Number of U.S. Inmates Rises 2 Percent

Prisons and jails added more than 1,000 inmates each week for a year, putting almost 2.2 million people, or one in every 136 U.S. residents, behind bars by last summer.

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Putin Calls for National Population Boost

President Vladimir Putin called population declines of hundreds of thousands a year one of Russia's most serious problems and urged parliament Wednesday to offer financial incentives for families to have more children.

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Internet Population Hits New High in U.S.

The U.S. online population has hit an all-time high: 73 percent of adults, or 147 million, now use the Internet.

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"Ghost villages" scare Russian government

In his recent state of the nation address, President Vladimir Putin said the most urgent problem facing Russia is its demographic crisis.

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More people, less water: CSIRO examines future options

New research by CSIRO and Monash University has examined a series of scenarios for how Australian cities could cope with the likely rise in demand for water.

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USATODAY.com - The liberal baby bust

Progressives and liberals of Newsvine: What say you?

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Molecular variation in one gene affects the growth of natural populations

For the first time, ecologists have been able to show that molecular variation in one gene may affect the growth of a population in its natural habitat.

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Texan Professor suggests Ebola to curb human population growth

Professor seems to have had enough of crowded cities and suggests using the Ebola virus to kill off about 90% of the human population. If you think that's scary, he also has some followers, I wonder if they're volunteering...

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Use ebola to reduce human population by 90%: Texas Distinguished Scientist

"[Professor Eric] Pianka then began laying out his concerns about how human overpopulation is ruining the Earth. He presented a doomsday scenario in which he claimed that the sharp increase in human population since the beginning of the industrial age is devastating the planet.

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China's Underpopulation Crisis - India has one, too.

China's future underpopulation crisis

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Study: New Orleans to stay empty for years - Hurricanes' Aftermath

By the time the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina rolls around, New Orleans will have only about half of the population it had before the storm, according to a study released Wednesday.

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Pets Outnumber People with Population 360 Million

Still, that seems low:Pets outnumber people in the United States by about 60 million, with furry, feathered and scaly inhabitants numbering about 360 million, according to the pet industry.Do we count grasshoppers and sea monkeys? If so... maybe not.

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US Congress Hears Testimony About Inflated PA Demographics

The United States Congress heard a damning report this week about U.S. aid being over-alotted due to deliberately inflated Palestinian population figures.

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Hispanics become area's largest minority group

Hispanics become largest minority group in Chicago metro area, 5 years ahead of projections. Will growth translate into political power after 2010 census leads to new Congressional seats?

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China's Underpopulation Crisis - India has one, too. By Ian Bremmer

Between 1978 and the end of 2004, China took in $563.8 billion in foreign direct investment, more than 10 times the total that Japan amassed between 1945 and 2000.

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LiveScience.com - Planet's Population to Hit 6.5 Billion Saturday

Wow! I thought it seemed crowded in here....

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Earth Hurtles Toward 6.5 Billion

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300 Millionth American Due In October

America hit 100 million people in 1915 and 200 million in 1967.

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Mass. exodus - state leading US in departures two years running

FOR THE second year in a row, the Census Bureau reports, the population of Massachusetts has shrunk.

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Declining populations | Incredible shrinking countries

World population coming under control...?

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The ten million baby girls lost to the ultrasound generation

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Earth is too crowded for Utopia

This is an editorial, nonetheless it is worth reading. Pirate King finds it thought provoking.

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Earth is too crowded for Utopia

The global population is higher than the Earth can sustain, argues the Director of the British Antarctic Survey in the first of a series of environmental opinion pieces on the BBC News website entitled The Green Room.

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Population size 'green priority'

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The Boomers' Echo

"The boomers have set up institutions that will continue to benefit them, at the expense of other groups, as they grow old and live longer than any other generation"

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