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    Lincoln’s Ranking Among U.S. Presidents

    That’s the score tallied by President Abraham Lincoln in a nationwide 2007 Gallup poll that asked respondents to name the “greatest United States president.” In Gallup’s 2005 survey on the issue, two recent presidents, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, outpolled the Civil War president who was born on February 12, 199 years ago.

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    Praying Every Day

    Six-in-ten Muslim Americans (61%) say they pray every day, somewhat fewer than the 70% of U.S. Christians who say they pray daily.

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    Embarrassing Posting Problems

    Just 4% of all online adults say they have had bad experiences as a result of embarrassing or inaccurate personal information being posted on the internet.

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    Economic Discontent Deepens as Inflation Concerns Rise

    Summary of Findings Public views of the U.S. economy, already quite negative, have plummeted since January. Just 17% currently rate the nation’s economy as excellent or good, down from 26% last month. The percentage of Americans rating the economy as “poor” has increased even more dramatically, from 28% to 45% in one month. Moreover, there […]

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    Evolution Battle Flares in States

    Evolution has won some recent battles, but its supporters are bracing against what they see as a growing effort to undermine the theory’s credibility.

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    UCLA Study: Students Become More Spiritual in College

    Photo Credit: Peter M. Fisher/Corbis With a six-year grant from the John Templeton Foundation, UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute conducted a longitudinal study to assess the spirituality of college students during their undergraduate years. The study finds that while attendance at religious services decreased dramatically for most students between their freshman and junior years, the […]

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    Privacy Implications of Fast, Mobile Internet Access

    Many Americans are jumping into the participatory Web without considering all the implications. If nothing really bad has happened to someone, they tend neither to worry about their personal information nor to take steps to limit the amount of infor…

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    Erase me…wait, don’t erase me!

    Recent events have highlighted an interesting set of consequences connected to the persistent presence many of us enjoy online.

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    Online Shopping: Convenient but Risky

    Two-thirds (66%) of online Americans have purchased a product online, but many worry about the safety of financial and personal data.