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    The Typical Modern Mother: There Isn’t One

    Today’s mothers of newborns are more likely than their counterparts two decades earlier to be ages 35 and older, to have some college education, to be unmarried or to be nonwhite — but not all at once.

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    The Future of Cloud Computing

    Technology experts and stakeholders say they expect internet users will ‘live mostly in the cloud’ in 2020 and not on the desktop, working through cyberspace-based applications accessed through networked devices.

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    Neighbors Online

    While nearly half of Americans still talk face-to-face with their neighbors, one in five now use digital tools to communicate with neighbors and monitor community developments.

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    Young Adults More Image Cautious Online

    Adult internet users under age 30 are more likely than older adults online to take steps to limit the amount of personal information available about themselves on the internet.

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    Reconnecting Online

    Four-in-ten internet users have been contacted by someone from their past who found them online.

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    Grumpy Old Partisans

    Older Republicans are more likely than their younger co-partisans to oppose candidates who compromise and to support those without elected experience.

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    Tough Votes, Mixed Support

    Americans are less likely to vote for a candidate who supported TARP, but split on health care reform supporters.

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    The Internet: Comedy Central

    Half of online adults watch comedy videos online, making them the most-watched type of online video.

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