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    Obama, Race and Media Coverage

    Race-related themes were present in 9% of all Obama administration news coverage from early 2009 to early 2010.

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    Unemployment Ain’t All Bad

    Close to half of all Americans who spent some time unemployed during the recession say they enjoyed not having to work for a while.

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    Personal Cost of Being Unemployed

    Roughly four-in-ten Americans who spent some time unemployed during the recession say they experienced a strain in family relations while out of work.

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    Future of the Bush Tax Cuts

    The public is split on Bush’s tax cuts, with roughly equal numbers calling for retention of all tax cuts (30%),total repeal (31%) or repeal of just cuts for the wealthy (27%).

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    A Tough Economy and a Plugged Leak Top the News

    Two familiar stories—an economy slow to recover and an oil leak slow to be stopped—generated the most press attention last week. But there was plenty of politics as well including two hot button issues—same-sex marriage and illegal immigration—and the mid-term elections. And after one week of big headlines, Afghanistan coverage plunged.

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    Facebook Privacy and iPhone “Jailbreaking” Engage Social Media Users

    The publication of information gleaned from Facebook profiles of millions of users was the top subject on Twitter last week. And a ruling that it’s okay to hack into the iPhone for new applications gained attention on both blogs and Twitter. On YouTube, slang-speaking teens have provoked millions of clicks for two weeks running.