According to studies released by the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fewer women over forty years of age got a mammogram done in the past two years. The numbers dropped from 76.4% to 74.6% - statistics that are very worrying to health officials, especially since ? for the first time ? they have begun reporting a drop in the number of breast cancer cases in the country.

Surgeon General Kenneth Moritsugu called on the American people, Tuesday, to wake up and tend to the wide-spread problem of under aged drinking.

Almost as usual, a new sex scandal has hit ?American Idol?, US TV?s most popular show, but this time it is possible that it will all disappear if the contestant gets voted of the show. Supposedly, nude photos of Antonella Barba, one of this year?s contestants, have been circulating the web in the last days.

A US soldier was sentenced to 100 year imprisonment, after he admitted to taking part in a group raping of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, after which he killed her and three of her family members, last year. Three other soldiers were already prosecuted in this terrible affair.

American Idol ousted 4 of its 24 semifinalists, leaving 20, Thursday night. Amy Krebs, Nicole Tranquillo, Paul Kim and Rudy Cardenas were sent away by viewers, who got their first chance to vote, in the TV show`s sixth season.

It was a tragic ending to a Thanksgiving holiday for the Kim family of the United States.

In previous years, when travel between countries was much less frequent than today and globalization did not exist, it made sense for countries to have visa agreements with one another

The 2006 American Music Awards were held last week in the Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, California and the audience was treated to great music the entire evening.

The number of American shoppers that use the internet as their shopping platform for the holidays is constantly growing

France?s top literary prize ? the Prix Goncourt ? has been won by a popular American author, Jonathan Littell

Many athletes these days are switching from one sport to another as changes in age or lifestyle affect their careers

Americans are living longer than ever. The average life span has reached 78 years, and if you pass 65, you can be pretty sure that you`ll live on for another 17 years, easily.

People from around the world are celebrating the turn American politics took at the recent US midterm election. It seems that everyone from politicians in Kuala Lumpur to South American sheepherders are happy if not ecstatic with the change.

As wages were rising at the fastest rate in more than 20 years, the productivity of American workers came to an abrupt halt this past summer. These particular circumstances will likely lead to a raise in inflation which is raising major concerns at the Federal Reserve.

An American citizen accused of supporting al-Qaeda who appeared in propaganda videos for the Islamist terrorist group has been charged with treason. Adam Yehiye Gadahn has also been charged with providing material support to terrorists.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the winner of the 2006 nobel Prize for Economics on Monday. Edmund Phelps of the United States won the prize, worth about $1.3 million

According to the latest research held by Harris Interactive, around 75% of US adult citizens, have a cell phone service subscription. And this is more than those who have a landline service subscription.

There is much speculation these days in the United States on the conduct of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and the publication of a new book by political insider Bob Woodward ? who helped crack the Watergate scandal of the late U.S. president Richard Nixon ? paints if not a scathing portrait, then at least a less than rosy picture of the work which has been done by Rumseld related to the Iraq theater of the War on Terror.

The United States performance in international sports competitions has not been a successful one in recent years.

So how much do those endless commercial breaks cost companies during prime time? It looks like booking a spot on `American Idol` will cost them top dollar. For the third consecutive year, Fox`s rating king will charge between half a million to 700,000 for a 30-second spot.

It is believed by Syrian officials that the attack on the U.S. Embassy - coming one day after the fifth anniversary commemoration of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks upon the U.S. - was committed by an off-shoot of Osama bin Laden`s al-Qaeda terror organization.

While individually Americans are divided on just what is wrong with the country, a solid majority of around 76% agree that something needs to change, and they are blaming the incumbents of either major political party.

Discussed were trade policies being pursued by the Bangladeshi and American governments, local news agencies have reported. The American delegation was led by Jeffery W. Schneider, a senior economist at the US State Department, with the assistance of Ms. India Turner, a policy research staff member at Foggy Bottom.

Next season the popular entertainment show "American Idol" is undergoing a slight change. Songwriters will get the chance to add their voices to the program.

According to the Federal Communications Commission, the number of high-speed Internet subscriptions in US increased by 33 percent last year and is now more than 50million lines. The number of DSL (digital subscriber line) subscriptions is much larger now than cable companies`subscriptions.

Where is American democracy headed? Are we seeing a shift of monumental proportions, where the accepted status quo, the status quo that helped America become the superpower that it is, is thrown out in favor of the sort of the centralized executive power the Founding Fathers feared creating, and indeed fought against?

Terrorist attacks at U.S. consular posts in Pakistan have taken place in the past, and given the region?s closeness to Afghanistan as well as tensions over the recent Israel-Hizballah war and sectarian violence in Iraq, it is possible that this terror attack ? while planned far in advance ? was timed to coincide with some else?s schedule.

Their participation in the investigation would hinge on their ability to research and then explain their analyses of the causes and effects of the Karachi Stock Exchange crash in March of last year.

Media, Pennsylvania, is now the ",First Fair Trade Town in the United States.", Europe and Britain have hundreds of Fair Trade towns, which actively promote the Fair Trade concept of paying producers of goods, such as coffee, a truly fair price. San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, and others are working to become Fair Trade towns. (PRWEB Jul 13, 2006)

Those businessmen or tourists who deal daily with traveling around the world and exchanging money will note that this week has seen subtle shifts in the U.S. Dollar-EMU Euro rate, but overall things are remaining mostly the same.