NUMBERS
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: YES, THE HEALTH-CARE BUSINESS IS RECESSION-PROOF
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: RISING PROFITS ALMOST ACROSS THE BOARD
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Margins rose steadily through the recession for most health-care businesses. Drug retailers and health-care providers were the exceptions.
                                                                                                          G200 March 22nd, 2010Fortune Magazine Special Advertising Section
                                                                                                          • Headline: STATE OF INNOVATION
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Maryland has it all--a rich R&D infrastructure, a well-educated workforce, and a diversified industrial base.
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: TECHNOLOGICALLY SAVVY
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Maryland leads the country in IT jobs.
                                                                                                          G201 January 16th, 2009Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Microsoft Bid to Beat Google Builds on a History of Misses
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Search and Display
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Estimated U.S. spending on ads tied to Internet search results has eclipsed spending on display ads.
                                                                                                          G203 December 5th, 2008Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Nokia, Again, Cuts Forecast for Cellphone Market
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: CEO Sees Consumers Opting for Less-Expensive Handsets, Hopes to Gain a Larger Piece of Smaller Pie Next Year
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Mixed Market
                                                                                                          G204 January 14th, 2009Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Gas Engines Get Upgrade in Challenge to Hybrids
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Gas Engines Rev Up
                                                                                                          G205 August 14th, 2008Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: GM to Build Diesel Engines in Thailand
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Global Growth
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: General Motors' second quarter revenue from its North American automotive operations is down 33% form the same period a year ago, but abroad, revenue is growing.
                                                                                                          G206 July 31st, 2007Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Australia Pushes Clean Coal
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Fears of a Backlash Against Top Export Drive Effort
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: More Coal, at a Cost
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Australia got 45% of its energy from coal in the year ended June 2004, but coal was the source of 54.8% of its greenhouse-gas emissions from energy, which are thought to contribute to global warming.
                                                                                                          G207 October 12th, 2006Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Chinese Banks Try Self-Promotion
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Hard Facts Not Gauzy Image Are Focus of Ad Campaigns As Competition Draws Near
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Product Pitches
                                                                                                          G208 December 16th, 2008Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Barack Obama-san
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Tokyo's Decade of 'Stimulus'
                                                                                                          G209 March 7th, 2007Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: What to Know When Choosing A Tax Preparer
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Tax Facts
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Single people represent the largest single filing category on federal income-tax returns.
                                                                                                          G210 January 16th, 2007Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Bush Plots Health-Care Push
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Employer-Plan Tax Change May Aid Coverage for the Needy
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: President Bush's Political Health
                                                                                                          • Caption-Sub-Headline: With polls showing voters increasingly concerned about health care, and Democrats favored on the issue, the White House is looking at new health policy initiatives.
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Which of these issues do you think should be the next highest priority for the federal government to address?
                                                                                                          G211 May 15th, 2009Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: H-P Tries to Revive PC Sales With Touch Screens
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Sagging Sales
                                                                                                          G212 May 11th, 2007Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Alcoa-Alcan Would Face New Competitive Pressures
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Metal to Spare
                                                                                                          G213 February 3rd, 2006Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Health Accounts Have Benefits For Employers
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Paying Less
                                                                                                          G214 July 17th, 2008Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: SAP, Oracle Boost Software Prices
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Moves Seen as Means Of Fattening Earnings As Competition Fades
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Scaling Back
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: World-wide growth in IT spending
                                                                                                          G215 May 21st, 2007Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Corporate Tuition Aid Appears to Keep Workers Loyal
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Studies Reinforce View Of Improved Retention; UTC's Plan Stands Out
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Making the Grade
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: A study found turnover at a nonprofit institution was lower among employees who participated in the group's tuition-reimbursement program.
                                                                                                          G216 October 3rd, 2006Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Snail Mail: As Economy Zooms India's Postmen Struggle to Adapt
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Beaten by Private Couriers And Unable to Downsize State Tries to Diversify
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Losing Rupees
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: India Post's average cost to deliver a piece of mail is often higher than the average revenue it receives.
                                                                                                          G217 September 20th, 2007Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Companies Try to Teach Old Phones New Tricks
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Cutting the Cord
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Growing numbers of Americans are ditching their landlines in favor of using their cellphones alone.
                                                                                                          G218 December 10th, 2008Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Hong Kong Culls Chickens After Avian Flu Return
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Deadly Threat
                                                                                                          G219 August 9th, 2007Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Hong Kong Aims to Embrace Nearby Shenzhen
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Move Could Boost Regional Economy But Hurdles Remain
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Merger Opportunity
                                                                                                          G220 June 12th, 2006Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: BBC's Credit Policy on Web Site Draws Notice of News Providers
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Global View
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Unique monthly Web site visitors to BBC United Kingdom compared to BBC Worldwide
                                                                                                          G221 November 2nd, 2006Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: PCs Get Cheaper, For Now
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: To Move Soon-to-Be-Dated Models, Makers Sell at Rock-Bottom Prices
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Price Drop
                                                                                                          G222 May 30th, 2007Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: How 10 People Reshaped Massachusetts Health Care
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: The 'Connector' Board Makes Tough Choices For Sweeping New Law
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Mass Coverage
                                                                                                          G223 December 21st, 2006Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Slowing the Data-Center Power Drain
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Technology Executives Federal Officials Join Forces to Study Ways to Lower Energy Costs
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Surging
                                                                                                          G224-A January 25th, 2007Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: In Call to Deregulate Business a Global Twist
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Onerous Rules Hurt U.S. Stock Markets But So Do New Rivals
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Not Made in U.S.A.
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Many trends putting pressure on the NYSE and Nasdaq are global: A surge in Chinese IPOs has boosted Hong Kong's exchange, while private-equity buyouts are soaring around the world.
                                                                                                          G224-B January 25th, 2007Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: In Call to Deregulate Business a Global Twist
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Onerous Rules Hurt U.S. Stock Markets But So Do New Rivals
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Not Made in U.S.A.
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Many trends putting pressure on the NYSE and Nasdaq are global: A surge in Chinese IPOs has boosted Hong Kong's exchange, while private-equity buyouts are soaring around the world.
                                                                                                          G225 October 12th, 2006Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Why Asia May Be a Sucker Bet
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Online-Gambling Firms Target the Far East but Hurdles Await
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: What a Gamble
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Online betting is rising...
                                                                                                          G226 July 16th, 2009Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Ford Takes the Honorable Route
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Ford's Focus
                                                                                                          G227 May 30th, 2007Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Corporate Focus: Dispute Takes Toll On Polish Telecom
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: PTC Loses Share Amid Long Battle Over Ownership
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Dropped Calls
                                                                                                          G228 April 23rd, 2008Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Ford Eyes More Cuts As Recovery Advances
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Earnings Improve, Quality Ratings Up; Volvo Sale Possible
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Downsizing
                                                                                                          G229 December 17th, 2008Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Tough Decision Looms on Space Shuttle's Fate
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Budget Tradeoffs
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: NASA spending on the space shuttle and its replacement program, Constellation
                                                                                                          G230 August 13th, 2007Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Financing: Readers and Owners Weigh In
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Raising Money
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Fast-growing small companies were asked in a quarterly survey to describe their credit line or amount of credit availability.
                                                                                                          G231 July 17th, 2007Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: In Europe, Bustling East Props Up the West
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Continent's Economic Heartland Powers Ahead as Exports to New EU Members Surge
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: New Europe Gives Old Europe a Boost
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Euro-zone trade with developing markets has expanded
                                                                                                          G232 April 6th, 2007Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: How Sweet It Isn't
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Maker of Equal Says Ads For J&J's Splenda Misled; Chemistry Lesson for Jurors
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Bitter Battle
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: U.S. sales of top sugar substitutes
                                                                                                          G233 June 16th, 2006Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: In Military-Spending Boom Expensive Pet Projects Prevail
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Defense Firms Reap Rewards As Pentagon's Priorities Run Into Resistance --- Rumsfeld Wins Few Battles
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Spending Campaign
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: The Pentagon has increased outlays on programs largely conceived before Sept. 11, 2001
                                                                                                          G234 February 5th, 2007Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Channel Change -- Television's Power Shift: Cable Pays for Free Shows
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Broadcasters Want Cash To Carry Their Signal; Super Bowl Is Hostage
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Tube Tussle
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Satellite TV is gaining on cable
                                                                                                          G235 May 27th, 2009Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Arcandor Is Hurting Whitehall
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Debt Deadline Looms as Goldman-Led Consortium Negotiates to Prevent Collapse of Retailer
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Hard Sell
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Investment in German retail fell sharply amid crisis
                                                                                                          G236 March 3rd, 2006Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Ikea Hits Home in China
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: The Swedish Design Giant Unlike Other Retailers Slashes Prices for the Chinese
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Cheaper in China
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Price comparisons for Ikea products in the U.S. and China
                                                                                                          G237 April 30th, 2007Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: As Funds Leverage Up Fears of Reckoning Rise
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Fedand SEC Question Wall Street on Policies; A Mockery of Margin
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Rising Tide
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Hedge finds are using more borrowing and other financing tools to magnify their market bets. The value of those bets, compared to funds from clients:
                                                                                                          G238 July 24th, 2006Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: U.S. Plots Deal Over Yuan Valuation
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: China Is Quietly Offered Help On Getting Bigger IMF Role If It Eases Currency Stance
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Global Sway
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: China's clout in the International Monetary Fund is far smaller than its share of the global economy.
                                                                                                          G239 July 9th, 2009Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Two Mammals' Longevity Boosted
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Transplant Drug Lengthens Lives of Mice, and Fewer Calories Benefit Monkeys
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Longer Lives
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Effect of rapamycin on the maximum lifespan of mice
                                                                                                          G240 July 11th, 2008Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Japan Helps TV Makers Develop OLED Technology
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Sony, Sharp, Others Aim to Mass-Produce Next-Generation Sets
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Organic Growth
                                                                                                          G241-A September 27th, 2007Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: New Players Reshape Wireless Germany
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Consumer Use Grows as Prices Fall and Big Carriers; Market Share Slips
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Caution Callers
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Germany's cellphone market has been curbed by high prices and low usage
                                                                                                          G241-B September 27th, 2007Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: New Players Reshape Wireless Germany
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Consumer Use Grows as Prices Fall and Big Carriers; Market Share Slips
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Caution Callers
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Germany's cellphone market has been curbed by high prices and low usage
                                                                                                          G242 May 16th, 2007Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: How Giuliani's Rise Vexes Republicans
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Plaudits on Mayoral Record Suggests a Potential Schism Over Social Economic Issues
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Split Decision?
                                                                                                          • Caption-Sub-Headline: Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's strongest appeal among Republican conservative voters is to those focused on economics and national security - not social issues.
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: In which ways should the new president follow Bush?
                                                                                                          G243-A September 11th, 2006Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Spain's Housing Boom Faces a Test
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Economists Worry About a Hard Landing and a Resulting Ripple Effect
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: House of Cards?
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Economists fear Spain's resurgent home-building spree (right) could bring a sharp price correction - and portend a bust that will undermine the broader economy.
                                                                                                          G243-B September 11th, 2006Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Spain's Housing Boom Faces a Test
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Economists Worry About a Hard Landing and a Resulting Ripple Effect
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: House of Cards?
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Economists fear Spain's resurgent home-building spree (right) could bring a sharp price correction - and portend a bust that will undermine the broader economy.
                                                                                                          G244 March 17th, 2008Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Baghdad's Strange Dilemma: Flush With Oil Cash Unable to Spend It
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Clogged Spigot
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: The Iraqi government has not been spending all the money it has available
                                                                                                          G245 January 3rd, 2007Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: A Look Ahead for Real Estate
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Caution Is Widely Seen As Uncertainty Persists In Home Rental Markets
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: A Moderate Outlook
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: And the percentage of investors expecting sale-price gains is lower in 2007, which could keep cap rates from falling further
                                                                                                          G246 March 11th, 2009Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: More Workers Cite Age Bias After Layoffs
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Bias Complaints
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: From September 2007 through the same period last year, employment-discrimination filings with the EEOC have increased.
                                                                                                          G248 March 26th, 2007Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Making Email More Productive - and More Secure
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Write On
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: All emails sent annually world-wide
                                                                                                          G249 May 14th, 2007Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Can CBS Put the Net Into Network?
                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Broadcaster Launches Plan Syndicating Shows on Web Admits Old Strategy Failed
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Net Nets
                                                                                                          G250 May 18th, 2009Wall Street Journal
                                                                                                          • Headline: Not Enough Slices In Web Ad-Dollar Pie
                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: On-Off Switch
                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Ad expenditures on traditional media vs. online
                                                                                                          G252 January 7th, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                            • Caption-Headline: College still helps men more
                                                                                                            • Caption-Text: Though the average 1998 earnings of people 18 or older got higher with more education, men's earnings greatly outpaced women's.
                                                                                                            G253 January 11th, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                              • Caption-Headline: Utility costs around the world
                                                                                                              • Caption-Text: Average annual utility costs for homes and apartments:
                                                                                                              G255 January 13th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                              • Headline: Census predicts ethnic face of the nation in 100 years
                                                                                                              • Caption-Headline: Another century of growth
                                                                                                              • Caption-Text: The Census Bureau estimates the U.S. population will more than double in 100 years. But even the Census Bureau admits these long-range projections are far from exact. That's why it releases low and high population estimates, based on different assumptions about birth, death and immigration rates each year. The middle estimates are considered the most likely. The estimates in millions, by year.
                                                                                                              G256 January 18th, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: Black, white income gap
                                                                                                                • Caption-Text: Median household income for blacks and whites in 1968, the year Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, compared with 1998.
                                                                                                                G257 January 20th, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                                  • Caption-Headline: Comparison shopping
                                                                                                                  • Caption-Text: About 15% of all crash-repair parts used (fenders, hoods, etc.) are generic - not made by the original automakers of their designated suppliers. Price of a generic vs. original hood for these cars:
                                                                                                                  G258 January 24th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                  • Headline: Aluminum vs. steel: Which is better?
                                                                                                                  • Sub-Headline: Industries clash as carmakers lighten up
                                                                                                                  • Caption-Headline: Weighing in
                                                                                                                  • Caption-Text: The average automobile in 1999 weighted 3,274 pounds, down from 3,570 pounds in 1978. The use of lighter materials, including aluminum, has contributed to the shift. Percentage of vehicle weight that is:
                                                                                                                  G259 January 26th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                  • Headline: Seton Hall fire reveals reluctance to install sprinklers in dorms
                                                                                                                  • Caption-Headline: Lukewarm response
                                                                                                                  • Caption-Text: Dorms, sorority houses and fraternity houses have done less to install sprinklers than low-rise hotels and motels.
                                                                                                                  G260 January 28th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                  • Headline: Number of teens using tobacco called alarming
                                                                                                                  • Caption-Headline: Youth tobacco use
                                                                                                                  • Caption-Text: Those who used a tobacco product one or more times within 30 days of survey:
                                                                                                                  G261 February 1st, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                  • Headline: Companies develop more uses for videoconferences
                                                                                                                  • Caption-Headline: On screen
                                                                                                                  • Caption-Text: Annual sales of video-conferencing equipment:
                                                                                                                  G262 February 7th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                  • Headline: New poll shows close Senate race
                                                                                                                    G263-A February 10th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                    • Headline: Hotels target Generation X
                                                                                                                    • Sub-Headline: Young travelers demand high-tech services, amenities
                                                                                                                    • Continuation-Headline: Travel industry woos Gen X
                                                                                                                    • Caption-Headline: GenXers value high-tech perks
                                                                                                                    • Caption-Text: High-tech amenities, entertainment and some services are more important to Generation X business travelers -- those under age 35 -- than baby boomers. Attributes that business travelers consider extremely or very desirable:
                                                                                                                    G263-B February 10th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                    • Headline: Hotels target Generation X
                                                                                                                    • Sub-Headline: Young travelers demand high-tech services, amenities
                                                                                                                    • Continuation-Headline: Travel industry woos Gen X
                                                                                                                    • Caption-Headline: GenXers value high-tech perks
                                                                                                                    • Caption-Text: High-tech amenities, entertainment and some services are more important to Generation X business travelers -- those under age 35 -- than baby boomers. Attributes that business travelers consider extremely or very desirable:
                                                                                                                    G263-C February 10th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                    • Headline: Hotels target Generation X
                                                                                                                    • Sub-Headline: Young travelers demand high-tech services, amenities
                                                                                                                    • Continuation-Headline: Travel industry woos Gen X
                                                                                                                    • Caption-Headline: GenXers value high-tech perks
                                                                                                                    • Caption-Text: High-tech amenities, entertainment and some services are more important to Generation X business travelers -- those under age 35 -- than baby boomers. Attributes that business travelers consider extremely or very desirable:
                                                                                                                    G265 February 17th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                    • Headline: Co-workers offering more than support
                                                                                                                    • Continuation-Headline: Ethical questions arise over living gifts
                                                                                                                    • Caption-Headline: More kidneys provided by non-related, living donors
                                                                                                                    G266 February 24th, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                                      • Caption-Headline: Fewer hold two jobs
                                                                                                                      • Caption-Text: The percentage of employed Americans who held more than one job declined in 1999. The change:
                                                                                                                      G269 March 2nd, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                      • Headline: Broadband battle could halt tech stock's climb
                                                                                                                      • Caption-Headline: Price pressure
                                                                                                                      • Caption-Text: Demand for long-distance telecommunications capacity is expected to grow dramatically, but so it supply. Expect predatory pricing by carriers to upset investors, delight customers.
                                                                                                                      G270 March 3rd, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                      • Headline: Tug-of-war over the budget surplus
                                                                                                                      • Caption-Headline: The surplus is shrinking the debt, but Social Security will worsen without reform
                                                                                                                      • Caption-Text: Using the Social Security surplus to pay down debt won't keep the program solvent over the next 40 years as baby boomers retire. None of the candidates proposes benefit cuts of higher taxes needed to guarantee Social Security's long-term health.
                                                                                                                      G271 March 9th, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: Few have high-speed Net links
                                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: Share of online households with fast Web connections via cable modems and phone digital subscriber lines (DSL):
                                                                                                                        G272 March 10th, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Income disparity
                                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Median weekly income of full-time male and female workers, by age group:
                                                                                                                          G273 March 13th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                          • Headline: Can't candidates get along? Luckily, no
                                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: More voters at GOP polls
                                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Many of the 20 states that have help Republican presidential contests this year had record voter turnouts. Here is a look at how some compare:
                                                                                                                          G274 March 15th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                          • Headline: Women hold they key
                                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: In a close race, female vote might deliver victory
                                                                                                                          • Continuation-Headline: Male voters are solidly behind Bush
                                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Men for Bush, women for Gore
                                                                                                                          G277 March 21st, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                                            • Caption-Headline: Fewer pupils per teacher
                                                                                                                            • Caption-Text: Past and projected pupils-to-teacher ratios in the average U.S. elementary and secondary schools:
                                                                                                                            G278 March 28th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                            • Headline: Study adds to doubts about acid-rain law
                                                                                                                            • Sub-Headline: Chemical levels still climbing in lakes, report says
                                                                                                                            • Caption-Headline: Acid rain emissions
                                                                                                                            • Caption-Text: Sulfur dioxide emissions continue to decline, but nitrogen oxide emissions have increased slightly. Two-thirds of the sulfur dioxide comes from power plants, while more than half of the nitrogen oxide pollution comes from vehicles.
                                                                                                                            G279 March 29th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                            • Headline: Fear keeps up as DNA science speeds forward
                                                                                                                            • Sub-Headline: Britain's system is far more advanced than the USA's. American privacy advocates are thankful for that.
                                                                                                                            • Caption-Headline: Britain's DNA database
                                                                                                                            • Caption-Text: The United Kingdom's national DNA database system began operation in April 1995. The database compares DNA samples from Britons who are suspects in a crime, including those arrested, with DNA collected at crime scenes. The DNA profiles of those eliminated as criminal suspects are removed from the database. Growth of the system:
                                                                                                                            G280-B March 31st, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                            • Headline: New vistas for Hollywood
                                                                                                                            • Sub-Headline: Despite their numbers, Latinos have yet to conquer the big screen
                                                                                                                            • Continuation-Headline: Small studios true pioneers
                                                                                                                            • Caption-Headline: Latino-themed films stand and deliver
                                                                                                                            • Caption-Text: A sampling of English-language films focusing on Latinos during the past 15 years indicates that -- with a couple of notable exceptions -- more movies about that ethnic group succeed than fail.
                                                                                                                            G280-D March 31st, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                            • Headline: New vistas for Hollywood
                                                                                                                            • Sub-Headline: Despite their numbers, Latinos have yet to conquer the big screen
                                                                                                                            • Continuation-Headline: Small studios true pioneers
                                                                                                                            • Caption-Headline: Latino-themed films stand and deliver
                                                                                                                            • Caption-Sub-Headline: Acting
                                                                                                                            • Caption-Text: Breakdown of roles in TV and theatrical releases for minorities:
                                                                                                                            G281 April 3rd, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                                              • Caption-Headline: Youth tobacco use
                                                                                                                              • Caption-Text: Percentage of male and female middle school students who have used these tobacco products within the 30 days before the National Youth Tobacco Survey:
                                                                                                                              G282 April 4th, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: Teen tobacco use
                                                                                                                                • Caption-Text: Percentage of male and female high school students who have used these tobacco products within the 30 days before the National Youth Tobacco Survey:
                                                                                                                                G283 April 7th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                • Headline: Looking for a tax break? You'll need a trained guide
                                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: Taxing times
                                                                                                                                • Caption-Text: Since 1992, the time it takes an average taxpayer to fill various forms has increased substantially, according to IRS estimates. Here's how long it takes to keep records, learn and then prepare some of the most common tax forms:
                                                                                                                                G285 April 10th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                • Headline: In the end, people just need more room
                                                                                                                                • Sub-Headline: Americans' expanding backsides are behind a trend toward wider, more comfortable seating in public areas
                                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: Majority are overweight
                                                                                                                                • Caption-Text: An increasing percentage of Americans ages 20-74 are overweight, even obese:
                                                                                                                                G286 April 12th, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                                                  • Caption-Headline: Waiting on weddings
                                                                                                                                  • Caption-Text: Couples are marrying later. The median age of men and women who tied the knot for the first time in 1970 and 1998:
                                                                                                                                  G287 April 12th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                  • Headline: Vulgar content on TV rises, despite industry vows, V-chip
                                                                                                                                  • Caption-Headline: Trash TV
                                                                                                                                  • Caption-Text: The use of foul language on network programming has skyrocketed over the past decade.
                                                                                                                                  G289 April 18th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                  • Headline: Army sees leaders of the future leaving today
                                                                                                                                  • Sub-Headline: Service fights to hold on to junior officers
                                                                                                                                  • Caption-Headline: Dissatisfaction among young Army officers
                                                                                                                                  • Caption-Text: Percentage who intend to stay / leave current active-duty Army careers:
                                                                                                                                  G290 April 18th, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                                                    • Caption-Headline: How clutter stacks up
                                                                                                                                    • Caption-Text: How workers say they save things:
                                                                                                                                    G291 April 19th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                    • Headline: Japan undergoes e-makeover
                                                                                                                                    • Sub-Headline: Internet economy changes traditional rules of business
                                                                                                                                    • Caption-Headline: Japan's e-commerce sales
                                                                                                                                    • Caption-Text: Japan is the second-largest community in the world after the USA. A look at the country's e-commerce sales.
                                                                                                                                    G292 April 24th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                    • Headline: Almost all Americans believe in miracles
                                                                                                                                    • Caption-Headline: Moving up, lagging behind
                                                                                                                                    • Caption-Text: While more women are working in top-level positions in corporate America, the income disparity between the sexes remains.
                                                                                                                                    G293 April 25th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                    • Headline: Fundraising doubles
                                                                                                                                    • Sub-Headline: GOP, Dems in 'soft money' race
                                                                                                                                    • Caption-Headline: Soft money record
                                                                                                                                    • Caption-Text: Amounts raised in the first 15 months of the two-year cycles:
                                                                                                                                    G296 May 3rd, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                    • Headline: ABC, Time Warner truce signals a new era for viewers
                                                                                                                                    • Caption-Headline: Finally, there's competition
                                                                                                                                    • Caption-Text: Subscriptions to satellite television services, which compete against cable, have more than doubled in the past five years:
                                                                                                                                    G297 May 10th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                    • Headline: Facts bridge false pay gap
                                                                                                                                    • Caption-Headline: Moms at work
                                                                                                                                    • Caption-Text: The average number of hours per week worked by women with children age 6 to 17 has increased:
                                                                                                                                    G298-A May 11th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                    • Headline: Women no longer a blip on computer screen
                                                                                                                                    • Sub-Headline: If numbers are indicative, every day is mothers' day
                                                                                                                                    • Caption-Headline: Net enters daily life, bolsters relationships
                                                                                                                                    • Caption-Sub-Headline: Percentage of USA using the Internet
                                                                                                                                    • Caption-Text: In the past six months, 9 million women have gone online for the first time. That's nearly 10% of the adult women in the USA, and they're using the Net more than men to maintain family ties:
                                                                                                                                    G299 May 12th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                    • Headline: Why Million Mom March can rally nation against guns
                                                                                                                                    • Caption-Headline: Women take a harder stand
                                                                                                                                    • Caption-Text: Thirty-three per cent of women have a fun in the household, compared with 43% of men. Women are more inclined toward gun control than are men.
                                                                                                                                    G301 May 16th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                    • Headline: Phone service complaints hit record
                                                                                                                                    • Sub-Headline: Competition ebbing, some critics say
                                                                                                                                    • Caption-Headline: Phone company complaints
                                                                                                                                    • Caption-Text: Consumer complaints against all U.S. phone carriers jumped for the first six months of 1999, vs. the same period a year earlier.
                                                                                                                                    G303 May 19th, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Headline: 30-something and single on the rise
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Text: Between 1970 and 1998, the proportion of people age 30 to 34 who had never married more than tripled.
                                                                                                                                      G304 May 19th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                      • Headline: Invigorated Bush bounces back
                                                                                                                                      • Sub-Headline: After faltering in February, campaign regains footing. But governor's team is maintaining combat-readiness.
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Headline: Bush holds lead
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Text: Since Vice President Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush wrapped up their parties' presidential nominations on March 14, Bush has built and maintained a modest lead in most national polls of voters' preferences. But most poll results are within the margin of error, which is +/-3 to +/-5 percentage points:
                                                                                                                                      G306 May 22nd, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                      • Headline: $6,700 an hour? Lawyer's tobacco-suit fees invite revolt
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Headline: Suits offer big payoffs for lawyers
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Text: Private lawyers representing 11 states in the lawsuits that led to the $246-billion national tobacco deal have walked away with mammoth fees of $10.4 billion so far. The top awards far outstrip any ever granted to trial lawyers.
                                                                                                                                      G307 May 26th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                      • Sub-Headline: National dental healthcare plan sought
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Headline: Poor's tooth decay
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Text: Among the findings in the surgeon general's 'Oral Health in America' report: the percentage of people who live below the poverty line who have at least one untreated, decayed tooth, compared with others:
                                                                                                                                      G309 May 30th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                      • Headline: Critics target wrong culprit as minorities' test scores lag
                                                                                                                                      • Sub-Headline: Our view: But schools, not tests, are to blame. Some states strike a balance.
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Headline: Rage gap touches all grades
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Text: here are the percentages of students from different racial and ethnic groups in grades 4, 8 and 12 who scored at or above proficient levels on a national reading test in 1998:
                                                                                                                                      G310 May 31st, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                      • Headline: Heroin's new fix and why it matters to you
                                                                                                                                      • Sub-Headline: New drugs, younger addicts fuel push to shift treatment from methadone clinics
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Headline: All ages improve
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Text: In 1997, more heroin users in every age group sought addiction treatment than in 1992. Treatment admissions for people under age 20 more than doubled in the six-year period.
                                                                                                                                      G311 June 1st, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                      • Headline: Surprise benefits in welfare reform
                                                                                                                                      • Sub-Headline: Marriage rates, incomes rise
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Headline: Income, family life better under Minn. welfare-to-work
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Text: Minnesota residents in a welfare-to-work program that combined jobs and cash assistance show a marked improvement in their economic and social situations. How they compare after three years with those receiving just welfare:
                                                                                                                                      G312 June 16th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                      • Headline: $1 trillion added to federal surplus projection
                                                                                                                                      • Sub-Headline: Dramatic hike affects debate in campaign
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Headline: Federal budget surplus
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Text: Projections of the federal budget surplus over the next 10 years are likely to be revised upward in coming weeks:
                                                                                                                                      G313 June 16th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                      • Headline: More dads tap into family benefits at work
                                                                                                                                      • Sub-Headline: Fathers today say it's important to them to spend time with children
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Headline: Family time or money?
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Text: In a survey conducted this year, younger men were the most willing to give up some pay for more time with their family:
                                                                                                                                      G314 June 19th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                      • Headline: ROTC falls short for a fifth year
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Headline: Campus ROTC units decline
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Text: Number of Reserve Office Training Corps units on college campuses:
                                                                                                                                      G315-A June 19th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                      • Headline: Services strive for ways to increase students' participation in ROTC
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Headline: ROTC programs failing
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Text: Since 1995, ROTC programs have not commissioned the targets number of officers for either the Army or the Navy. The shortfall in each service branch each year:
                                                                                                                                      G315-B June 19th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                      • Headline: Services strive for ways to increase students' participation in ROTC
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Headline: ROTC programs failing
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Text: Since 1995, ROTC programs have not commissioned the targets number of officers for either the Army or the Navy. The shortfall in each service branch each year:
                                                                                                                                      G316 June 22nd, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                      • Headline: Tobacco-industry largesse keeps Congress in check
                                                                                                                                      • Sub-Headline: Our view: Leaders back bills that block funds for lawsuit against industry.
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Headline: Donations roll in
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Text: Contributions from tobacco companies and tobacco-related interests to candidates and national-party campaign committees:
                                                                                                                                      G319 June 29th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                      • Headline: Hollywood re-scripts book deals
                                                                                                                                      • Sub-Headline: What looks good on paper doesn't always sell at box office
                                                                                                                                      • Continuation-Headline: Moviegoers must relate
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Headline: Not all succeed
                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Text: With some exceptions, the box office has not been kind to many recent movies adapted from books.
                                                                                                                                      G320 July 5th, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: Women gain in board seats
                                                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: Fortune 500 companies with these number of female directors on their boards:
                                                                                                                                        G321-A July 6th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                        • Headline: Does Pig Pen have a way to better health?
                                                                                                                                        • Sub-Headline: Excessive cleanliness, city living might be leaving us susceptible to allergies
                                                                                                                                        • Continuation-Headline: The absence of nature is risky
                                                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: Rural vs. urban
                                                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: Comparison of allergy and asthma symptoms in rural vs. urban Kenyan schoolchildren:
                                                                                                                                        G321-B July 6th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                        • Headline: Does Pig Pen have a way to better health?
                                                                                                                                        • Sub-Headline: Excessive cleanliness, city living might be leaving us susceptible to allergies
                                                                                                                                        • Continuation-Headline: The absence of nature is risky
                                                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: Asthma: The impact of moving from a primitive island to a developed one
                                                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: A study comparing asthma prevalence in Tokelauan children who remained on Tokelau with that of Tokelauan children who have moved to New Zealand:
                                                                                                                                        G322 July 10th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                        • Headline: Mississippi uses prosperity to fix itself up
                                                                                                                                        • Sub-Headline: Benefits of boom go to poor state's schools, roads
                                                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: How Mississippi spends
                                                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: Mississippi spent $3,150 per person in 1998 on state services. Areas that received the largest sums in 1998, compared with the U.S. average:
                                                                                                                                        G323 July 10th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                        • Headline: N.Y.'s tax-cutting campaign boosts its image
                                                                                                                                        • Sub-Headline: Economic climate heats up business
                                                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: N.Y. taxes drop
                                                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: New York state's tax collection per $1,000 of personal income dropped from 1990 through 1998
                                                                                                                                        G325 July 12th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                        • Headline: Large drivers demand safety belts fit for all
                                                                                                                                        • Sub-Headline: Car restraints built on health data 40 years out of date
                                                                                                                                        • Continuation-Headline: Belts too small for some to wear
                                                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: Americans put on weight
                                                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: We've grown more overweight in the past 40 years, but national seat belt standards haven't changed since 1960. Percentage of overweight Americans ages 20-74:
                                                                                                                                        G326 July 17th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                        • Headline: Massive verdict tells Tobacco public is fed up with lies
                                                                                                                                        • Sub-Headline: Our view: Jury warns that protecting profits at expense of health can be fatal.
                                                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: Tobacco stocks tumble
                                                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: Already embroiled in the state lawsuits in 1998 and under increasing scrutiny from the Food and Drug Administration, tobacco stocks have continued to slide:
                                                                                                                                        G327 July 18th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                        • Headline: Gore pulls even with Bush, poll shows
                                                                                                                                        • Sub-Headline: Difference comes from swing- vote supporters
                                                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: Gore picks up independent voters
                                                                                                                                        G329 July 21st, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                        • Headline: S. Korea's new pastime: E-trading
                                                                                                                                        • Sub-Headline: On the job or at a cafe, many Koreans are clicking away
                                                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: E-commerce on way to explosive growth
                                                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: E-commerce is expected to boom in South Korea the next five years. Projected e-commerce revenue through 2005:
                                                                                                                                        G330 July 24th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                        • Headline: Facing Mother Nature's fury
                                                                                                                                        • Sub-Headline: Despite danger and potential cost, people 'build castles in the sand'
                                                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: Tropical storms, hurricanes more frequent
                                                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: Since 1995, the number of Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes has risen sharply. Forecasters say this signals the end of two and a half relatively quiet decades. The number of coastal counties declared federal disaster areas jumped from 41 in the early 1990s to 148 in the late 1990s.
                                                                                                                                        G332 July 27th, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Households divvy financial chores
                                                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Financial responsibilities men and women say they handle in their household:
                                                                                                                                          G333 July 28th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                          • Headline: Poll: Bush up by 11 points
                                                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Bush lead widens
                                                                                                                                          G334 July 31st, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                          • Headline: Lights! Camera! Action? Yes, but with muffled voices
                                                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Our view: A last bit of suspense (and reform) dies. And other convention notes.
                                                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Convention audience drops
                                                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Here's the percentage of registered voters who say they don't plan to watch the political conventions this year and the percentage of voters who gave the same answer to an identical question in 1996:
                                                                                                                                          G335 July 31st, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                          • Headline: Do conventions still rate big TV coverage?
                                                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline:
                                                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Networks cut TV time
                                                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Hours of coverage of the Democratic and Republican conventions on network TV vs. cable.
                                                                                                                                          G337 August 8th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                          • Headline: Golden years bleak for divorcees
                                                                                                                                          • Sub-Headline: Many retire into poverty, but it doesn't have to be that way
                                                                                                                                          • Continuation-Headline: Financial security starts with good settlement
                                                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: How to get pension benefits from your ex-spouse
                                                                                                                                          • Caption-Sub-Headline: The long-term cost of divorce
                                                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Divorced women's retirement savings fall well below other retirees' nest eggs. Average monthly retirement income, based on marital status:
                                                                                                                                          G338 August 8th, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                                                            • Caption-Headline: Artificial turf's popularity dwindles
                                                                                                                                            • Caption-Text: The number of artificial turf playing fields in baseball has been steadily decreasing in the past 10 years. When PNC Park replaces Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh next year, it will bring the total number of artificial playing surfaces in baseball to six. Playing surfaces in 1990 compared with projections for 2001:
                                                                                                                                            G339 August 8th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                            • Headline: Drug trials vex medical ethics
                                                                                                                                            • Sub-Headline: Academic experts put testing by private companies under a microscope
                                                                                                                                            • Caption-Headline: Private firms do most testing
                                                                                                                                            • Caption-Text: Drugmakers are increasingly turning away from academic medical centers (AMCs) to private firms, often so-called contract research organizations (CROs), to do the testing on drugs' safety and effectiveness. A look at how the share or work on clinical projects has changed over the past decade.
                                                                                                                                            G341 August 10th, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                                                              • Caption-Headline: More small firms have same-sex benfits
                                                                                                                                              • Caption-Text: Large (500+ workers) vs. small (10-499 workers) employers that include same-sex domestic partners as dependents in their health plans:
                                                                                                                                              G342 August 11th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                              • Headline: On the fore front
                                                                                                                                              • Sub-Headline: Tiger Woods has fired up kids' imaginations. By the thousands, youngsters are teeing up to learn the suddenly cool sport of golf.
                                                                                                                                              • Continuation-Headline: With Tiger atop the leader board, a golfers' 'revolution' has begun
                                                                                                                                              • Caption-Headline: Kids in the fore
                                                                                                                                              • Caption-Sub-Headline: Beginning golfers
                                                                                                                                              G343 August 14th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                              • Headline: DirecTV stays step ahead of cable
                                                                                                                                              • Sub-Headline: Satellite titan is leading the way in digital, interactive TV
                                                                                                                                              • Continuation-Headline: Satellite system has speed on its side
                                                                                                                                              • Caption-Headline: Satellites creeping up on cable
                                                                                                                                              • Caption-Sub-Headline: ... as satellite market share grows
                                                                                                                                              G344 August 16th, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: Russia still rules gymnastics
                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Text: The gymnasts who will lead the USA at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney will be determined at trials beginning Thursday in Boston. Countries that have won the most Olympic medals in gymnastics (men's and women's):
                                                                                                                                                G345 August 21st, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                • Headline: Gore rebounds, inches ahead of Bush
                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: Race tightens again
                                                                                                                                                G346 August 22nd, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                • Headline: Politics snares court hopes of minorities and women
                                                                                                                                                • Sub-Headline: Federal judges are more diverse, but minority nominees still twice as likely to be rejected
                                                                                                                                                • Continuation-Headline: Dems blame GOP politics
                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: Federal judge profile
                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Text: Among federal judges, percentages who are minorities or women:
                                                                                                                                                G347 August 23rd, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                • Headline: Soft landing or touch and go?
                                                                                                                                                • Sub-Headline: Fed leaves rates unchanged; analysts debate whether the economy has slowed enough
                                                                                                                                                • Continuation-Headline: Is this what a soft landing feels like?
                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: One year later, little changed -- except funds rate
                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Text: Economists differ over ow Fed policy ultimately affects the economy. Here's a look at how some key indicators have performed since the Fed began tightening in June 1999:
                                                                                                                                                G348 August 24th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                • Headline: Diabetes rate soars for American in their 30s
                                                                                                                                                • Sub-Headline: Weight gain, lack of exercise bring disease on faster
                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: Diabetes cases grow
                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Text: Percent of total population that has been diagnosed with diabetes:
                                                                                                                                                G349 August 25th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                • Headline: Personal finance software gets even smarter
                                                                                                                                                • Sub-Headline: Money, Quicken make money easier to manage
                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: Money vs. Quicken
                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Text: Intuit's Quicken has easily outsold Microsoft's Money. Here's how they stack up, in unit sales:
                                                                                                                                                G350 August 30th, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                                                                  • Caption-Headline: Malls are still most popular for school shopping
                                                                                                                                                  • Caption-Text: Where parents (amount they plan to spend: $424) vs. back-to-schoolers ages 12 to 17 (average contribution: $124) expect to do most of their school shopping:
                                                                                                                                                  G351 August 31st, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                  • Headline: Parties are losing people power
                                                                                                                                                  • Sub-Headline: GOP, Dems raising record amounts, but fewer voters say they can relate
                                                                                                                                                  • Caption-Headline: Voters shift away from parties
                                                                                                                                                  • Caption-Text: The percentage of people who identify themselves as Republicans or Democrats has fallen. Party identification through the years:
                                                                                                                                                  G352-A September 6th, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                                                                    • Caption-Headline: Kitchen buying changes in 1990s
                                                                                                                                                    • Caption-Sub-Headline: Since 1993, households with traditional kitchenware decreased ...
                                                                                                                                                    • Caption-Text: Percent of households with item on hand:
                                                                                                                                                    G352-B September 6th, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Headline: Kitchen buying changes in 1990s
                                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Sub-Headline: ... while newcomers gained in popularity
                                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Text: Percent of households with item on hand:
                                                                                                                                                      G353 September 11th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                      • Headline: Retirees get younger every day, thanks to smart planning
                                                                                                                                                      • Sub-Headline: 401(k)s unlock golden years for many well before age 60
                                                                                                                                                      • Continuation-Headline: Retiring can open door to new, fun work
                                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Headline: Retiring early
                                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Text: Generation Xers are the most optimistic about their chances for retiring before they turn 60.
                                                                                                                                                      G356 September 15th, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: Salary disparity shrinking but not gone
                                                                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: The gap between the median earnings of men and women with equal education is narrowing but has not closed:
                                                                                                                                                        G357 September 18th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                        • Headline: Taped Olympics lagging in the TV ratings
                                                                                                                                                        • Caption-Headline: Atlanta beats Sydney
                                                                                                                                                        • Caption-Text: 56 million people saw all or part of NBC's telecast of Friday's opening ceremonies, making I the most-watched of an overseas' opening. On Saturday, viewership slipped on the first full day.
                                                                                                                                                        G358 September 18th, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Older adults are TV viewers
                                                                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: The average number of minutes adults ages 55 and older spend daily on the following media:
                                                                                                                                                          G359 September 18th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                          • Headline: Knowing the score doesn't stop fans' fervor
                                                                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: Games sites clicking
                                                                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: Internet traffic has increased with the start of the Olympics at the official Web sites.
                                                                                                                                                          G360 September 25th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                          • Headline: Outrage over tires brings good news on rollovers
                                                                                                                                                          • Caption-Headline: SUVs pose higher risk
                                                                                                                                                          • Caption-Text: In fatal, single-vehicle crashes, the rollover death rate in all types of SUVs has remained more than twice as high as in passenger cars since 1993.
                                                                                                                                                          G361-B September 27th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                            • Caption-Headline: Demographic medians of household income
                                                                                                                                                            • Caption-Sub-Headline: Education
                                                                                                                                                            • Caption-Text: The median household income - meaning half earn more, half earn less - rose to $40,816 in 1999, up 2.7% from 1998. Median incomes for various groups:
                                                                                                                                                            G362 September 27th, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                                                                              • Caption-Headline: Pension plans change with time
                                                                                                                                                              • Caption-Text: Hybrid pension plans - mostly cash balance plans - are growing in popularity. Pension plans offered by Fortune 100 companies:
                                                                                                                                                              G365 October 4th, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: Diversity on board increases
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Text: Racial and ethnic minorities are now on 65% of all corporate boards at Fortune 500 companies. Boards with one of more of these minorities, today vs. five years ago:
                                                                                                                                                                G367 October 17th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                                • Headline: Social Security dispute itself is radical
                                                                                                                                                                • Sub-Headline: Candidates' plans reflect widely different views of government's role in saving troubled system
                                                                                                                                                                • Continuation-Headline: After years as an untouchable issue, Social Security now up for debate
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: Payroll taxes won't keep up with benefits
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Text: The declining workers-to-beneficiaries ratio could translate into a Social Security deficit within 20 years...
                                                                                                                                                                G368 October 19th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                                • Headline: What one donor got for $6.6M: Nothing
                                                                                                                                                                • Sub-Headline: Civic duty, not favors or self- interest, motivates some big political contributors
                                                                                                                                                                • Continuation-Headline: 'I neither want power nor need anybody ... to make life better for me'
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: The soft touch
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Text: Law and regulatory changes in the late 1970s opened wide loopholes in the ban on political contributions from corporations and unions, and created a way around the limits on individual contributions that were established in the 1974 Federal Campaign Act. Since then, political parties' soft-money fundraising and spending has grown steadily.
                                                                                                                                                                G369 October 19th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                                • Headline: Boeing gain altitude on rival
                                                                                                                                                                • Sub-Headline: Airbus gets attention but not as many jet orders
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: Boeing vs. Airbus: Airplane orders
                                                                                                                                                                G371 October 24th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                                • Headline: Vouchers enter second decade
                                                                                                                                                                • Sub-Headline: Milwaukee finds no easy answers in school choice
                                                                                                                                                                • Continuation-Headline: Issues loom large in election year
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: Test scores rise
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Text: Percentage of fourth-graders scoring at or above proficiency on the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concept Examination:
                                                                                                                                                                G372 October 24th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                                • Headline: Online, operations raise eyebrows
                                                                                                                                                                • Sub-Headline: Many plastic surgeons want to nip budding bidding on the Web
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: Plastic surgery boosted by botox
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Text: Number of procedures performed by surgeons certified by the American Board of Medical Specialties
                                                                                                                                                                G373 November 3rd, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                                • Headline: Marathon campaign for N.Y. nears finish line
                                                                                                                                                                • Sub-Headline: Outcome of close contest depends on voter turnout
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: Polls favor Clinton
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Text: Most recent polls show Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton with a narrow lead over Republican Rick Lazio.
                                                                                                                                                                G374 November 3rd, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                                • Headline: Election control environmental direction
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: Water quality in the USA
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Text: Runoff from city streets and agricultural fields -- so-called non-point source pollution -- is the source of about 60% of the USA's water pollution. But that runoff is not strictly regulated under the Clean Water Act. Water-quality ratings under the EPA's inventory in 1998:
                                                                                                                                                                G375 November 8th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                                • Headline: Cadillac rejoins race for No. 1 in luxury
                                                                                                                                                                • Sub-Headline: Taste for trucks scrambles final heat
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: Fancy car, truck sales
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Text: Sales of luxury trucks have soared while luxury car sales remain steady.
                                                                                                                                                                G376 November 21st, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                                • Headline: Leader, product woes crunch Chrysler
                                                                                                                                                                • Sub-Headline: Automaker sees sliding sales, unhappy employees
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: Chrysler out in front with incentives
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Text: Chrysler incentives were ahead of other Detroit automakers last month.
                                                                                                                                                                G377 November 24th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                                • Headline: Will anyone fix this ridiculous voting system?
                                                                                                                                                                • Sub-Headline: Our view: The next president can. It should be his first priority.
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: How every vote is counted
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Text: One slowly is new voting technology being deployed. Percentage of registered voters using:
                                                                                                                                                                G378 November 24th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                                • Headline: Airlines find it hard to spread wings at crowded La Guardia
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: Newark and Kennedy are better
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Text: La Guardia is well behind other New York-area airports for on- time flight arrivals and departures by major airlines:
                                                                                                                                                                G379 November 29th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                                • Headline: Spotlight shines on Schrempp
                                                                                                                                                                • Sub-Headline: DaimlerChrysler CEO put to test with lawsuit, sliding stock
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: A look at Chrysler and its parent
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Text: Chrysler's profit per vehicle has been dropping.
                                                                                                                                                                G380 December 6th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                                • Headline: Million-dollar homes selling at record pace
                                                                                                                                                                • Sub-Headline: But buyers getting less for their money
                                                                                                                                                                • Continuation-Headline: A slowing economy is having little impact on high-end home sales
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: Million-dollar home sales soar
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Text: Buyers this year smashed records for homes sold for more than $1 million. The analysis is based on sales of residential real estate recorded with local governments across the USA.
                                                                                                                                                                G381 December 8th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                                • Headline: What happens after the Band-Aids run out?
                                                                                                                                                                • Sub-Headline: Medical costs are rising and insurance premiums could jump 20% -- signs that managed care isn't working
                                                                                                                                                                • Continuation-Headline: HMO
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: Health spending
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Text: Actual spending on health care this year was $350 billion less than the Congressional Budget office forecast.
                                                                                                                                                                G382 December 8th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                                • Headline: Future will see new cost controls
                                                                                                                                                                • Sub-Headline: Wide range of coverage, spending accounts in store
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Headline: HMO earnings per share
                                                                                                                                                                • Caption-Text: Third quarter, fully diluted
                                                                                                                                                                G383 December 13th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                                  • Caption-Headline: Aging population faces care crisis
                                                                                                                                                                  • Caption-Sub-Headline: ... but they will have fewer offspring to care for them
                                                                                                                                                                  • Caption-Text: Two trends in the next 30 years -- an America growing older, on average, and baby boomers having fewer children -- are the forces driving a crisis in eldercare.
                                                                                                                                                                  G385 December 18th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                                  • Headline: Too-bright spotlight burns female CEOs
                                                                                                                                                                  • Sub-Headline: Many firms faring poorly now, but women pay dearly
                                                                                                                                                                  • Caption-Headline: Few new women in corporate power
                                                                                                                                                                  • Caption-Text: The number of female corporate officials has slightly increased since 1995. Fortune 500 positions:
                                                                                                                                                                  G386 December 20th, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                                                                                    • Caption-Headline: Genetically altered food: Women more skeptical
                                                                                                                                                                    G387 December 22nd, 2000USA Today Snapshots
                                                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Headline: Endangered animals here, abroad
                                                                                                                                                                      G388 December 26th, 2000USA Today
                                                                                                                                                                      • Headline: Criticism falls upon NHTSA of mid-1990s
                                                                                                                                                                      • Sub-Headline: Safety agency cut back on new investigations under former chief Martinez
                                                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Headline: NHTSA changed its focus in 1990s with mixed results ...
                                                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Sub-Headline: ... few defect investigations were opened ...
                                                                                                                                                                      • Caption-Text: Though Americans are driving more miles every year, the fatality rate, based on vehicle miles traveled, decreased less from 1993 to 1999 than during the previous two presidential administrations.