Yahoo Finance / 24/7 Wall Streetby Michael B. Sauter / January 1, 2011 The population of the United States has increased steadily by roughly 2.5 million people every year since World War II. Throughout prosperity and hard times, Ameri… more »

By Rick Hampson, USA TODAY RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. — When Henry Kaiser arrived 55 years ago, this place was no place — "a rural problem area," the government called it, so poor and isolated that the population had dropped 15% since 1940. That all changed aft… more »