The United States was once one of the most rapidly growing countries in the world, but that is not the case now. Slow population growth can be a good thing, as the U.S. is in a recession the way it is, and more people can make it worse, especially with jobs currently being difficult to find. From the 90's to 2000, the U.S. was growing at 13.2%, and from 2000 to 2010, it has grown 9.7%. 43% of the growth is Hispanics, which shows how rapidly we our adapting to a diverse community. Studies show that the U.S. is becoming a middle aged country, which will most likely harm us if we don't get out of the recession, because that will be even more money being drained once all the middle aged people are able to collect Social Security.

The photo shown subliminally describes how much the United States has changed in the past few decades. African-American males went from being the people to avoid, the people who commit crimes, the people who make our country look bad, to one of them "terrible" African-Americans being the alpha male of our country. We have broken the racial threshold after electing a black president. The image shows that women can also be extremely powerful, too. When John F. Kennedy was president, for example, it would be otherworldly to have a woman with as much power as Hilary Clinton. I believe this country has taken a step forward in accepting people for who they are, and not the color of their skin.

In New York, another set of bones was recovered. It can potentially be from the same serial killer of the other 8 sets. They were found on the outskirts of Long Island, New York. Authorities will not release any information on the remains or the condition of them. The remains may possibly belong to 24 year old Shannan Gilbert. Police say she was an escort visiting a client's home, and she ran from his house and called 911 claiming someone is trying to hurt her. Police responded to her call only 30 minutes later, but she was nowhere to be found. Her call led to the other 8 bodies being found, which her family is happy about.

The FDA approved a drug used to help slow the spreading of cancer cells in stage 4 melanoma patients. The drug will soon be used for stage 3 patients. The drug has been used to increase the lifespan of users by at least 4 months.

Iodine-131 was found in Colorado and Oregon by a monitor in Colorado. The trace amounts of radiation found is about 100,000 times less than the natural radiation we receive from the sun, so it really is no threat.

In a 'long shot' theory, physicists propose that the world's largest atom smasher could be used as a time machine to send a special kind of matter backward in time.