Need data.. maybe you want to chase some political facts and figures, or maybe socio-economic data, or what about health stats... try swivel. this is an interesting and information-rich resource focused on data. Apparently the company is expanding and will be offering up more geodata but we'll have to wait for the announcement to be made at Where 2.0.. stay tuned for more on this one... See http://swivel.com/ or all data at http://swivel.com/data_sets