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    The Reversal of the College Marriage Gap

    In a reversal of long-standing marital patterns, college-educated young adults are more likely than young adults lacking a bachelor’s degree to have married by the age of 30.

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    8% of online Americans use Twitter

    Eight percent of online adults use Twitter. It is particularly popular with young adults, minorities, and those who live in cities.

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    Global Warming Heats Up the Blogosphere

    News of scientists’ plans to more actively warn of global warming dangers generated a big response from bloggers last week. And on YouTube, the continuing Philip DeFranco phenomenon illustrates the online platform’s power to turn regular folks into video stars.

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    Chapter 3. Views of National Conditions and the Economy

    A majority of Indians express dissatisfaction with national conditions overall.  Still, nearly six-in-ten give their nation’s economy a positive rating, and most expect economic conditions to improve over the next year.  In addition, more than eight-in-ten say the government is doing a good job dealing with the economy. Concerns about crime, terrorism and corrupt political […]

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    III. Borrowing for Bachelor’s Degrees

    At graduation in 2008, bachelor’s degree recipients had typically borrowed more than $15,000 (including graduates who did not borrow), an increase of more than 50% since 1996. The increase in borrowing is partly due to an increase in the share of students who decided to borrow. Bachelor’s graduates of private schools in 2008 were increasingly […]

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    Tax Bill Drove the News Last Week

    The economy topped the news for the sixth straight week, while a string of tragedies—the death of a top diplomat, the suicide of Bernie Madoff’s son, and the suicide of an unstable Florida gunman—also made headlines. And health care, after months of absence, returned to the news in a significant way.

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    Disputed Video Brings Religion to Forefront of Hawaii’s Gubernatorial Race

    Hawaii Lt. Governor James “Duke” Aiona‘s religious beliefs and his past involvement with an international Christian organization, the International Transformation Network, have become an issue in his bid for the governor’s office, according to Hawaiian media reports. Aiona, a Republican, is running against Democrat Neil Abercrombie, who represented Hawaii’s 1st District in Congress from 1991 […]

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    How a Different America Responded to the Great Depression

    The American public’s sour mood is in interesting contrast with many of the public’s views during the Great Depression of the 1930s, not only on economic, political and social issues, but also on the role of government in addressing them.

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    Religion in the News: Islam Was No. 1 Topic in 2010

    Events and controversies related to Islam dominated U.S. press coverage of religion in 2010, bumping the Catholic Church from the top spot, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.

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    Miners’ Rescue Dominates News Interest

    Summary of Findings The dramatic rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for more than two months dominated the public’s news interest last week, while the media focused on both the miners’ saga and the midterm Congressional elections. With the Nov. 2 elections fast approaching, the percent of the public tracking election news very closely […]