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    Tobacco Case Could Limit State Powers

    Forty state laws regulating internet tobacco sales — and many other laws governing dangerous products — are at stake in a case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court this week.

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    Public Sees Progress in War Effort

    Summary of Findings For the first time in a long time, nearly half of Americans express positive opinions about the situation in Iraq. A growing number says the U.S. war effort is going well, while greater percentages also believe the United States is making progress in reducing the number of Iraqi casualties, defeating the insurgents […]

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    Pakistanis with Favorable View of U.S.

    That’s the small fraction of Pakistanis who say they have a favorable view of America in the latest Pew Global Attitudes poll.

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    Russians Confidence in Vladimir Putin

    That’s the large portion of the Russian public that says it has confidence in President Vladimir Putin to do the right thing in world affairs, compared with only 45% of Americans who say the same thing about President Bush.

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    Spiritual “Renewalists” in America

    That’s the percentage of Americans who are “renewalist,” a faith that emphasizes such spiritually renewing “gifts of the Holy Spirit” as speaking in tongues, divine healing and prophesying.

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    Never Gonna Make It

    That’s the number of currently employed Americans who don’t expect they will ever make enough money to have the kind of life they want.

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    Public’s News Interests: Campaign, War and Returning Troops

    Summary of Findings While the national news media focused heavily on the 2008 presidential campaign last week, the public divided its interest between the campaign and the Iraq war. More than one-fifth of the national newshole (21%) was devoted to the presidential campaign, while news about the war — including the situation in Iraq, returning […]