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Monday, June 17, 2013  Study: Media coverage has more pro than con views on same-sex marriage as court took arguments

Thursday, June 13, 2013  The generation that's grown up posting their lives online wants something unexpected: privacy

Thursday, June 13, 2013  Long-running study on Internet use finds 86 percent of Americans are online and most believe Big Brother is watching

Wednesday, May 29, 2013  Working moms are now main breadwinners in a record 40 percent of US households with children

Thursday, September 27, 2012  With college rolls growing, student debt hits 1 in 5 households; big burdens on young and poor

Monday, July 16, 2012  Study finds viewers turning to YouTube for news video, disaster footage

Tuesday, June 19, 2012  With illegal immigration slowing, Asians migrants to US now surpass newly arrived Hispanics

Monday, May 21, 2012  The Pew Research Center releases striking data regarding interracial marriages in the United States.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011  Poll: Most US Muslims say anti-terror policies target them, but remain upbeat about their life

Monday, May 09, 2011  Facebook effect: Social network sways online news readership as people share, 'like' items

Thursday, November 18, 2010  At the Thanksgiving table: Fewer children raised by married parents as nation redefines family

Thursday, August 19, 2010  President Barack Obama is a Christian, but a new poll finds and increasing number of Americans are convinced that he is a Muslim.

Friday, June 25, 2010  Nearly 1 in 5 American women beyond childbearing years never gave birth as fewer couples, particularly higher-educated whites, view having children as necessary to a good marriage.

Monday, April 19, 2010  Poll: Americans' confidence in the federal government at a 50-year low, 80 percent are wary