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    Obama’s Trip Closely Followed

    Summary of Findings Americans tracked President Obama’s first European trip more closely than other major news stories last week and much more closely than George W. Bush’s first year international summit travels in 2001. A quarter say they followed Obama’s trip and meetings with foreign leaders very closely, while 35% say they followed the trip […]

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    Smokers Can’t Blow Off Stress

    While many say they light up to relieve stress, half of all smokers say they “frequently” experience stress in their daily lives, compared with just 35% of those who once smoked and have now quit, and 31% of those who never smoked.

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    Hispanics and the Criminal Justice System

    Latinos’ confidence in the U.S. criminal justice system is closer to the relatively low levels expressed by blacks than to the higher levels expressed by whites.

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    Youth Movement

    Two-thirds of young voters backed Obama.

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    Buyers Market

    A majority of Americans say now is a good time to buy a home in their area.

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    A New Iron Curtain?

    Free markets still have tepid support in Eastern Europe.

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    Newspaper Nightmare

    Only a quarter of Americans say they read a print version of a newspaper.

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    Little Pink Houses

    Four-in-ten suburban residents give their community high marks, a higher level of satisfaction than that found among residents of cities, rural areas and small towns.

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    The Phantom Recovery

    The period from 1999 to 2007 is the longest in modern U.S. economic history in which inflation-adjusted median household income failed to surpass an earlier peak.