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    UCLA Study: Students Become More Spiritual in College

    Photo Credit: Peter M. Fisher/Corbis With a six-year grant from the John Templeton Foundation, UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute conducted a longitudinal study to assess the spirituality of college students during their undergraduate years. The study finds that while attendance at religious services decreased dramatically for most students between their freshman and junior years, the […]

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    Obama Inspiring But Inexperienced, Clinton Prepared to Lead But “Hard To Like”

    Summary of Findings Barack Obama is seen by most Democrats as inspiring and as most likely to bring about change. Hillary Clinton is widely viewed as prepared to lead the country, but also hard to like. These are some of the major themes in campaign news coverage — identified by the Project for Excellence in […]

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    Online Shopping

    Worries about the security of the online shopping inhibit the use of cyberspace for shopping transactions

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    McCain, Clinton, and Obama in Coverage Derby Photo Finish

    The three candidates with the best shot at next occupying the White House all got extensive coverage in the biggest week yet for campaign news. But none of them generated the headlines he or she really wanted. And, once again, Huckabee proved that the reports of his political demise were premature.