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    Who Do That Voodoo at Harvard?

    Psychologists convince test subjects at the famed university that they may have put a Voodoo hex on a disagreeable man. Also, new studies on marriage and Social Security, birth order and dirty diapers.

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    U.S.-Pakistani Relations

    That’s the percentage of Pakistanis who say that relations between the U.S. and Pakistan have improved in recent years.

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    Phone Calls on the Net

    That’s the percentage of online adult Americans who have some type of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service in their home as of December 2005.

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    Newcomers in the Illegal Workforce

    That’s the number of unauthorized workers currently in the U.S. labor market who arrived after 2000. The Pew Hispanic Center estimates that these workers constitute about 35% of the total 7.2 million unauthorized workers now in the United States.

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    Birth Control and “Conscience Clauses”

    That’s the percentage of Americans who oppose allowing pharmacists to refuse to sell birth control pills for religious reasons. Fewer than one-in-five (17%) express support for this type of “conscience clause” exemption.

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    Negotiating with Iran

    That’s the percentage of the American public who favor direct negotiations with Iran over the issue of its nuclear program

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    In Statehouses, 2006 is Year of Surpluses, Social Issues

    Minimum wage hikes and new rights of self-defense for crime victims have been popular with state lawmakers this year. Also, with a budget climate that’s been the sunniest in six years, lawmakers have splurged on a host of new projects.

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    Remembering 9/11

    That’s the number of Americans who remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when they first heard the news of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon 5 years ago today.

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