en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/us/increase/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/us/federal_minimum_wage_rising_this/ Fast-food waitress Fawn Townsend of Raleigh, N.C., knows exactly what she is going to do if her salary goes up with Tuesday's increase in the federal minimum wage: start saving for a car so she can find a second job to make ends meet. "My goal personal news us 2007-07-22 05:35:16 http://www.newsique.com/us/federal_minimum_wage_rising_this/ USA Today http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/136010119/2007-07-21-minimum-wage_N.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Interesting [8] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/federal_minimum_wage_rising_this/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/violent_crime_up_for_second_year/ The number of violent crimes in the United States rose for a second straight year in 2006, marking the first sustained increase in homicides, robberies and other serious offenses since the early 1990s, according to an FBI report to be released Monday. news us 2007-06-02 11:17:52 http://www.newsique.com/us/violent_crime_up_for_second_year/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/01/AR2007060102360.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Important [13] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/violent_crime_up_for_second_year/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/senate_passes_minimum_wage_incre/ The U.S. Senate passed legislation Thursday to increase the federal minimum wage, but coupled the measure with tax breaks for business. news us 2007-02-02 09:30:17 http://www.newsique.com/us/senate_passes_minimum_wage_incre/ Workday Minnesota http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_2875 http://www.newsique.com/sources/workdayminnesota/ 100 Amazing [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/senate_passes_minimum_wage_incre/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/third-quarter_fcc_indecency_comp/ The FCC has just released its amended numbers for complaints of all kinds that were filed in the third quarter of 2006. Dealing as it does with such a wide range of communications issues, the FCC hears complaints that cover everything from cell phone bill opinion us 2007-01-19 10:24:03 http://www.newsique.com/us/third-quarter_fcc_indecency_comp/ Ars Technica http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070118-8655.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/ars_technica/ 97 Insightful [7] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/third-quarter_fcc_indecency_comp/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/house_passes_minimum_wage_increa/ The Democratic-controlled House voted Wednesday to increase the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour, bringing America's lowest-paid workers a crucial step closer to their first raise in a decade. news us 2007-01-11 09:32:06 http://www.newsique.com/us/house_passes_minimum_wage_increa/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070110/ap_on_bi_ge/minimum_wage_20 http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Important [7] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/us/house_passes_minimum_wage_increa/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/birth_rate_rises_for_the_first_t/ The number of births is estimated to have reached 1.086 million in 2006, an increase of some 23,000 over the previous year, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry announced Monday. news us 2007-01-02 12:03:21 http://www.newsique.com/us/birth_rate_rises_for_the_first_t/ mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20070101p2a00m0na015000c.html Interesting [5] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/birth_rate_rises_for_the_first_t/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/report_climate_change_linked_to_/ Global warming is likely to increase illegal immigration, create humanitarian disasters and destabilize precarious governments and could add to terrorism, all of which could threaten U.S. national security, according to an assessment by U.S. intelligence news us 2008-06-26 08:16:13 http://www.newsique.com/us/report_climate_change_linked_to_/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25372743/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/report_climate_change_linked_to_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/durable_goods_orders_up_in_april/ Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods posted a moderate increase in April, helped by a continued rebound in business investment. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that demand for durable goods increased by 0.6 percent last news us 2007-05-24 10:49:01 http://www.newsique.com/us/durable_goods_orders_up_in_april/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,275177,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/durable_goods_orders_up_in_april/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/forever_stamp_to_debut_in_may/ Beginning in May, U.S. consumers will be able to buy a "forever" stamp for 41 cents that remains valid regardless of a future increase, and the price of a first-class stamp will rise to 41 cents from 39 cents, the board of the U.S. Postal Service decided news us 2007-03-20 15:48:18 http://www.newsique.com/us/forever_stamp_to_debut_in_may/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,259871,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/forever_stamp_to_debut_in_may/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/letters_317/ Defining a tax increase Re: "Propping up property tax," March 13 news story. Well, as usual, the Democrats get the governor's office and the tax increases start. Gov. Bill Ritter announcing a freeze on property taxes when property taxes are supposed opinion us 2007-03-17 18:07:52 http://www.newsique.com/us/letters_317/ Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/ci_5454851 http://www.newsique.com/sources/denverpost/ 88 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/letters_317/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/kids_suicides_rise_cdc_report_fi/ New government figures show a surprising increase in youth suicides after a decade of decline, and some mental health experts think a drop in use of antidepressant drugs may be to blame. news us 2007-02-06 08:20:02 http://www.newsique.com/us/kids_suicides_rise_cdc_report_fi/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070206/ap_on_he_me/child_suicides http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/kids_suicides_rise_cdc_report_fi/#comments