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    China Seen Overtaking U.S. as Global Superpower

    The United States continues to receive positive ratings in much of the world, but it faces the new challenge of doubts about its superpower status. Publics around the world increasingly believe that China either will replace or already has replaced the U.S. as the world’s leading superpower.

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    Summary of the First Results from the 2010 Census

    A new Population Reference Bureau report summarizes key findings from the first wave of Census 2010 data, including trends in the population of children, as well as race and ethnic groups. The Brookings Institution recently published reports using 2010 Census data to discuss aging and race and ethnic change.

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    Casey Anthony Verdict Top Story for Public and Social Networkers

    Overview Americans followed news about the verdict in the Casey Anthony murder trial more closely than other top stories by a wide margin last week, but they also kept a watch on news about the nation’s struggling economy and the talks in Washington over raising the federal debt limit. Nearly four-in-ten (37%) say the Florida […]

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    The State of Millennials (slides)

    Lee Rainie presents a compendium of recent data that focuses on key behavioral statistics of the Millennial Generation.

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    Evangelical Leaders and the Bible

    While practically all evangelical Christian leaders say the Bible is the word of God, half say not everything in the Bible should be taken literally.

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    American Exceptionalism

    Fewer than four-in-ten Americans say the U.S. “stands above all other countries in the world.” A majority say it is just one of the greatest countries.