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1960

The last year that a northern politician won the presidency (John F. Kennedy of Mass.)

SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES

39.7%

Percentage of people age 18 to 24 who don't read a newspaper, according to a recent poll

SOURCE: NORTHWESTERN UNIV.

No.1

Minneapolis--St. Paul's position in a recent ranking of America's most fun cities by the game company Cranium. Orange County, Calif., was 2nd. New York was 41st.

SOURCE: URANIUM

21%

Population decline in rural counties of 12 Great Plains states from 1950 to 2000 (see p. 19)

SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES

$3.5 billion

Amount that...