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    Pakistanis Top Threat: India

    More Pakistanis say India is a threat to their country than say so about the Taliban or al Qaeda.

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    Cell Phone Talking Teens

    While teenagers lagged well behind adults in cell phone ownership in 2004, today nearly as many teens (71%) as adults (77%) own a cell phone.

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    Saved by the Cell

    Teenage cell phone ownership jumps from 53% at age 13 to 72% at age 14, right at the transition from middle school to high school.

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    Clinton’s Warm Welcome in Kenya

    Secretary of State Hillary Clinton begins a trip to Africa today in Kenya, a country where fully 90% have a favorable opinion of the U.S.

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    Distracted Drivers

    About six-in-ten Americans report talking on a handheld phone while driving, a practice that some states have outlawed due to safety concerns.

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    A Scarcity of Car Lovers

    Only about a quarter of U.S. drivers now say they consider their car “something special — more than just a way to get around,” barely half of the 43% who felt this way in 1991.

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    Angry Motorists

    Nearly four-in-ten American drivers report having cursed or shouted at other drivers in the past year.

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