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“Fresh data” from the census! The immigrant population grew in the U.S. by 16% in the last five years — and they’re increasingly likely to settle in weird states like Indiana and South Dakota.
Fresh Fears:Web sites track you by the ads you click and the phrases you search for— and they remember (so definitely don’t click here).
Fresh Findings: Nickels backs the “most aggressive” of four growth scenarios for Seattle — 60% increase by 2040.
Fresh Fall: WalMart’s profit declines for the first time in a decade, mostly due to ditching its German branch (the store still netted an astronomical $85.43 billion last quarter).
Fresh Faced: Lebanese feel “a defiant sense of victory” as Israeli troops head home.
Fresh Fascism Fantasies?: The Japanese Prime Minister possibly panders to the militaristic far-right by marking the anniversary of WWII with a visit to a shrine where famous WWII criminals are interred.
Freshest Poll: War in Iraq, Terrorism are America’s most important problems.
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Today in History: August 15th, 1961 — East Germany begins building the Berlin Wall to keep out dirty capitalists, Wal Mart.
Not only do search engines track what you search for, sometimes they get really stupid and make their logs public (AOL). Click on the link and try checking out what user 927 spends most of their time looking for on the Web. Enjoy!