"Only about half the bats here regularly use buildings as roosts, although nearly all of them will use them at some stage, " says Gunnell.

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Rork of Georgia State (PDF available here) found that retirees pay, on average, only half the state income tax that working folks with the same income pay.

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But there is a reason the recession hit late here: Half or more of Caterpillar's business is tied to overseas exports, and only recently has the global slowdown caught up with the squeeze many American manufacturers were already feeling at home.

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