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U.S. / NEWS Mon Mar 10, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform

MSNBC -- The flow of blood may be ebbing, but the flood of money into the Iraq war is steadily rising, new analyses show. In 2008, its sixth year, the war will cost approximately $12 billion a month, triple the "burn" rate of its earliest years, Nobel Prize-win.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Mar 19, 2007 @ 11:14pm neoform

CNN -- The cost of mailing a letter will go up on May 14, but you'll be able to lock in that price -- no matter how rates rise in the future -- by buying the new "forever" stamp. The post office governing board agreed Monday to accept the new 41-cent rate for.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Feb 27, 2007 @ 9:59am mrmdc

Washington Post -- Diamonds are forever, sure. But postal rates? Coming soon to your neighborhood post office: a stamp that can be used eternally, even if rates are increased a dozen or more times. The Postal Regulatory Commission recommended yesterday a new way of bu.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Feb 3, 2007 @ 12:04pm neoform

SF Gate -- Keeping troops in Iraq for another year and a half will cost nearly a quarter-trillion dollars — about $800 for every man, woman and child in the U.S. — under the budget President Bush will submit to Congress Monday... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 2, 2007 @ 9:22am neoform

Reuters -- Turner Broadcasting has agreed to pay the full cost -- around $1 million -- of a security alert in Boston triggered by battery-powered cartoon advertising signs for one of its shows, The Boston Globe reported on Friday... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jan 10, 2007 @ 10:05am mrmdc

SF Gate -- The cost of building and maintaining a double set of steel fences along 700 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border could be five to 25 times greater than congressional leaders forecast last year, or as much as $49 billion over the expected 25-year life span of t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Nov 5, 2006 @ 12:05am neoform

Information Liberation -- In January, we estimated that the true cost of the Iraq war could reach $2 trillion, a figure that seemed shockingly high. But since that time, the cost of the war – in both blood and money – has risen even faster than our projections anticipated. Mor.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Sep 27, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

SF Gate -- If you think there are lots of fancy cars on the road, you're not mistaken. A raft of newly released data shows the Bay Area by many measures is the richest region in the United States. The San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland metropolitan areas collect.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Sep 22, 2007 @ 10:00pm neoform

Christian Science Monitor -- Since 1973, Israel has cost the United States about $1.6 trillion. If divided by today's population, that is more than $5,700 per person. This is an estimate by Thomas Stauffer, a consulting economist in Washington. For decades, his analyses of the Mid.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Sat Mar 24, 2007 @ 5:09am neoform

Alter Net -- U.S. military expert Chalmers Johnson argues the catastrophe in Iraq and the staggering cost of running a military that stretches across 130 countries on 737 bases may finally cost America its empire. I believe that we're close to a tipping point right.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Fri Feb 9, 2007 @ 2:51pm mrmdc

Slate -- Turner Broadcasting will pay the state of Massachusetts $2 million in compensation for a guerilla ad campaign that went terribly awry last week when devices meant to promote a show on the Cartoon Network were mistaken for the handiwork of terrorists... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Feb 6, 2007 @ 10:29am mrmdc

BBC News -- Freezing temperatures and snow across much of the US have forced oil prices back up close to $60 a barrel, as demand for heating oil has grown... Read More