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    Not Stimulated

    Six-in-ten Americans say the economic stimulus has not helped the job situation.

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    Beneficial Bailouts?

    Roughly half of Americans say TARP, federal loans to troubled banks, did not prevent a more severe financial crisis.

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    Hispanics: Targets of Discrimination

    Nearly a quarter of Americans say Hispanics face a lot of discrimination in society today, making them the racial/ethnic group the public sees as most often subjected to discrimination.

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    Macs Not Goldman Sachs

    Seven-in-ten Americans say technology companies are having a positive effect on the way things are going in this country.

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    National Day of Prayer

    Nearly six-in-ten adults in the U.S. say they pray at least once a day.

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    Text Me

    One in three teens sends more than 100 text messages a day, or 3,000 texts a month.

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    Text Message Received

    Over half of all teens send text messages to their friends daily.

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    Teen Girls Text More than Boys

    Teenage girls typically send and receive more than twice the texts (80 a day) as do boys (30 a day).

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    Tea Party Lemons?

    When asked to give a one-word impression of the Tea Party movement, a plurality of respondents offered a negative word.