Hello Beccagrim,
First of all congratulations!
Below you will find the answers to your qeustions.
To obtain average retail prices I used a tool provided by the ERS
(Economic Research Service).
Average retail prices estimated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics from
Consumer Price Index data for selected food items.
http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/CPIFoodAndExpenditures/
Direct link:
http://146.142.4.24/labjava/outside.jsp?survey=ap
Area: U.S. city average
Item: Milk, fresh, whole, fortified, per gal. (3.8 lit)
Aug 2005 $3.14
Area: U.S. city average
Item: Bread, white, pan, per lb. (453.6 gm)
Aug 2005 $1.06
Area: U.S. city average
Item: Gasoline, unleaded regular, per gallon/3.785 liters
Aug 2005 $2.50
Area: U.S. city average
Item: Gasoline, unleaded midgrade, per gallon/3.785 liters
Aug 2005 $2.60
Area: U.S. city average
Item: Gasoline, all types, per gallon/3.785 liters
Aug 2005 $2.55
ERS
http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/CPIFoodAndExpenditures/
Direct link:
http://146.142.4.24/labjava/outside.jsp?survey=ap
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Diapers
Pampers Swaddlers Newborn, up to 10 lbs, Jumbo
40 ea
Price: $13.49
http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=81121&catid=26918&trx=GFI-0-MWS&trxp1=26918&trxp2=81121&trxp3=1&trxp4=1&btrx=BUY-GFI-0-MWS
Pampers Swaddlers Size 1, 8-14 lbs, Super Mega
100 ea
Price: $23.99
http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=91936&catid=26918&trx=PLST-0-SRCH&trxp1=26918&trxp2=91936&trxp3=1&trxp4=0&btrx=BUY-PLST-0-SRCH
Pampers Swaddlers Size 2, 12-18 lbs, Super Mega
84 ea Price:
$23.99
http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=91937&catid=26918&trx=GFI-0-MWS&trxp1=26918&trxp2=91937&trxp3=1&trxp4=1&btrx=BUY-GFI-0-MWS
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In 2005 the average movie ticket cost $6.39.
http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/crosbymovies.html
Other years
http://www.natoonline.org/statisticstickets.htm
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The average family vacation costs $1,067 per trip, with the typical
duration of a trip lasting 6.9 nights.
http://www.forbes.com/travel/2004/03/11/cx_cv_0311feat.html
?The projected cost of the average seven-night Hawaii vacation for a
family of four is $6998.20 for 2005. While not quite up to pre 9/11
numbers, this cost increase is consistent with the trend of record
setting Hawaii hotel occupancy rates, number of Hawaii visitors, and
rising Hawaii hotel and air prices in 2004 and 2005.
Previous years indexes were:
2004 - $6831.12
2003 - $6591.32
2002 - $6342.04
2001 - $6476.20
2000 - $7259.80
http://www.send2press.com/newswire/2005-05-0517-001.shtml
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Postage Stamp
A postage stamp costs 37 cents
Postcards Regular size ($0.23 each)
Postcards Large size ($0.37 each)
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Cotton Shirt
Hanes Cotton Crew Neck T-shirt 3-Pack
Average price about $12.00
http://froogle.google.com/froogle_cluster?q=hanes+t-shirt&pid=4870100821814210613&oid=3582293658540533745&btnG=Search+Froogle&lmode=&addr=&scoring=p
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Average Monthly Mortgage Payment
Year Average monthly mortgage payment
2005
January $872
February $868
March $902
April $966
May $962
June $1007
July $1005
AUGUST $1039
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
Housing Affordability Index
http://www.realtor.org/Research.nsf/files/REL0511A.pdf/$FILE/REL0511A.pdf
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An average computer costs about $650.
There are PCs from $389 to $1999 and more
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=cat01172&type=category
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The average price of a new car in the US is a about $28,000.
http://carblog.typepad.com/noozdawgs_carblog/2005/06/v175_cheap_chee.html
The average price of a car today is about $25,000
?Jan 17, 2005 -- Near luxury brand cars and clothes are hot
Luxury carmakers and designers are feeling a need to lower their price
points in an effort to make more money. Mercedes and BMW, for example,
are trying to create entry-level vehicles because other companies have
made a fortune off of these cars. The Japanese were the first on board
with this trend, building the entry level Infiniti, Lexus and Acura.
They were coined as ?near luxury? cars and . Now, Mercedes has a car
that starts in the 20K range. The average price of a car today is
about $25,000..?
http://clarkhoward.com/shownotes/category/5/71/
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NEWS
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President Bush Discusses Second Term Accomplishments and Priorities
Office of the Press Secretary
August 3, 2005
Read full text here:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050803.html
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New London Threat; Security Hiked
August 3, 2005
? As thousands of police officers patrolled London's streets and
sprawling subway system Thursday, a deputy Al Qaeda leader threatened
more destruction in London, saying in a videotape broadcast Thursday
that British Prime Minister Tony Blair would be to blame.?
Read full text here:CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/04/world/main756916.shtml?CMP=ILC-SearchStories
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Jet Crashes, No One Seriously Hurt
TORONTO, August 3, 2005
?An Air France plane burns after running off the runway during a
landing at Pearson International Airport in Toronto. ?
?A jetliner carrying 309 people skidded off a runway while landing in
a thunderstorm Tuesday, sliding into a ravine and breaking into
pieces, but remarkably everyone aboard survived by jumping to safety
in the moments before the plane burst into flames.?
Read full text here: CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/02/national/main713501.shtml?CMP=ILC-SearchStories
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U.S. Journalist Is Killed In Iraq
BAGHDAD, Aug. 3, 2005
?An American freelance journalist was found dead in the southern Iraqi
city of Basra, the U.S. Embassy said Wednesday.
Police said Steven Vincent had been shot multiple times after he and
his Iraqi translator were abducted at gunpoint hours earlier.?
Read full text here:CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/03/iraq/main713568.shtml?CMP=OTC-RSSFeed&source=RSS&attr=World_713568?CMP=ILC-SearchStories
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U.S. Death Toll Tops 1,800 In Iraq
BAGHDAD, Aug. 2, 2005
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/03/iraq/main713556.shtml?CMP=ILC-SearchStories
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Abdullah Installed As Saudi King
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, August 3, 2005
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/03/world/main713610.shtml?CMP=ILC-SearchStories
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Report: A Blog Born Every Second
NEW YORK, August 3, 2005
Read full text here:
CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/02/tech/main713494.shtml
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Spendthrift Nation
?Americans have stopped saving for a rainy day.
Instead, they are living paycheck to paycheck, depending on credit
cards to get them through emergencies, and hoping that the rising
value of their homes will give them a retirement nest egg.
This personal economic chasm is showing up in the national savings
rate, which has been declining for years.?
NEW YORK, August 3, 2005
Read full text here:
CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/03/national/main713752.shtml?CMP=OTC-RSSFeed&source=RSS&attr=U.S._713752?CMP=ILC-SearchStories
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Wildfires Blaze In Hawaii
WAIKOLOA, Hawaii August 3, 2005
Read full text here:
CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/03/national/main713697_page2.shtml?CMP=ILC-SearchStories
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?The largest number of American troops killed in the Iraqi War at one
time occurred August 3, 2005 when a Marine Reserve Unit from Ohio
suffered fourteen dead.?
http://www.unionsentinel.com/news/2006/0105/Front_Page/006.html
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China urges Iran, EU to be patient in nuclear dealings
3 August 2005
?BEIJING - China urged Iran and the European Union on Wednesday to be
patient in negotiations over Teheran?s nuclear program, saying it
hopes the issue can be resolved through diplomacy.?
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2005/August/middleeast_August65.xml§ion=middleeast&col=
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Girl, 11, Tried For Throwing Rock
FRESNO, Calif., August 3, 2005
?An 11-year-old girl arrested on a deadly weapon charge for throwing a
rock during a water balloon fight was scheduled to be tried Wednesday
after talks between her attorney and prosecutors failed to produce a
plea bargain.?
Read full text here:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/03/national/main713658.shtml?CMP=ILC-SearchStories
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Local News in New Jersey
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NEW JERSEY FALLS TO QUEBEC IN EXTRA INNINGS
Team Loses Two Out of Three to Quebec
August 3, 2005
?New Jersey lost the final game of a three games series against the
Quebec Les Capitales by a score of 6-5. Jackals? pitcher Randy Rapp
gave up the game-winning hit to TJ Shimizu in the top of the tenth
inning. Quebec closer Christian Mendoza pitched a perfect ninth to
record his eighteenth save of the season.?
http://www.jackals.com/releases/release.asp?ReleaseID=460
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$100 Million For a Tunnel. What Tunnel?
August 3, 2005, Wednesday
?Hours after the House of Representatives approved a big
transportation bill on Friday morning, Representative Jerrold L.
Nadler informed the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey that it
would get a $100 million federal grant to design and engineer a
freight tunnel under New York Harbor.?
New York Times
Late Edition - Final, Section B, Page 1, Column 5, 1123 words
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60A14FC345B0C708CDDA10894DD404482&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fP%2fPataki%2c%20George%20E%2e
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Metro Briefing | New Jersey:
Trenton: Fewer Persistently Dangerous Schools
Published: August 3, 2005
?The number of schools labeled ''persistently dangerous'' in New
Jersey has fallen to 4 from 10, the State Department of Education said
yesterday. For the 2003-4 school year, Grace A. Dunn Middle School in
Trenton and D'Ippolito Intermediate School in Vineland remained on the
list, while Trenton Central High School and the Martin Luther King
Middle School in Trenton were added?.
New York Times
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F02E2DD1F3FF930A3575BC0A9639C8B63
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Metro Briefing | New Jersey: West Orange: Codey Backs Stem-Cell Center
Published: August 3, 2005
?Trying to jump-start New Jersey's bid to build a major stem cell
research center, Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey said yesterday that he
would spend $10.5 million to recruit a staff for it and finance
research grants. He also predicted that a bill to allocate $380
million to build the research center would be passed after the
November election in time to be on the ballot in 2006. Ronald
Smothers?
New York Times
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B00E2DD1F3FF930A3575BC0A9639C8B63
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I hope the information provided is helpful!
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Bobbie7 |
