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Several charts and diagrams are presented illustrating the state of U.S. public health and its health care system and comparing it with those of other countries. The article includes charts representing total health care spending as percentage of Gross Domestic Production (GDP) , life expectancy at birth, and preventable deaths per 100,000 people.

This article presents a chart depicting the popular and electoral votes received by the winners of each U.S. presidential election with brief summaries of ten significant elections. The elections of presidents including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Andrew Jackson are described. Brief assessments of each candidate's presidency are also provided.

The article discusses several charts published within the issue listing the results of polls concerning the attitudes of U.S. voters. Included is one on how voters really decide who to vote for, one concerning swing voters, and one regarding how people have voted in other U.S. presidential elections.

Focuses on the Lewis and Clark expedition in the western United States. Boats that they used in their travels, including dugout canoes; Chronology of their travels, detailing the challenges and hardships they faced; Tools they used, including a compass and beads as a primary currency of trade.

Charts indicating demographic aspects of the 2008 U.S. presidential election are presented indicating which candidate won which state, what issues motivated voters, and the presidential votes in several contested counties.

The article offers world news briefs. Following the invasion of Georgia, investors are abandoning Russia and a proposed nuclear market exchange between Russia and the U.S. may not be developed. Officials from Iraq and the U.S. are in disagreement about the date for American soldiers to withdraw from the area. Ninety Afghanistan civilians, 60 of which were children, were killed by a U.S. air strike.

A diagram is presented which showcases the travels of American writer Mark Twain as described in several of his novels.

The article discusses the global causes of the high prices for food. Topics include poor harvests and trade policies which restrict exports, the rising cost of oil and petroleum products, increased food demand in India and China, and the use of food crops to make biofuel. Charts and diagrams are used in the article to indicate the global food index.

The author reports on the sleep habits of Americans by discussing various statistics regarding the amount of sleep people receive. According to the article, men and women between the ages of 45-54 receive less sleep than any other age group, 17% of people spent as much money on their mattress as they did on their last vacation and in 2000 13% of parents slept with their infants.

This article presents of history of forts in Jamestown, Virginia starting from 1607. A graph charting the migration of 4000 settlers in four years shows how setbacks of Indian uprisings, disease, drought and starvation led to only a quarter of the inhabitants surviving. An illustration is given of the forts' structure based on archeological findings and historical theory.

This article looks at the history of giving in the U.S. and at the present status of philanthropy. During 2005 with its massive tsunami and hurricane disasters, the U.S. dug deep to raise billions for those who have lost everything. Only a small percentage of U.S. donations go to charities that directly help the poor, most go to public health and world poverty. Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and Henry Ford were early philanthropists and Bill and Melinda Gates and Susan T. Buffet are among current donors.

Reports on high gasoline prices in the United States. The amount of oil that Americans consume and import; The amount that could be produced from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; The amount in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; Facts about global demand for petroleum products; Factors contributing to the cost of crude oil and gasoline; How gas prices affect the U.S. economy.

The article maps out and discusses how the most complex attack ever conceived turned the tide of World War II. U.S. CG-4A: Carried 15 soldiers or about 9,000 lbs. (4 metric tons) of equipment. Most broke apart on landing. C-47 Transport: Workhorse aircraft also carried paratroopers but not while towing gliders. Air Armada: Allied bombers and fighters flew more than 14,000 missions on D-day, pounding German troop concentrations and strong points along the beaches. D-day objective line: The goal was for the Allied armies to link up and reach this point by the night of June 6. "Bloody Omaha": More than one-third of the first wave of soldiers were killed or wounded fighting to cross an obstacle-strewn beach while heavy fire rained down from the cliffs.

Presents a map and information on the uprising in Iraq during the week of April 9, 2004. Background into Muqtada al-Sadr; Fighting in Fallujah and Ramadi; Fighting in Najaf and significance as a holy Muslim city; Description of Iraq's three principal ethnic groups.

Presents a two-page chart map which describes how Jessica Lynch's convoy ran into trouble. Pieces of equipment on the convoy; Points along their route where mistakes were made.

Reports on the salvaging of the turret of the Union ironclad U.S.S. Monitor from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Description of the turret; Recovery efforts; Restoration of the turret; Background on the sinking of the Monitor in 1862 off the coast of North Carolina.

Focuses on the spread of the Asian long-horned beetle, a pest that eats hardwood trees, in the United States. Types of trees destroyed by the beetle; Threat posed to U.S. forestry.

Maps of the U.S. are presented with information about how people voted in the Democratic primary elections of 2008.

This article presents obituaries for several notable people, including astronaut G. David Low, actor Paul Scofield, and Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits founder Al Copeland.

This article focuses on statistics of religious groups in America. A study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life created a view of religion in the U.S. by surveying 35,000 people in five languages. Included is a visual portrayal of the study findings and information showing growth in religious groups.

The article presents obituaries for several notable persons, including rock music singer Janis Martin, aeronautics engineer Paul MacCready, and Army officer Elizabeth Hoisington.

The article presents obituaries for several notable persons including New York City firefighters Joseph Graffagnino and Robert Beddia, and Utah miners Brandon Kimber, Dale Black, and mine inspector Gary Jensen.

The article presents an obituary for Bill Walsh, former National Football League (NFL) coach of the San Francisco 49ers.

This article presents the Milestones feature noting the deaths of several celebrities. Philip Baloun, party planner to the rich and famous, has passed away as has former Indian Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, Matchbox toy inventor Jack Odell, and John Szarkowski, who was the chief curator of photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City for 29 years.

The article offers news briefs for the week of June 25, 2007. Laura Ellen Hopper, co-founded of the California radio station KFAT, passed away. Richard Rorty, philosopher and author of the book "Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature," succumbed to pancreatic cancer. Women's National Basketball Association player Chamique Holdsclaw has retired. She is a gold medalist and six time All-Star.

The obituary announces the death of comic book artist Marshall Rogers, who died recently at the age of 57.

The article reports statistics that influenced China's growing economy in 2007. Factors attributed to China's booming economy include the one-hundred sixty-million people that traveled via airline, the twenty-two million foreign visitors, and the three-hundred thirty feature-length motion pictures that were produced in the country.

The article reports that despite high corporate profits and gross domestic product, workers are not seeing an improvement in their wages. The average household median is down due to an array of factors, such as inflation, rising gas prices and rising insurance costs. Pollster David Winston believes that working-class groups will be key swing voters in the elections.

Maps the expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark when they explored what would later become known as the United States. Different modes of transportation they used; Description of their adventure together, from Pittsburgh to Fort Clatsop.

An obituary for Russian ballerina Nina Vyroubova is presented.