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    The Phantom Recovery

    The period from 1999 to 2007 is the longest in modern U.S. economic history in which inflation-adjusted median household income failed to surpass an earlier peak.

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    Little Pink Houses

    Four-in-ten suburban residents give their community high marks, a higher level of satisfaction than that found among residents of cities, rural areas and small towns.

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    Newspaper Nightmare

    Only a quarter of Americans say they read a print version of a newspaper.

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    A New Iron Curtain?

    Free markets still have tepid support in Eastern Europe.

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    Buyers Market

    A majority of Americans say now is a good time to buy a home in their area.

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    Youth Movement

    Two-thirds of young voters backed Obama.

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    Cool Air No Luxury

    Seven-in-ten Americans (70%) now consider home airconditioning a necessity, up from only half who said so in the mid-1990s.

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    Unprepared for the Apocalypse

    Over 87% of Americans are unprepared to protect themselves from even the most basic world-ending scenarios reports The Onion.

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    Approval of Republican Leadership

    Just 28% of Americans say they approve of the job Republicans are doing in Congress, the lowest level in Pew Research surveys going back 15 years.