Despite the cuts, President Obama's proposed budget increases NASA's funding by $6 billion over the next five years.

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Despite the increases, arrests of illegal border crossers remain at the lowest point since 1971.

NPR: Arrests Along US Borders Up In Last Year

Despite the increases, prices nationwide are still about 30 percent below the peak they reached at the height of the housing bubble in the summer of 2006.

WSJ: US home prices accelerate in November

On-line data centers are increasing their capacity to deal with this increased demand for processing power, communication speeds and digital storage capacity but despite the increases in efficiency of enterprise equipment and software there is a price to pay for universal connectivity and general on-line resources.

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