2003 Crime Rate Steady at 30-Year Low
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WASHINGTON - The nation's crime rate last year held steady at the lowest levels since the government began surveying crime victims in 1973, the Justice Department reported Sunday.    The study was the latest contribution to a decade-long trend in which violent crime as measured by victim surveys has fallen by 55 percent and property crime by 49 percent...
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Violent crime dropped 3 percent last year even as the number of murders rose, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Monday in a report that had immediate reverberations in the presidential campaign.
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Real median household income remained unchanged between 2002 and 2003 at $43,318, according to a report released today by the US Census Bureau.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi civilian deaths dropped to their lowest level since the start of the Baghdad security operation, government figures showed yesterday, suggesting signs of progress in tamping down violence in the capital.
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The nation's crime rate last year held steady at the lowest levels since the government began surveying crime victims in 1973, the Justice Department reported on Sunday.
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A steady, decade-long drop in teen offender recidivism rates here in Pierce County is not the result of reforms implemented in some other places Â building smaller, homelike facilities, adding social workers and making therapists available 24-7.
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Violent crime kept climbing in 2006, a top FBI official said Wednesday, previewing a report detailing nationwide increases in murders, robberies and other felonies for a second straight year.
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About 16 students are murdered at U.S. schools each year, says a new government report that shows the number and rate of slayings has held steady and is lower than in the previous decade.
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The number of divorces in Britain has hit a 30-year low, according to official figures released Friday.
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US 30-year mortgage rates averaged 5.84 percent in 2004, holding near last year&#39;s record low and helping drive home sales to all-time highs, Freddie Mac said.
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Investor's Business Daily - The 30-year fixed rate averaged 5.48% for the week ended Jan. 24, down from 5.69% last week, as the Federal Reserve slashed key lending rates and the housing market weakened further, Freddie Mac said. It was the lowest rate since March 2004. The 15-year fixed rate dived 26 ticks to 4.95%. The 1-year Treasury-tied adjustable rate plunged 27 ticks to 4.99%.
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The number of murders dropped by nearly 6 percent in the first half of 2004, an indication that a four-year climb may be ending, the FBI reported Monday.
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Murders, robberies and other violent crimes reported in the United States jumped 3.7 percent in the first half of the year, continuing a troubling upswing that began in 2005, the FBI said on Monday.
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WASHINGTON -- Rates on 30-year and 15-year mortgages fell this week to the lowest levels seen in six months, good news for people wanting to buy a home or refinance.
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Interest rates on U.S. 30- and 15-year mortgages fell this week to their lowest levels since early April as the housing market showed little sign of slowing despite the Federal Reserve's move to raise interest rates, mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said on Thursday.
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It was the third annual decline, though it was smaller than those seen in the previous two years. &quot;Nearly 7.4-million people reported just over $30.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- The average interest rate of 30-year mortgages in the United States declined to the lowest level in four months this week, US mortgage giant Freddie Mac reported on Thursday.