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ANALYSIS

 Fewer Americans 
 Believe in Global Warming 

Those seeing evidence of it dropped from 71%-57% in 18 months

Oct 22, 09 8:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - The percentage of Americans who think there’s serious evidence of global warming has dropped precipitously in the past 18 months—from 71% to 57%, the Pew Research Center finds. Numbers were down across the political spectrum—Democrat, independent, Republican—but the drop was most pronounced among independents, to 53%... More »

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climate change • global warming • cap and trade • science • Pew Center • opinion polls

Americans Switching, Not Losing, Religion

But people who abandon faith just 'drift away', new poll says

Apr 27, 09 8:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A majority of Americans who have abandoned organized religion "gradually drifted away," a new Pew Forum poll says. The finding surprised experts who expected policy debates or scandals—like clergy sex abuse in the Catholic Church—to fuel people's rejection of a faith. But overall, the survey... More »

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religion • poll • faith • survey • Pew Center

 Record 2.3M Crowd US Prisons 

Federal report describes system in crisis

Jun 12, 08 5:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - A record 7.2 million criminals were behind bars, on parole, or being supervised on probation in 2006—a figure that cost taxpayers $45 billion and has states rethinking sentencing laws and shipping inmates elsewhere, the Washington Post reports. Of that number, 2.3 million people were in jail or... More »

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crime • probation • parole • prisons • criminal justice system • Bureau of Justice Statistics • private prisons • Pew Center • California District Attorneys Association • incarceration

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