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Hotel Introduces Superstrong Toilets, Able to Flush Golf Balls

Most people considering a hotel look at amenities such as swimming pools, spa services and gourmet restaurants -- not the power of the toilets. However, a clogged-up toilet is the sort of thing that people talk about on the, er, back end, according to Richard Senechal, the senior vice president of facilities for Loews...

Number of Federal Workers Earning Over $150,000 Doubles Under Obama

(Nov. 12) -- Working for the federal government is a good gig, if you can get it. The number of federal employees raking in over $150,000 a year has multiplied tenfold in the past half decade and doubled since Barack Obama became president, according to a USA Today analysis. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, who will oversee...

Opinion: Stimulus Plan Stimulates Trouble for Obama

(Nov. 9) -- When President Barack Obama promised in February that the $787 billion stimulus bill would unleash "a new wave of innovation, activity and construction," he probably didn't have tidying up gravestones in mind. But that is what some of the money has paid for, along with frozen fish sperm, Taser guns and an...

Gators Near-Unanimous Preseason No. 1 In USA Today Coaches Poll

After an offseason of tumult, the preseason USA Today coaches' poll has arrived, proclaiming Tim Tebow's Florida Gators the early favorites as college football's top team. No surprise there, as the defending BCS Champion Gators return the rhino-QB and the bulk of their offense, plus the entire two deep from a top-five 2008...

Lane Kiffin Kiss and Make Up Week

Every Monday during college football's endless offseason, The FanHouse Walk will put last week's stories to bed and deliver the essentials to bridge that agonizing space between now and September.You Can't Be Bad All of the Time -- First-year Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin has built up a tremendous amount of...

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USA Today publisher Hunke to retire in September

McLEAN, Va. -Gannett Co. Inc. said Tuesday that David Hunke is relinquishing his position as president and publisher of USA Today to become the newspaper's chairman and then retire in September.

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USA Today Fails 'Math For Grownups'

Laura Laing is the author of a book called "Math For Grownups."

PARENTDISH

College Couples Hook Up And Check Out Emotionally, But Virgins On the Rise Too

When it comes to the sex lives of American college students, courtship and dating are out -- and booty calls and virginity are in.

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USA Today sees iPad app as "real positive" for industry

While many newspapers are struggling financially and trying to figure out how to move from paper and ink to digital content, it appears that Gannett's USA Today is doing quite well on the iPad.

Background on USA Today

USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth in 1982. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the paper has 1.8 million copies as of March 2012 compared with The Wall Street Journal 2.1 million though this figure includes the WSJ's 400,000 paid-for, online subscribers.

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