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1. Find out how healthy your county is.

2. What's with all the Google anti-trust lawsuits?

*3. The Washington Post reports on why TV reporters have to be  Jacks of All Trades now.

4. Here are the eight companies that gave the most to help Haiti.

*5. The number of U.S. millionaires rose 16 percent last year.

6. Find out why there will be a national Eggo waffle shortage until summer.

*7. The New York Times explains how women in the work force helped save Social Security.

8. Here are some great databases that newsrooms have created to help connect people with their community.

*9. Watch this online interactive story of the death of journalist Arthur Kasherman.

*10. CBS Radio News' Peter King explains how he broadcast from Haiti in the early days after the quake.

11. The FCC investigates the health and future of local news.

12. Levelcam lets you stabilize your handheld video.

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USA Today's new analysis shows that for the first time in decades, the number of people living in the worst areas for hurricane damage is lower this year. The story is particularly relevant, given that Sunday is the start of the summer storm season.

USA Today explains that the lower number is partly due to the backwash of Hurricane Katrina. Part of it is also due to the soft housing market, which has left some coastal properties vacant.

USA Today says once the economy picks back up, people will, in all probability, move back into flood and wind prone areas again.

Here are some additional resources for your hurricane prep stories:
Find out more about where the 10 deadliest and costliest hurricanes made landfall.
Posted by Al Tompkins at 12:05 AM on May 30, 2008
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