Weekend update: Other things found last week:


Getting back into the routine yet? I didn't find much this week; more on my Miami Herald blog.

The other links:

Reference:

2005-06 Bowl-Bound Teams APR and Graduation Rates from UCF.

Bestseller Lists, 1900-1995

Great links for background on religion from Shirl Kennedy at Resourceshelf.

News:

Great resource links on coal mining on Morning Meeting.

Alito Case Database from the Washington Post.

The World in 2006: the Economist's forecasts.

Statistics:

Health, U.S., 2005, latest stats from CDC.

U.S. Population, Jan 1 2006, from Census.

Governments, Politics:

Database errors plague immigration enforcement, report from Govt. Technology mag. Direct link to the report.

Business:

FDIC Institution Directory; search for banks, institutions, local offices...

Journalism:

Why bloggers sometimes find news before journalists, and why journalists should use bloggers; comment by Digby; note comparison to I.F. Stone....

People:

Searching the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) in One Step, a new interface using several versions of the database. Note the creator has lots more genealogy search interfaces on his website.

Some interesting stories/blogs:

Heads up the Blog, a new copy editors blog.