Background of Offshore Oil Drilling Limitations

The 1969 oil spillage off the coast of Santa Barbara, CA galvanized massive support to limit offshore drilling. As a result of the spillage, pro-environment movement intensified, leading to creation of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) next year (1970) and legislation in Congress (1981) limiting the scale and scope of offshore drilling.

ATM TAX TO INFLICT 23 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS

Alternative Minimum Tax is going to hit an approximately 23 million households next spring (Spring 2008), up 19 million from 2007 figures of 4 million households. In 1969, Congress created this tax instrument to prevent rich families from dodging taxes. However, it was never indexed to inflation. In 2000, AMT hit 1.3 million taxpayers.

Latest Research Results on Staph Infections

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published the first ever study on infections and deaths related to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) strain on October 16, 2007 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. According to CDC's estimate, the microbe is responsible for 94,000 serious infections among Americans annually and nearly 19,000 deaths, exceeding the casualties caused by AIDS.