Direct Link Video Player. The Direct Link is a hyperlink that opens the player in a full screen browser window. It's ideal when you'd like to send the video via email or post a link on Twitter or Facebook. When the hyperlink is clicked, a new browser window is opened with the video player in it.
Twin Births in the U.S., Like Never Before. More twins are being born in the United States than ever before. From 1980 to 2009, according to a recent report by the National Center for Health Statistics, the rate of twin births rose 76 percent. Now about one in 30 babies born in the United States is a twin.
Number of babies born in the US reaches record levels. Number of babies born in the US reaches record levels. The number of babies born in the US reached record levels in 2007, outpacing the birthrate from the late 1950s. Official figures released today showed that 4,317,119 babies were born there in 2007, the highest number on record. Beneath the bald figures, the statistics, culled from birth certificates, hinted at some cultural shifts in the US as the nation enjoyed the final months before the economic crisis set in.