ENG -The United States of America (commonly referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to its east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories, or insular areas, scattered around the Caribbean and Pacific.
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Premium lagers are taking the UK by storm, as fans flock to their flavor and originality.
The fastest-growing beer trend in the United Kingdom? American craft brews.
That's according to the Guardian, which found research data showing that sales of premium lagers imported from the U.S. have soared by 150% over the last year.
By Kim Peterson
Read more: msn MONEY (Aug 23, 2011)
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The temperature was about 70 on Nov. 19, the sky was "totally blue," and the laughter from a martini bar drifted into the St. Petersburg, Fla., park where Marshall, 39, sat contemplating his first day of homelessness."I was thinking, 'That was me at one point,'" he says of the revelers. "Now I'm thinking, 'Where am I going to sleep tonight? Where do I eat? Where do I shower?'"The unemployed Detroit autoworker moved to Florida last year, hoping he'd have better luck finding a job.He didn't, and he spent three months sleeping on sidewalks before landing in a tent city in Pinellas County, north ...
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Actor Chuck Norris has his eyes on the presidency, but not the White House. Norris wrote that he would be interested in becoming the president of Texas, if the state were ever to secede from the Union.“I may run for president of Texas,” Norris wrote Monday in a column posted at WorldNetDaily. “That need may be a reality sooner than we think. If not me, someone someday may again be running for president of the Lone Star state, if the state of the union continues to turn into the enemy of the state.”The actor claimed “thousands of cell groups will be united around ...
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U.S. Travel Association Applauds PreCheck Expansion, Urges Focus on Enrollment U.S. Travel Association Applauds PreCheck Expansion, Urges Focus on Enrollment
Wed, 2012-02-08
U.S. Travel applauded the Department of Homeland Security and Transportation Security Administration for expanding PreCheck to an additional 28 airports in 2012.
The U.S. Travel Association today applauded the Department of Homeland Security and Transportation Security Administration for expanding PreCheck to an additional 28 airports in 2012.
"Expanding PreCheck is a significant step in improving the efficiency of our nation's airports and making air travel less of a hassle for travelers while maintaining security," said Roger Dow, president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association. "However, we must ensure PreCheck is not just an enhancement to elite frequent flyer programs, focus on expanding enrollment in the program to average American travelers and allow gr
Travel Exports Reach All-Time High in 2011 Travel Exports Reach All-Time High in 2011
Fri, 2012-02-10
David Huether, senior vice president of economics and research at the U.S. Travel Association, provides analysis on the Commerce Department's announcement on international trade.
David Huether, senior vice president of economics and research at the U.S. Travel Association, provides analysis on today's Commerce Department announcement on international trade:
“After faltering the prior two months, U.S. travel exports ended 2011 on a high note, with exports rising by $121 million from November to $12.9 billion in December. With travel exports accounting for 10 percent of the December rise, total exports of goods and services increased $1.2 billion in December, while imports rose to a stronger $3 billion, resulting in a monthly trade deficit of $48.8 billion – the highest since June.
“2011
Los 10 datos que debe saber sobre los latinos e inmigrantes de Colorado En adelanto al caucus republicano de Colorado el 7 de febrero, hemos recopilado una lista de datos importantes sobre los latinos e inmigrantes del estado. Estos datos ofrecen un contexto importante sobre el poder económico, cultural, y electoral de los latinos en Colorado, el estado con la séptima población latina más alta en la nación.
The best stargazing spots on Earth Big Bend National Park is the latest venue to get the "International Dark Sky Park" seal of approval.
Bush presenting not the good American!
