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    Did ’We’ Want to Do It?

    With women about to become the majority of the U.S. workforce, how do most of today’s Rosie the Riveters feel about being “put to more productive use?” In a word: ambivalent.

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    Internet User Profiles Reloaded

    A new look at internet users finds 74% of Americans online, 60% using broadband at home and 55% surfing the Web wirelessly.

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    Non-Dogmatic Americans

    About one-third of Americans say they regularly or occasionally attend religious services at more than one place; most sometimes attend services of a faith different from their own.

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    Reading the Stars

    One-in-four American adults believe in astrology, including 23% of Christians.

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    Eyed by Evil

    Fully 16% of Americans believe in the “evil eye” or that certain people can cast curses or spells that cause bad things to happen to someone.

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    See Dead People

    Nearly one-in-five Americans say they have seen or been in the presence of ghosts.

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    Mystical Experiences

    About half of the U.S. public says they have had a religious or mystical experience.

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    Global Restrictions on Religion

    About one-third of the countries in the world — 64 nations — have high or very high restrictions on religion.

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    “Sext” Receivers

    15% of cell-owning teens ages 12-17 say they have received sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images of someone they know via text messaging.

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