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    The Shutdown Drama Drives the News

    The media narrative moved from overseas to the Beltway last week as budget battles trumped press interest in Libyan fighting and Japanese nuclear worries. The question is whether a long run of dominant international news will now give way to ongoing coverage of domestic concerns.

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    Campaign 2012: Obama vs. Generic GOP

    Nearly half (47%) of registered voters say they would like to see Barack Obama reelected in 2012, while 37% would prefer to see a Republican candidate take the White House.

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    Public Focused on Economy, Media on Weiner Scandal

    Overview Americans focused most closely last week on economic news amid continued reports about the weakness of the recovery, while the media gave the most coverage to the scandal involving New York Rep. Anthony Weiner. About a quarter of the public (23%) says the economy was their top story of the week, according to the […]

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    Challenging Your Local Census Count

    Now that the 2010 Census numbers have been released for every place in the United States, a number of local officials—including the mayors of New York and Detroit—have announced plans to file administrative challenges to counts that they contend are too low.

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    Census 2010: Household Size Trends

    The average size of U.S. households has been declining for decades, but may have grown in recent years, at least in part because of an increase in multi-generational households.

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    Challenging the Census

    Now that 2010 Census numbers have been released for every place in the United States, a number of local officials — including the mayors of New York and Detroit — have announced plans to file administrative challenges to counts that they contend are too low. What sorts of challenges are allowed?

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    Census 2010: Household Size Trends

    The average size of U.S. households has been declining for decades, but new Census data may show a reversal of that trend.

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    Rising Restrictions on Religion – One-third of the world’s population experiences an increase

    Restrictions on religious beliefs and practices rose in 23 of the world’s 198 countries (12%), decreased in 12 countries (6%) and remained essentially unchanged in 163 countries (82%) between mid-2006 and mid-2009, a new Pew Forum report shows. More than 2.2 billion people – nearly a third of the world’s population – live in the 23 countries with increasing government restrictions or social hostilities involving religion.

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    Public Stays with bin Laden Story; Media Focus Shifts

    Overview Americans continued to express strong interest in news about the death of Osama bin Laden and its ramifications last week, even as news coverage of the story continued to decline. About a quarter of the public  (27%) says they followed reports about the killing of bin Laden and its impact on U.S. relations with […]