Data released in late 2006 from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that the majority of U.S. households are now headed by unmarried adults. In a report examining their attitudes, behaviors and lifestyles, the market research publisher Packaged Facts finds that singles are both more diverse and younger than the general population. The report also details the spending preferences of various unmarried demographic groups. For example, younger unmarried adults skew towards technology purchases; single boomers opt for luxury items; and single parents "enjoy shopping and sharing their children's entertainment."
Mikhaela Reid, whose cartoons appear in Metro Times and the Boston Phoenix, will release Attack of the 50 Ft. Mikhaela on June 4. Her fiancee Masheka Wood's book of cartoons, Deep Doodle, is set to hit the streets on the same day. The two plan to marry this September, Editor & Publisher reports.
An unknown Republican senator has placed a secret hold on the Open Government Act, a bill supported by AAN that would improve the Freedom of Information Act. Although the OGA has already passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 308-117 and was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee, this anonymous supporter of government secrecy is preventing the bill from reaching the Senate floor for a vote. AAN strongly encourages its members to join the Society of Professional Journalist's crowdsourcing effort to unmask the secretive senator.
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