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STATE
DUBIOUS PRIZES
ECONOMIST: PAUL KRUGMAN NO PRIZE,
of the STATES
West Virginia Housing slump ripples
DESPITE WINNING A NOBEL MEDAL
are being felt in unusual ways: There are 65 fewer
sawmills than just two years ago, and the number
who are fi erce critics of President
of certifi ed loggers has plummeted to a fi ve-year
Bush, including Al Gore and Jimmy
low of 932.
Carter.
Bloomberg.com termed the Nobel
another blow to Bush’s legacy.
However, the selection of
Krugman drew brickbats from some
of his fellow economists. Economist
Daniel Klein, who this year analyzed
KRUGMAN In the middle of a fi nancial
more than 650 of Krugman’s col-
crisis, the Bush critic got the Nobel.
umns for Econ Journal Watch, says
Krugman shows a “disgraceful” ten-
WAS THE NOBEL COMMITTEE SENDING dency to avoid free-market solutions
a message by anointing economist to social ills.
CALIFORNIA Beginning in January,
and commentator Paul Krugman its Klein says Krugman “misrepre-
motorists (including Paris Hilton) will
Nobel Prize winner for economics sents himself,” adding that Krugman
be banned from texting on electronic
in the waning days of the 2008 professes concern for the poor while
devices while driving. The state already
bans talking on hand-held cell phones.
campaign? Krugman was added to actually pushing “the collectivist wel-
the growing list of Nobel laureates fare state ethos.”
Washington Food stamp recipient numbers
have surged: There were 22,000 more families
BATTLE OF THE SEXES
receiving food stamps in August compared with
FEMINISM FLOPS IN SALARY CHASE
the previous year.
Virginia A cooler and wetter spring helped
DO YOU THINK WOMEN SHOULD BE SEEN who support women’s rights. A mar-
wheat producers set a yield record of 19.8 million
as equals at work? Careful how you ried “traditional-thinking” couple
pounds — up 51 percent over last year.
answer, guys — it can cost you. enjoy an earning advantage eight
A recent study by University of times greater than a husband and Nevada Health insurance premiums are
Florida researchers found that beliefs wife who hold more “egalitarian”
increasing twice as fast as earnings — median
about gender roles at work may mat- workplace gender values.
earnings rose 21.4 percent from 2000 to 2007;
healthcare premiums rose 54.6 percent, according
ter more than job skills when it “It could be that traditional men
to a report by Families USA.
comes to determining salaries. are hypercompetitive salary negotia-
Among the study’s uncomfortable tors,” researcher Timothy Judge told Texas The post-9/11 allure of becoming a
fi ndings: Sexism still pays. The Washington Post. “It could be
fi refi ghter has faded. The number of volunteer
Researchers found that men who on the employer side that, subcon-
fi refi ghters has dropped to pre-9/11 fi gures.
believe in traditional sex roles made sciously, the men who are egalitarian
North Dakota The state’s only abortion
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$8,500 more a year than did men are seen as effete.”
clinic expects to perform a record number of
abortions this year because of cuts in funding for
college health clinics and the subsequent lack of
GES / MICKEY
!!!! OUTRAGEOUS !!!!
subsidized birth control for students.
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GET
MICKEY MOUSE: ‘SATAN’S SOLDIER’
Ohio Economic assistance is rising — 11
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percent more residents are receiving cash
“MICKEY MOUSE Telegraph. The cleric, who is a
assistance over last year, and 7 percent more have
should be killed,” a Saudi former diplomat at the Saudi
fi led for food stamps.
A
VID LIVINGS
Arabian cleric has declared. embassy in Washington, D.C.,
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Sheikh Muhammad Al-Munajid further alleged on an Arab
Massachusetts A burgeoning number of
claims that Disney’s beloved TV network that according
homeless families has overwhelmed homeless
cartoon critter is “one of to Islamic law, a mouse is
shelters, forcing the state to put families in hotels.
Satan’s soldiers” along with
In September 2007, 17 families were placed in
AP IMAGES / HIL
Mickey’s real-life counterparts,
DISSING DISNEY
“impure” and “a repulsive,
corrupting creature” steered by
hotels because of overpopulated shelters. In
reports Britain’s Daily
Mickey “impure.”
the devil.
September 2008, that number climbed to 550.
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