How many parents (of children under 18) are there in the USA? And if you can, how many parents are there with kids who are between 5 and 14?

Do you have kids, AP?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: AP can’t find these figures in standard sources. Since this seems the sort of thing of interest to [...]

did they want to put a fourth guy on stone mountain originally? Who was it and why did he get excluded?

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ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: Several sources state that the second sculptor to tackle the project, Augustus Lukeman, planned four figures, Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, “Stonewall” Jackson, and an unnamed color-bearer. Perhaps this last [...]

Why do they put alcohol in cough medicine and the like? Does it do something no other substance can resonably do that makes it worth using alcohol, which many people would rather not injest (like kids)?

thanks

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: There seem to be homeopathic cough syrups, such as made by Boericke & Tafel (B&T), [...]

Why does Stephen Colbert now say out of 434 when he discusses his American congressional district interviews on the show the Colbert Report? Aren’t there 435?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: On show 122 (i.e., #22), which aired in November 2005, it came out that “Better Know a District” is no longer a 435 part series due [...]

how many swimming pools are there in texas? I’m mostly interested in privately owned ones, but if there is a texas-wide number, I’ll take it.

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: AP can’t find any compiled figures on this, and I think you might have to contact every single municipality and county in the state. The local propery [...]

The Durham Morning Herald recently carried a story describing a major expansion of the Duke Hospital — a $73.2M project that will include new operating rooms, an 8 story office building, and a roof-top helicopter pad. For a project of this size and scope, there has been remarkably little opportunity for public comment or review [...]