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2011

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    Bloggers Take Sides in the Wisconsin Standoff

    Domestic and foreign conflicts—from Madison to Tripoli—generated plenty of attention in social media last week, with users opining and relaying breaking news. On YouTube, scenes of Mideast unrest once again made the roster of most popular videos.

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    Rising Oil Prices Big News for American Public

    Summary of Findings Both the public and the media focused last week on the increasing violence in Libya, but Americans also closely tracked news about a related concern – the impact the crisis in the Middle East is having on oil prices at home. About two-in-ten (21%) say they followed news about the rising price […]

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    Mixed Business Climate

    Roughly as many Americans have a favorable (47%) as unfavorable (45%) opinion of business corporations, a low in 20-plus years of Pew Research polling.

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    Millennials and Music

    Three-fourths of adults younger than age 34 own an iPod or another mp3 player.

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    Global Muslim Population 2030

    New projections show the global Muslim population growing about 35% by 2030, reaching 2.2 billion.

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    Unauthorized Immigrants in the U.S.

    As of March 2010, 11.2 million unauthorized immigrants were living in the United States, virtually unchanged from a year earlier.