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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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 Iraqi Death Toll Uncountable 

Civilian death toll unknown after 5 years of bloodshed

Mar 19, 08 10:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - "We don't do body counts," an American general notoriously said not long after the US-led invasion of Iraq. Five years later, there is no credible count of civilian deaths in the Iraq war, the Guardian reports in a look at the wildly different estimates that have been promoted—... More »

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Iraq • civilian casualties • Iraq death toll • statistics • Tommy Franks • Iraq war

IBM Launches Social Mapping Biz Tool

'Atlas' analyzes individuals' business statistics, relationships

Dec 29, 07 7:39 PM CST
(Newser) - IBM has released a software tool named 'Atlas' that aims to track and analyze statistical relationships among individuals in a corporate setting, MIT Technology Review reports. Employees are given the opportunity to partake in business-adapted online practices—blogging, social grouping, bookmarking, organizing projects—and Atlas creates a "social graph"... More »

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social networking • IBM • business • corporate • blogging • statistics

US Wrestles With Defining Iraq Deaths

Wartime statistics challenge military analysts, methods

Sep 25, 07 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - For military analysts, a shooting victim in Iraq hasn’t necessarily fallen prey to sectarian violence. Instead, teams analyze each killing for signs it was ethnically motivated, compiling statistics the Bush administration has relied on to show progress in Iraq. Victims who were tortured, shot once in the head, or... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • sectarian violence • David Petraeus • statistics • George W. Bush

How Much
Does It Cost to
Tie the Knot?

Stats mislead on average price of
US weddings

Aug 24, 07 6:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - The notion that Americans are blowing vast sums of money on weddings is debunked by the Numbers Guy at the Wall Street Journal. The figure is often touted that the average US wedding costs $30,000; in fact, it's closer to half that price. Carl Bialik says the surveys, distributed... More »

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wedding • price • brides • statistics • cost

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