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    Cleveland High School Shooting Attracts Small Audience

    Summary of Findings In the news last week, no single story captured the interest of the American public. The war in Iraq was the most closely followed news story — 26% of the public followed news of the war very closely and 20% listed this as their most closely followed story. The shooting at a […]

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    Global Support for International Trade

    In all 47 nations included in a recent Pew Global Attitudes survey, large majorities say international trade is a good thing for their countries.

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    Strongly Religious Republicans

    That’s the percentage of Republicans expressing strong religious commitment in the latest Pew Values survey, a higher number than at any time in the past 20 years.

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    Italians Most Worried About Immigration

    That’s the percentage of Italians who voice concern about immigration, the highest share of any of the publics in the latest Pew Global Attitudes 47-nation survey.

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    Geezers Crashing the Facebook Party

    According to local college students, there’s clearly something creepy and weird about the influx of adults “infiltrating” what were once the collegiate walls of Facebook.

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    Fox News – Ready for Business

    After years of anticipation, News Corp. launched its Fox Business Network in October 2007. While other rivals to CNBC have struggled, Wall Street is bullish on the potential of Fox’s chances in what has emerged as a lucrative and growing market.

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    Violent Crime Captures the Headlines

    While crime coverage may seem like a staple of our news diet, last week was actually unusual in that three frightening stories of random violence generated coverage—with two making the top-10 story list. When it comes to crime however, the media attention span is usually short-lived.

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    When Strangers Contact Teens Online

    While the number of teens made uncomfortable by an online experience with someone they do not know is relatively small, certain traits and activities are more likely to attract interactions with unknown individuals, whether unwanted or not.