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    Say Military Strength Ensures Peace

    That’s the percentage of Americans who say they think that maintaining military strength is the best way to ensure peace – the lowest percentage in the 20-year history of Pew values surveys.

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    Full-Time Work Not Attractive to At-Home Moms

    That’s the percentage of at-home moms who say full-time work would be their ideal situation; by contrast, nearly half (48%) say not working at all outside the home is ideal situation for them.

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    Uploading Democracy: Candidates Field YouTube Questions

    Tuesday night’s Democratic debate was widely anticipated for its groundbreaking format. Candidates took on a host of issues asked by citizens via YouTube videos; what follows is an analysis of the format and major themes of the debate as compared with public opinion data.

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    Second Screen Experiences

    Expert perspectives on "second screen experiences" at a Web Managers Roundtable.

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    Senate Slumber Party Wakes Up News Media

    Whether silly political stagecraft or a sly legislative tactic, the Senate’s all-nighter helped make the Iraq policy debate the biggest news story of the week. At the same time, there were also ominous warnings on the terror front. And YouTube inserted itself smack into the middle of the 2008 campaign coverage.

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    The Web in Daily Life

    That’s the percentage of online Americans who say the internet has greatly improved the way they pursue their hobbies and interests.

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    Clicking the News

    That’s the number of Americans who now seek out news on the internet on a typical day. The daily audience online for news has grown dramatically since 2002 — a surge fueled by the rise in home broadband connections.