“America takes the couch-potato crown, with households goggling at the box for an eye-straining average of 8 hours and 11 minutes every day. The nearest rival, Turkey, only manages an average of five hours a day.”
url: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/07/a_picture_is_wo_1.php
The highest: WASHINGTON $7.93
The lowest: ALABAMA none, KANSAS $2.65
Moral of the story: Move to Washington!
url: http://consumerist.com/consumer/information/minimum-wage-rates-across-the-country-281808.php
“It’s hidden inside the walls, beneath the stairs, in places you’d never think to look. The solution to the great American storage crunch is all around us in the form of unused space — cavities and nooks ready to absorb clutter and help bring order to domestic chaos. As a longtime carpenter and builder, and now the host of Wasted Spaces, a new show on the DIY Network, I’ve specialized in finding quick and efficient ways to make use of these little-used storage resources.”
url : http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/home_improvement/4212963.html