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    Little Pink Houses

    Four-in-ten suburban residents give their community high marks, a higher level of satisfaction than that found among residents of cities, rural areas and small towns.

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    The Phantom Recovery

    The period from 1999 to 2007 is the longest in modern U.S. economic history in which inflation-adjusted median household income failed to surpass an earlier peak.

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    Tax Cheats

    About eight-in-ten American adults say they consider not reporting all income on one’s taxes to be morally wrong.

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    Republicans: Fewer, More Conservative

    Slightly more than a quarter of registered voters call themselves Republicans, a low in 16 years of polling by the Pew Research Center; most GOPers now think their party should move further to the right.

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    Overseas and at Home, Economy Dominates

    Yes, Michelle Obama set some hearts a flutter and generated some headlines when she laid hands on the Queen last week. But most of the coverage of the President’s overseas trip focused on the same challenge he faces at home.