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Census Bureau gives back $1.6 billion

The U.S. Census Bureau is giving back almost a quarter of the money it received to do its job this year.

Senh: Finally, a department that's being fiscally responsible. Whoever's in charge of the U.S. Census Bureau should be in charge of our budget. States tend to spend whatever's given to them, including money they don't have. Here's a department who's only spending as much as it's necessary to get the job and done and gave the rest back to the government.

Twitter Hits 20 Billion Tweets

There have now been more than 20 billion tweets since Twitter (Twitter)’s inception, according to tracking service GigaTweet. The milestone comes just two months after the service hit 15 billion tweets and about five months since it reached 10 billion, indicating that activity levels on the microblogging service continue to accelerate.

Senh: I'm actually not that impressed. I mean, MySpace was getting tens of billions of pageviews per month at their peak, so what's the big deal?

Kyrgyzstan seeks $1bn in pledges

Kyrgyzstan is asking for $1bn in aid at a donor conference in Bishkek set to be dominated by debate over rebuilding Osh.

Senh: That's a lot that Kyrgyzstan is asking for. $1Bn in donation. Geez.

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Airlines getting billions from new fees

Airlines make billions of dollars in fees for check-on luggage, refreshments and other services formerly included in ticket prices, but consumers have a hard time figuring out how much they'll pay in total to fly, a congressional committee heard Wednesday.