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More than 65,000 horses were slaughtered in the United States in 2004, a 50 percent increase since 2002.

For the second straight year, craft beer is the fastest growing segment of the U.S. alcoholic beverage industry. In 2005, craft beer experienced a 9 percent increase in volume, nearly triple that of the growth experienced in the wine and spirits industry.

Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would say that a 49 percent increase in funding for education was not enough.

We believe you will not have to pay more than the current rate structure proposes - which is, for 50 percent of the public, nothing; for another 25 percent, only a 10 percent increase; and for the remaining 25 percent, a 34 percent increase.

In crude oil trading, we have seen a 46 percent increase over 1 year in the margins there.