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    Wicked Storms, Wobbly Stocks, and Wounded Soldiers Make News

    More so than any time this year, no single story dominated the news last week. But a number of sudden events and slowly developing subjects found their way into the headlines. Anna Nicole Smith faded, Al Gore re-emerged, and Bob Woodruff came back home to ABC.

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    The Radio Talkers Hit the Presidential Hopefuls

    The endless parade of Anna Nicole Smith legal proceedings was still a source of fascination for the cable talk hosts last week. But their radio counterparts opted for another favored subject—and it was open season on the 2008 campaign season.

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    Mega-donors Get Mixed Election Returns

    A bevy of big donors poured some of their personal fortunes into last year’s gubernatorial, state legislative and ballot-measure contests. But the super-rich had a mixed record in their single-handed efforts to sway election outcomes. In some cases, the motives of wealthy donors even backfired against their candidates or causes.

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    The Post’s Scoop Makes Major News

    A sparring match between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama helped make the 2008 campaign the biggest story in the news last week. And a strange judge kept the Anna Nicole Smith case in the headlines. But it was a Washington Post investigation that created the biggest waves.

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    How Reliable Are the Early Presidential Polls?

    As the number of declared presidential candidates grows, followers of early poll readings should bear in mind some caveats. Early frontrunners for the Republican nomination in most of the past seven open contests have gone on to win the nomination, but this year there are two GOP frontrunners instead of one clear leader. On the Democratic side, even when there is a clear frontrunner as there is this year with Sen. Hillary Clinton, the early polls have been less reliable in predicting who will capture the nomination.

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    Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

    That’s the number of Americans who now have a close relative married to someone of a different race.

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    Methodology

    This report is based on the findings of a daily tracking survey on Americans’ use of the Internet. The results in this report are based on data from telephone interviews conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International between November 8 to December 4, 2006, among a sample of 2,562 adults, 18 and older.  For results […]

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    Election Newshounds Speak Up

    Americans flocked in record numbers to their favorite media sources for political news last fall. In this report, fans of newspaper, TV and online news sites tell how and why they differ.

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    Tagging

    28% of internet users have tagged or categorized content online such as photos, news stories or blog posts. Findings and interview with David Weinberger

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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.