08-12-2007, 09:24 AM
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12% Percentage of employers who admit to consulting social-networking sites like Facebook.com for help with their hiring process
63% Percentage of those employers who declined to hire an applicant because of what they found. Suspected criminal behavior and faked qualifications are two of the top deal breakers
$100,000 Cost per plane to outfit domestic flights for onboard Internet access. American Airlines will start offering the service in 2008
$10 Price per flight for passengers to use the service
237 Number of reasons people cite for having sex, according to a new University of Texas at Austin study. Reasons include "It seemed like good exercise" and "The person was a good dancer"
4% Percentage of U.S. adults who have never had sex
8 million Number of Iraqis, nearly a third of the population, who are without water, sanitation, food and shelter. NGOs in Iraq say a humanitarian crisis there has gotten worse since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003
$37.4 billion U.S. federal funding for Iraqi reconstruction. As of May 2007, nearly all of it had been spent
2,819 Number of Cubans who have been successfully smuggled into Florida by boat so far this fiscal year, vs. 3,076 in all of FY 2006
89% Percentage of illegal entrants from Cuba who arrive in the U.S. by land through Mexico or Canada instead of making the 90-mile trip by boat; 9,296 Cubans entered by land this fiscal year through July 26
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