14-Sep-2011 12:23 U.S.

Census: U.S. Poverty Rate Escalates to Nearly 1 in 6 :: The number of the poor in the U.S. has swelled to almost 1 in 6 people last year, attributed mostly to the soaring rate of unemployment, while the number of uninsured rose to 49.9 million, the highest in more than two decades.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/213375/20110914/census-nearly-1-in-6-americans-poor-poverty-numbers-highest-in-52-years-rise-in-unemployment-decline.htm

Number of Poor Americans Hit 46 Million :: The percentage of the U.S. population who are poor increased 15.1 percent in 2010 to 46.2 million and the number of Americans who have no health insurance rose to 49.9 million last year.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/213341/20110914/poverty.htm

With food safety bill, U.S. government will spend nearly $1 million per person to prevent food-borne illness deaths :: (NaturalNews) The recently-passed Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed in order to prevent food-borne illness deaths in the USA, will cost $1.4 billion over the first five years. But nobody thinks about the economics of the issue. How many people are we going to save by spending this $1.4 billion, even assuming it works?To answer that question, let's look at the food illness fatality figures offered by the CDC:• Out of the 5,000 food-borne illness deaths each year in the United States, only 1,809 are "attributable to foodborne transmission" according to the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no5/mead.htm#Table%203).• E.coli, which is often quoted in the big scare stories about food safety, only kills 78 people a year through food-borne transmission (52 plus 26, fro...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridB93595&cid=ct_15_91_f&fid6976&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.NaturalNews.com%2F030853_food_safety_government_spending.html

International alarm over euro zone crisis grows :: International alarm over Europe's debt crisis reached new heights on Tuesday, with U.S. President Barack Obama pressing the bloc's big countries to show leadership as talk of a Greek default escalated and markets heaped pressure on Italy.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/213140/20110913/international-alarm-europe-s-debt-crisis-u-s-president-barack-obama-italy-greek-german-chancellor-an.htm

W.House: Geithner Has No Set Goal for Euro Meeting :: U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is in constant communication with his European counterparts and is not heading to a meeting with euro zone finance ministers with a specific goal or mission in mind, the White House said on Tuesday.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/213128/20110913/w-house-geithner-has-no-set-goal-for-euro-meeting.htm

U.S. Poverty Rate Rises to 15.1 Percent: Best Solution, Job Growth? :: Poverty is on the rise in the U.S. -- something one would expect after the worst recession (2007-2009) since the Great Depression -- but the percentage is still stark: 15.1 percent of the nation is in poverty, in the richest nation on the face of the earth.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/213122/20110913/poverty-census-poverty-level-us-census-health-insurance-health-recession-great-recession.htm

Gold Weighing on Toronto's Main Stock Index :: Toronto's main stock index pushed higher on Tuesday morning, following a steep sell-off in the previous session, as U.S. oil prices rose and Wall Street rallied on strength in the banking sector.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/213020/20110913/gold-toronto-stock-index.htm

U.S. Investors Concerned Europe Debt Crisis Will Worsen :: U.S. investors remained concerned that Europe's leaders are not getting ahead of the Greek crisis, which could result in a full-fledged Europe bank crisis, even as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, while not committing more German funds to possible intervention, again dismissed talk of a Greek default.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/212987/20110913/merkel-greece-euro-default-bonds-bond-market-debt-debt-crisis-contagion-geithner-stocks-dow.htm

Merkel Warns on Greece, Obama Voices U.S. Alarm :: German Chancellor Angela Merkel sought on Tuesday to quash talk of an imminent Greek default as the United States voiced fresh concern at the euro zone's inability to master its debt crisis.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/212917/20110913/merkel-warns-on-greece-obama-voices-u-s-alarm.htm

Gold Rises, Silver Gains and U.S. Stocks Climb on China Report :: Gold and silver prices rose Monday in late afternoon trading reversal of direction sparked by a report that China was close to buying Italian government debt.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/212504/20110912/gold-silver-stocks-china-italy.htm