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    Robo-calls in the 2006 campaign

    64% of registered voters received recorded telephone messages in the final stages of the 2006 mid-term election.

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    U.S. Census Bureau Releases 2007 Abstract

    It’s that time of year again, when data-hungry researchers and citizens get the early Christmas gift of the Statistical Abstract of the United States.

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    Internet Users In Search of a Home

    Nearly two in five adult internet users in the U.S. (39%) have gone online to look for information about a place to live, up from 34% in 2004 and 27% in 2000.

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    Young, Restless, Looking to Move

    51% of internet users ages 18 to 29 have looked online for housing information and 9% do so on a typical day.

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    Teens, IM and Mark Foley

    Now that the election is long past and the Mark Foley scandal is perhaps a slightly less inflammatory subject, we can address some of the inquiries that we’ve gotten about young people and instant messaging.

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    Virtual tours

    More than half of internet users have taken virtual tours — nearly doubling the number who had done so in late 2004.

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    Virtual Tours

    More than half of internet users have taken virtual tours — nearly doubling the number who had done so in late 2004.

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    Podcast Downloading

    Some 12% of internet users say they have downloaded a podcast so they can listen to it or view it at a later time.