1.   Although retailers are bracing for a plunge in consumer confidence, Americans are still spending money at a brisk pace, government data show.

2.   And cosmetic patients keep coming back for more, the data show.

3.   And much of that money paid for skills many jobless Americans had, federal unemployment data show.

4.   As a group, people with disabilities are older, poorer, less educated and less employed than those without disabilities, government data show.

5.   Bailey said data shows Inaugural underwriters are from a wide range of industries, none of which particularly dominate the check-giving.

6.   A few sport utilities have become a little less unstable in recent years, the government data show.

7.   Delays in takeoffs and landings at Hartsfield declined in April, May and July compared with the same months last year, FAA data show.

8.   Dealer markup is a big-ticket issue for the industry, and the new Nissan data show why.

9.   For example, most mainline Protestants oppose school vouchers, while most evangelicals and Catholics support them, the data show.

10.   For the first time, fewer than one-quarter of the households in the United States are married couples with their children, new census data shows.