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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2837 topstories Pew Daily Number en-us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2837 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20091106/ts_pew/63delayingretirement pew/20091106/63delayingretirement Pew topstories Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Pew - According to a nationwide survey by the Pew Research Center’s Social & Demographic Trends project, nearly four-in-ten adults who are working past the median retirement age of 62 say they have delayed their retirement because of the recession; among workers ages 50 to 61, fully 63% say they might have to push back their expected retirement date because of current economic conditions. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20091105/ts_pew/49homosexualityandmorality pew/20091105/49homosexualityandmorality Pew topstories Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Pew - Though a majority of Americans now favor allowing gay couples to enter into civil unions (57%), roughly half the country (49%) considers homosexuality to be morally wrong. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20091104/ts_pew/52presidentialapproval pew/20091104/52presidentialapproval Pew topstories Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Pew - After falling from post-inaugural highs this summer, Barack Obama’s approval rating as president has remained steady over the past few months, with a little more than half consistently approving of his performance. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20091103/ts_pew/86latinoyouthincreasinglyinschoolandworkforce pew/20091103/86latinoyouthincreasinglyinschoolandworkforce Pew topstories Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Pew - Fully 86% of Latinos ages 16 to 25 are in school or the labor force; significantly fewer of their counterparts were engaged in these market-oriented activities in previous generations. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20091102/ts_pew/50fewersaynatoshouldkeeptroopsinafghanistan pew/20091102/50fewersaynatoshouldkeeptroopsinafghanistan Pew topstories Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Pew - Since June support among Americans for keeping NATO troops in Afghanistan until the situation has stabilized has fallen by seven points to 50%. In that same period, the percentage of Americans who want forces removed as soon as possible has risen from 38% in June to 43% in September. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20091030/ts_pew/68goblinsandghostsandthingsthatgobumpinthenight pew/20091030/68goblinsandghostsandthingsthatgobumpinthenight Pew topstories Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT Pew - Long before little ghosts and witches filled plastic jack-o-lanterns with candy every Oct. 31, ancient Celts celebrated the festival known as Samhain, Wikipedia tells us. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20091029/ts_pew/19backtothekitchenladies pew/20091029/19backtothekitchenladies Pew topstories Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT Pew - As women have taken a more active role in the labor force, public opinion has become increasingly supportive of this new reality; today, only 19% agree that women should return to their traditional roles, while 75% disagree. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20091028/ts_pew/154ifitsanaturaldisasteritleads pew/20091028/154ifitsanaturaldisasteritleads Pew topstories Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT Pew - The media love natural disasters, and nowhere is this truer than in the sector where the damage from a flood or earthquake can be shown in all its horror: network television news. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20091027/ts_pew/3karzaisrankasaforeignnewsmaker pew/20091027/3karzaisrankasaforeignnewsmaker Pew topstories Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT Pew - Afghanistan President Harmid Karzai has been much in the news lately as the result of charges of corruption in the August 20 presidential election in Afghanistan as well the escalating violence in his country throughout the year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20091026/ts_pew/58seemuslimsasvictimsofdiscrimination pew/20091026/58seemuslimsasvictimsofdiscrimination Pew topstories Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT Pew - Nearly six-in-ten adults (58%) say that Muslims are subject to a lot of discrimination, far more than say the same about Jews, evangelical Christians, atheists or Mormons. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20091023/ts_pew/47swinefluworthashot pew/20091023/47swinefluworthashot Pew topstories Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT Pew - The swine flu virus has been making headlines since April, and large majorities of Americans continue to cite it as a news story they are following closely. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20091022/ts_pew/65viewsofwatchdogpresschangewithpresident pew/20091022/65viewsofwatchdogpresschangewithpresident Pew topstories Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT Pew - The belief that the press should keep political leaders from doing things that should not be done often depends on who those political leaders are, or more specifically, which party controls the White House. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20091021/ts_pew/79doubtyoungpeopleknowrightfromwrong pew/20091021/79doubtyoungpeopleknowrightfromwrong Pew topstories Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT Pew - Asked if young people today have as strong a sense of right and wrong as they did, say, 50 years ago, only 18% say yes, while 79% say no according to a 2005 Pew Research poll. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20091020/ts_pew/45islamandviolence pew/20091020/45islamandviolence Pew topstories Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT Pew - Detailed questions about perceptions of Islam show that a plurality of the public (45%) says Islam is no more likely than other faiths to encourage violence among its believers; 38% take the opposite view, saying that Islam does encourage violence more than other faiths do. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20091019/ts_pew/54olderworkerswanttowork pew/20091019/54olderworkerswanttowork Pew topstories Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT Pew - Attitudes about work reflect the growing desire of an aging but healthy population to stay active well into the later years of life. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20091016/ts_pew/61politicalfundraisingonlinepopularbutsmall pew/20091016/61politicalfundraisingonlinepopularbutsmall Pew topstories Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT Pew - As of August 2008, 18% of Americans had given money to a political candidate, party, organization or cause in the past 12 months, and some 30% of donors gave money online. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20091015/ts_pew/29saypressisgenerallyaccurate pew/20091015/29saypressisgenerallyaccurate Pew topstories Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT Pew - The public’s assessment of the accuracy of news stories is now at its lowest level in more than two decades of Pew Research surveys, and Americans’ views of media bias and independence now match previous lows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20091014/ts_pew/15americashealthcareisfairlyaverage pew/20091014/15americashealthcareisfairlyaverage Pew topstories Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT Pew - According to Americans the United States does not have the best health care in the world. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20091013/ts_pew/53knowmuslimnameforgod pew/20091013/53knowmuslimnameforgod Pew topstories Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT Pew - A slim majority of Americans (53%) know the Muslim name for God is Allah, and a similar number (52%) can correctly name the Koran as the Islamic sacred text. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20091009/ts_pew/65heavennotagatedcommunity pew/20091009/65heavennotagatedcommunity Pew topstories Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT Pew - Most Americans who claim a religious affiliation take a non-exclusivist view of salvation, with 65% saying that many religions can lead to eternal life, while less than one-quarter say theirs is the one, true faith leading to eternal life.