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		<title>Census: Small US cities have better quality of life but economic picture is steadily worsening</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Bass</dc:creator>
		
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Census: Small US cities lose luster in downturn
WASHINGTON — America&#8217;s small cities are losing some of their traditional appeal to upwardly mobile families seeking wholesome neighborhoods, a stable economy and affordable living.
A review of newly released census data shows, for example, that cities of between 20,000 and 50,000 residents have lagged behind their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP sources: Authorities eye life insurance policy in mysterious hanging death of census taker</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Mcmurray</dc:creator>
		
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AP sources: Probers eye census worker&#8217;s insurance

WASHINGTON — Investigators trying to solve the mystery of a census taker found hanging from a tree with the word &#8220;fed&#8221; scrawled on his chest are examining whether he manipulated the scene in order to conceal a suicide and make a life insurance claim possible for his son, law [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP sources: Life insurance policy probe in death of census taker found hanging in Ky.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Mcmurray</dc:creator>
		
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AP sources: Insurance probed in census taker death

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A census taker found hanging from a tree had named his son as his life insurance beneficiary, and investigators are looking into whether the father manipulated the death scene to make a claim possible, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press Thursday.
In an interview with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP sources: Suicide eyed in Kentucky census worker hanging; no anti-govt motive seen</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Mcmurray</dc:creator>
		
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AP sources: Suicide eyed in Ky. census worker case
WASHINGTON — Investigators probing the death of a Kentucky census worker found hanging from a tree with the word &#8220;fed&#8221; scrawled on his chest increasingly doubt he was killed because of his government job and are pursuing the possibility he committed suicide, law enforcement officials [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate blocks GOP proposal to require that census ask about citizenship status in 2010 count</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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Senate blocks census citizenship question
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats Thursday blocked a GOP attempt to require next year&#8217;s census forms to ask people whether they are U.S. citizens.

The proposal by Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitter was aimed at excluding non-citizens from the population totals that are used to figure the number of congressional representatives for each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UCLA study: Gay spouses similar to heterosexual married couples in age, income, parenting</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Leff</dc:creator>
		
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Report: Gay couples similar to straight spouses

SAN FRANCISCO — Same-sex couples who identify as married are similar to straight spouses in terms of age and income, and nearly one-third of them are raising children, according to Census data released Monday that provides a demographic snapshot of gay families in America.
The study released by a think [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coroner, medical examiner confirm census worker died at tree where he was found in Ky. forest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Mcmurray</dc:creator>
		
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Coroner: Census worker died at tree in Ky. forest

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A part-time census taker died at the tree in a Kentucky forest where his body was found with a rope around his neck and the word &#8220;fed&#8221; scrawled on his chest, officials said Wednesday.
The naked body of Bill Sparkman, 51, was found hanging from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Census data shows college graduates choosing urban, high-tech meccas in recession</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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Census: &#8216;Brain gains&#8217; for high-tech cities

WASHINGTON — Many college graduates are passing up industrial centers and former hotspots in the Southwest, which have been hit hard by the recession, in favor of life in urban, high-tech meccas. Their moves are fueling a resurgence of brainiacs in parts of California, North Carolina and Texas.
Census data released [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Correction: Gay Marriage Census</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
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Correction: Gay Marriage Census
SAN FRANCISCO — In an Oct. 22 story about the U.S. Census Bureau&#8217;s efforts to count married same-sex couples, The Associated Press misspelled the surname of the assistant chief of the bureau&#8217;s field division. His correct name is Tim Olson, not Olsen. In addition, the story erroneously implied that a Web site [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Census bureau reps say 2020 survey could include boxes for gay and transgender individuals</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Leff</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Census Bureau is making an unprecedented effort to include same-sex couples in next year&#8217;s national population count, but legally married gay couples won&#8217;t show up as such in the official once-a-decade tally, bureau representatives said Thursday.

Statistical problems related to the development of the 2010 census form and the evolving legal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Census reps say future surveys could include gays and transgender individuals in count</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Census Bureau is making an unprecedented effort to include same-sex couples in next year&#8217;s national population count, but counting the number of individuals who identify as gay, lesbian or transgender could be next.

Census representatives told community leaders in San Francisco on Thursday that categories could be added in future editions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minority lawmakers oppose effort to ask about citizenship status in 2010 census</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/minority-lawmakers-oppose-effort-to-ask-about-citizenship-status-in-2010-census-204022/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A coalition of black, Latino and Asian lawmakers on Thursday expressed opposition to a proposal that would require next year&#8217;s census forms to ask about the status of a person&#8217;s citizenship.

The House lawmakers criticized a proposal by Sens. David Vitter, R-La., and Bob Bennett, R-Utah, as a political ploy designed to discourage immigrants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Census director expresses concern about ballooning costs in plans for 2010 head count</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The head of the Census Bureau on Wednesday expressed concern about cost overruns in preparations for next year&#8217;s high-stakes count, saying he was taking steps to help prevent the expenses from ballooning further.

Appearing before a House panel, Robert Groves said poor planning had resulted in added costs in the address canvassing operation that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memorial service set for Census worker whose death in remote Ky. forest is still unexplained</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON, Ky. — A memorial service is scheduled next week for a part-time Census worker whose death is still under investigation more than a month after his body was found tied to a tree in a Kentucky forest.

The service for Bill Sparkman will be held Monday at a church in his southeast Kentucky hometown of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revised formula puts number of poor people at 47.4 million _ 7 million more than official rate</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The level of poverty in America is even worse than first believed.

A revised formula for calculating medical costs and geographic variations show that approximately 47.4 million Americans last year lived in poverty, 7 million more than the government&#8217;s official figure.
The disparity occurs because of differing formulas the Census Bureau and the National Academy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To accurately count immigrants, Census 2010 will include outreach in more languages</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO — With the launch of the 2010 census less than six months away, the U.S. Census Bureau is preparing its most targeted and far-reaching language outreach yet to more accurately count the country&#8217;s immigrants.

Census Director Robert Groves briefed San Francisco elected officials and community groups Wednesday on ways the federal agency is working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Census director: Foreclosures will add challenges, costs to next year&#8217;s decennial census</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/census-director-foreclosures-will-add-challenges-costs-to-next-years-decennial-census-194914/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Taxin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Foreclosures will make it tougher and more expensive to get an accurate census count next year as families move in with relatives or are left homeless, the Census Bureau&#8217;s director said Tuesday.

Director Robert Groves said he expects some of the census questionnaires mailed out in 2010 will land at empty homes in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: City funds and manpower to promote 2010 head count lag levels in previous census</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/study-city-funds-and-manpower-to-promote-2010-head-count-lag-levels-in-previous-census-193839/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — With the 2010 census looming, major U.S. cities whose residents are at high risk of being missed are struggling with a shortage of money and manpower to prepare for an accurate count.

A study by the Pew Charitable Trusts, released Monday, found several cities with substantially fewer resources than it had in 2000. City [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Census official: Workers want to be in teams after colleague&#8217;s death in southeastern Ky.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Mcmurray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BIG CREEK, Ky. — The manager of a part-time census taker who died under mysterious circumstances in southeastern Kentucky says other workers are requesting to visit houses in teams rather than alone.

Wayne Hatcher is regional director of the U.S. Census Bureau&#8217;s office in Charlotte, N.C.
He was at a memorial Sunday in the Daniel Boone National [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hanged Ky. census worker&#8217;s body released; police still not saying if death was homicide</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hanged-ky-census-workers-body-released-police-still-not-saying-if-death-was-homicide-188448/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Mcmurray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON, Ky. — Authorities have released the body of a part-time census worker but were still providing little information about the death of Bill Sparkman nearly a month after the substitute teacher was found in a remote Appalachian forest with a rope around his neck and the word &#8220;Fed&#8221; scrawled on his chest.

Sparkman&#8217;s son, Josh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Census shows more Americans trying their hand at raising crops, livestock on &#8216;hobby farms&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GEM, Ind. — Most evenings, Gary Mithoefer can be found at the end of a long gravel driveway off a busy highway, tending two garden plots filled with white sweet potatoes, squash, cabbages and a dozen other vegetables still thriving in early fall.

The 62-year-old, who gardens after his workday ends at his state highway job, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commerce Department rules out seeking a halt to immigration raids to improve census count</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — With the 2010 census six months away, the Commerce Department said Thursday it won&#8217;t seek a halt to immigration raids as it did in the previous census in hopes of improving participation in hard-to-count communities.

In a statement, the department said it is committed to an accurate count of U.S. residents, including both legal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Census data show a widening income gap in US as poor people take bigger hit in recession</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The recession has hit middle-income and poor families hardest, widening the economic gap between the richest and poorest Americans as rippling job layoffs ravaged household budgets.

The wealthiest 10 percent of Americans — those making more than $138,000 each year — earned 11.4 times the roughly $12,000 made by those living near or below [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latinos hope the use of bilingual census forms will aid the 2010 count despite obstacles</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Taxin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONG BEACH, Calif. — When Teresa Ocampo opens her census questionnaire, she won&#8217;t have to worry about navigating another document in English.

The 40-year old housewife who only speaks basic English will be able to fill hers out in Spanish — which is exactly what U.S. officials were banking on when they decided to mail out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP Exclusive: Son says he&#8217;s certain Ky. census taker found dead with &#8216;fed&#8217; on chest was slain</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-exclusive-son-says-hes-certain-ky-census-taker-found-dead-with-fed-on-chest-was-slain-181125/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Mcmurray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON, Ky. — The son of a U.S. Census Bureau worker found hanged from a tree in eastern Kentucky with the word &#8220;fed&#8221; scrawled on his chest says he has no doubt his father was slain.

Josh Sparkman tells The Associated Press he&#8217;s frustrated investigators won&#8217;t confirm that and continue to say they haven&#8217;t ruled out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mom, friends: Ky. hanging victim overcame cancer, dedicated his life to teaching children</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Alford</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON, Ky. — Even while fighting cancer and undergoing chemotherapy, Bill Sparkman would show up for work wearing his customary smile and a toboggan cap to cover his balding head.

The substitute teacher and part-time census worker cherished the values he learned in his youth as he worked toward becoming an Eagle Scout. Above all, he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family visiting cemetery found census worker&#8217;s naked, hanged body; had been gagged, duct taped</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Alford</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BIG CREEK, Ky. — A family&#8217;s visit to a rural Kentucky cemetery led to the shocking discovery of a part-time census worker&#8217;s naked body hanging from a tree with the word &#8220;fed&#8221; written on his chest.

Jerry Weaver of Fairfield, Ohio, told The Associated Press the man had been gagged and his hands and feet were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Witness: Census worker&#8217;s body was naked, gagged, hands and feet bound with duct tape</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Alford</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BIG CREEK, Ky. — A part-time census worker found hanging in a rural Kentucky cemetery was naked, gagged and had his hands and feet bound with duct tape, said an Ohio man who discovered the body two weeks ago.

The word &#8220;fed&#8221; was written in felt-tip pen on 51-year-old Bill Sparkman&#8217;s chest, but authorities have released [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coroner: &#8216;Fed&#8217; written in felt-tip pen on Ky. Census worker found hanging from tree</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Mcmurray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BIG CREEK, Ky. — Authorities said a U.S. Census worker died by asphyxiation but were releasing few other details about the mysterious case nearly two weeks after Bill Sparkman&#8217;s body — with the word &#8220;fed&#8221; scrawled on the chest — was found hanging from a tree near a family cemetery secluded by Appalachian forest.

The word [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asphyxiation ruled cause of death for Census taker found with &#8216;fed&#8217; written on chest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Mcmurray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BIG CREEK, Ky. — Authorities said a U.S. Census worker died by asphyxiation but were releasing few other details about the mysterious case nearly two weeks after Bill Sparkman&#8217;s body — with the word &#8220;fed&#8221; scrawled on the chest — was found hanging from a tree near a family cemetery secluded by Appalachian forest.

The substitute [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Census taker turned up dead in region where government workers should tread cautiously</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Mcmurray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BIG CREEK, Ky. — A census worker found hanged from a tree with the word &#8220;fed&#8221; scrawled on his chest met his end in a corner of Appalachia with an abundance of meth labs and marijuana fields — and a reputation for mistrusting government that dates back to the days of moonshiners and &#8220;revenuers.&#8221;

But the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police: US Census worker found dead in Ky. forest died of asphyxiation; had rope around neck</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MANCHESTER, Ky. — Kentucky State Police say a U.S. Census worker found dead near an eastern Kentucky cemetery died of asphyxiation.

The body of 51-year-old William E. Sparkman was found in rural Clay County on Sept. 12. State police said in a statement Thursday that Sparkman was found with a rope around his neck that was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Census: Hanging death first since 1998 in which employee may have been targeted based on job</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Violence against census employees is rare, the Census Bureau said Thursday, but it nevertheless trains its canvassers in how to deal with angry or hostile citizens.

On Sept. 12, Bill Sparkman, a 51-year-old census canvasser, was found hanged from a tree in rural Clay County, Ky. A law enforcement official said the word &#8220;fed&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FBI checks whether US Census worker hanging in Ky. tied to his door-to-door data collection</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Mcmurray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANCHESTER, Ky. — When Bill Sparkman told retired trooper Gilbert Acciardo that he was going door-to-door collecting census data in rural Kentucky, the former police officer drew on years of experience for a warning: &#8220;Be careful.&#8221;

The 51-year-old Sparkman was found this month hanged from a tree near a cemetery with the word &#8220;fed&#8221; scrawled on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP source: Census worker found hanged near Kentucky cemetery had word &#8216;fed&#8217; scrawled on chest</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Mcmurray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANCHESTER, Ky. — A U.S. Census worker found hanged from a tree near a Kentucky cemetery had the word &#8220;fed&#8221; scrawled on his chest, a law enforcement official said Wednesday, and the FBI is investigating whether he was a victim of anti-government sentiment.

Bill Sparkman, a 51-year-old part-time Census field worker and teacher, was found Sept. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FBI probes hanging of census worker in Ky.; AP source: &#8216;Fed&#8217; scrawled on dead man&#8217;s chest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Mcmurray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A U.S. Census worker found hanged from a tree near a Kentucky cemetery had the word &#8220;fed&#8221; scrawled on his chest, a law enforcement official said Wednesday, and the FBI is investigating whether he was a victim of anti-government sentiment.

The law enforcement official, who was not authorized to discuss the case and requested [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New census director says he&#8217;s worried economy, tensions over immigration will hurt head count</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The head of the Census Bureau says he&#8217;s worried the poor economy and tensions over immigration will deter people from participating in next year&#8217;s high-stakes count.

Robert Groves appeared before Congress on Tuesday for the first time since he was confirmed in July. He told a House panel it may be hard to find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Census: 150,000 same-sex couples say they&#8217;re in marriage relationships _ more than legal count</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Nearly 150,000 same-sex couples reported being in marriage relationships last year, many more than the number of actual weddings and civil unions, according to the first U.S. census figures released on same-sex marriages.

About 27 percent of the estimated 564,743 total gay couples in the United States said they were in a relationship akin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recession&#8217;s impact: Census data show longer commutes, delayed marriage, fewer immigrants</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A broad survey of Americans has provided striking measures of the recession&#8217;s effect on life at home and at work: People are now stuck in traffic longer, less apt to move away and more inclined to put off marriage and buying a house.

The U.S. census data, released Monday, also show a dip in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Census numbers show Asians suffered sharpest drop in homeownership last year</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Veiga</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Asians, many of them living in foreclosure-ravaged California, suffered the sharpest drop in homeownership last year, eclipsing declines felt by whites, blacks and Hispanics, according to new Census data.

The decline was surprising, because Asians tend to earn more than other minority groups and have less debt. But one out of three Asian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama: ACORN video &#8216;inappropriate,&#8221; favors investigation into community group&#8217;s activities</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says there should be an investigation into the hidden-camera video involving employees at the activist group ACORN and a couple posing as a prostitute and her pimp. The two ACORN workers are seen apparently advising the couple to lie about her profession and launder her earnings to get housing aid.

The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House votes to deny all federal funds for ACORN in GOP-led strike on embattled group</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Abrams</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to deny all federal funds for ACORN in a GOP-led strike against the scandal-tainted community organizing group that comes just three days after the Senate took similar action. &#8220;ACORN has violated serious federal laws, and today the House voted to ensure that taxpayer dollars would no longer be used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House votes to cut off all federal funds to ACORN</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to deny all federal funds for ACORN in a GOP-led strike against the scandal-tainted community organizing group that comes just three days after the Senate took similar action.

&#8220;ACORN has violated serious federal laws, and today the House voted to ensure that taxpayer dollars would no longer be used to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nebraska GOP Sen. Johanns calls for Justice probe of ACORN</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Thomas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A Republican lawmaker on Tuesday urged the Justice Department to investigate ACORN, a community organization under fire for several voter-registration fraud cases.

Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., wrote Attorney General Eric Holder requesting the investigation. He cited reports that ACORN, which stands for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, may &#8220;have been engaged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Citing negative publicity, Census Bureau severs partnership with ACORN in 2010 head count</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/citing-negative-publicity-census-bureau-severs-partnership-with-acorn-in-2010-head-count-166345/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Census Bureau on Friday severed its ties with ACORN, a community organization that has been hit with Republican accusations of voter-registration fraud.

&#8220;We do not come to this decision lightly,&#8221; Census director Robert Groves wrote in a letter to ACORN, which was obtained by The Associated Press.
In splitting with ACORN, Groves sought to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A state-by-state breakdown of response rates during the 2000 census</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A list of the percentages of U.S. households that returned census questionnaires in 2000 by mail or submitted information on another form, over the phone or by Internet. The nation averaged a 67 percent response rate.

— Alabama: 61 percent
— Alaska: 56 percent
— Arizona: 63 percent
— Arkansas: 64 percent
— California: 70 percent
— Colorado: 70 percent
— Connecticut: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Timeline for the 2010 census</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/timeline-for-the-2010-census-165611/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A timeline for the 2010 census:
Spring 2009: Census employees started going door-to-door to update address list nationwide.

Fall 2009: Recruiting for census takers.
February 2010: Census Bureau begins mailing or delivering questionnaires to households.
April 1, 2010: Census Day
April to July 2010: Census takers visit households that did not mail in a questionnaire.
December 2010: Census Bureau delivers population [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With power and money on the line, states, civic groups already have push on for 2010 census</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Bakst</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — State governments and civic groups are sinking scarce dollars into the phone banks, TV ads and door-knocking commonly seen in political campaigns to pump up numbers in the upcoming census.

They&#8217;ve got a vested interest in going beyond the U.S. Census Bureau&#8217;s planned $300 million blitz to try to persuade households to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State-by-state glance of Americans who have health insurance</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/state-by-state-glance-of-americans-who-have-health-insurance-165060/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a list of the percentage of insured people by type and state in 2008. The private insurance category includes both employer-sponsored and directly purchased plans; the government category includes Medicaid, Medicare and military plans.



State
Private
Government
Not
Covered


U.S.
66.7
29.0
15.4


Ala.
67.8
32.6
11.9


Alaska
62.1
30.2
19.8


Ariz.
59.5
31.3
19.5


Ark.
57.9
34.5
17.9


Calif.
62.3
28.0
18.6


Colo.
69.6
23.4
15.9


Conn.
74.9
27.0
10.0


Del.
72.5
29.5
10.9


DC
68.2
30.9
10.0


Fla.
61.7
30.6
20.1


Ga.
64.5
26.5
17.8


Hawaii
71.5
36.6
7.8


Idaho
71.1
25.8
15.5


Ill.
71.7
26.1
12.9


Ind.
70.6
28.4
12.3


Iowa
78.0
26.6
9.5


Kan.
72.7
26.4
12.1


Ky.
63.5
32.3
16.0


La.
58.6
29.7
20.0


Maine
67.9
37.9
10.4


Md.
75.3
24.4
12.1


Mass.
76.3
31.1
5.5


Mich.
72.6
29.0
11.7


Minn.
76.8
27.1
8.7


Miss.
56.7
36.6
17.9


Mo.
68.5
30.5
12.6


Mont.
66.4
31.3
16.2


Neb.
74.8
27.3
11.9


Nev.
66.3
21.9
18.8


N.H.
77.6
22.5
10.2


N.J.
72.7
23.7
14.1


N.M.
53.5
33.0
23.7


N.Y.
65.0
32.0
14.1


N.C.
64.6
32.4
15.4


N.D.
76.7
24.2
11.8


Ohio
71.2
28.5
11.5


Okla.
66.4
33.7
14.0


Ore.
69.7
26.4
16.3


Pa.
74.1
29.5
9.9


R.I.
70.7
30.2
11.8


S.C.
64.5
31.1
15.8


S.D.
72.3
31.0
12.5


Tenn.
60.9
35.1
15.1


Texas
55.7
27.3
25.1


Utah
78.1
17.0
13.2


Vt.
70.9
35.6
9.3


Va.
71.3
28.8
12.4


Wash.
69.1
30.4
12.4


W.Va.
66.3
36.1
15.1


Wis.
74.4
29.3
9.6


Wyo.
70.8
28.5
13.6


Note: Numbers will exceed 100 percent because many people have both private and government health insurance, such as supplemental private [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Number of uninsured rise to 46.3 million; poverty rate hits 13.2 percent, an 11-year high</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/number-of-uninsured-rise-to-463-million-poverty-rate-hits-132-percent-an-11-year-high-164864/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The number of Americans without health insurance rose to 46.3 million last year as people began losing jobs and coverage in the current recession. The poverty rate hit 13.2 percent, an 11-year high.

The Census Bureau&#8217;s annual report released Thursday offers a snapshot of the economic well-being of American households for 2008, the first [...]]]></description>
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