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1. American unemployment is worse than reported, says at least one expert
(Money/Economy)

BY GINA G. SCALA NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM While a new Gallup poll has the nationwide unemployment rate falling to just under 8 percent for the first time in more than three years, one financial expert ...

2. Freaky science: Is oral sex the key to ending morning sickness?
(Health/Healthquest)

...  The father of this theory (see what I did there?) is a man by the name of Gordon Gallup, a psychologist at SUNY-Albany. According to an article for the NY Daily News, Gallup specializes in human reproductive ...

3. Was Paul Ryan a better choice than Chris Christie?
(U.S./Nation)

... Romney’s vice presidential choice isn’t scoring high with Americans, according to a new USA Today/Gallup Poll. Only 39 percent of Americans polled view Ryan as an excellent or pretty good choice, while ...

4. Voters to POTUS candidates: Create jobs and fix the government
(U.S./Nation)

... to a USA/Gallup survey released yesterday. A whopping 92 percent of Americans polled said that the next POTUS should prioritize creating good jobs, with almost half -- 48 percent -- rating it as "extremely ...

5. OMG: Majority of Americans would support atheist president
(Opinion/Commentary)

...  Yet again, a Gallup poll shows that a sizeable majority of Americans would vote for an atheist for president. It seems that 54 percent of those questioned said they would vote a "well- qualified" atheist ...

6. Romney campaign needs Rob Portman as VP...now!
(Opinion/Commentary)

... in Ohio, a state that Romney must carry in order to win the presidency. Even more significantly, a USA Today-Gallup Poll reported on Sunday, July 8 that among swing-state voters who say that recent commercials ...

7. Gallup poll shows next to no confidence in TV media
(U.S./Nation)

... of “The Daily Show.” But the results of a Gallup poll are showing that confidence in TV news by American viewers is at an all-time low. According to POLITICO.com, of 1,004 adults polled in the survey, ...

8. Researchers: Respect, not money, determines a person's happiness
(Money/Economy)

... makes people happy, Princeton researchers found that those people who were able to maintain a “comfortable” standard of living were happier. Gallup poll information said that high levels of income put ...

9. Gas prices may drop below $3 a gallon in time for holidays
(Money/Economy)

... week," Michael Green says, a spokesman for AAA. President Obama can also expect the falling gas prices to give him and other incumbents support, explained Dennis Jacobe of Gallup, the polling organization. ...

10. Newsweek's gay Obama cover one-ups Time's breastfeeding controversy
(U.S./Nation)

... black president’ then it only makes sense,” former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said, according to the New York Post. Latest Gallup polls are now saying that marriage equality ...

11. Obama's Buffett Rule hurts all Americans
(Money/Economy)

... While it is difficult to determine exactly what a fair share means, most Americans (as many as 60 percent according to one recent Gallup poll) think the wealthy should pay higher rates than they are currently ...

12. '700 Club' host Pat Robertson sparks marijuana legalization controversy
(U.S./Nation)

... and buy a bottle of alcohol and drink it at home legally, then why do we say that the use of this other substance is somehow criminal?" Despite a record-high support (Gallup poll suggests 50 percent ...

13. Ocean City, N.J. designated least angry, least depressed U.S. City
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM A lot of people think every day is a good day at the beach. A telephone poll by Gallup of 357 areas over the past three years has earned Ocean City the title of "Least ...

14. 'Do-nothing' Congress under Obama hits rock bottom approval
(U.S./Nation)

... there have been battles, delays, but nothing quite like this." Just 11 percent of Americans approve of the efforts of Congress, according to a December Gallup poll. Another 86 percent disapproved, to ...

15. Where will Sarah Palin’s mystery bus tour go next?
(U.S./Nation)

... just left the race, Donald Trump, at the Trump Tower before a trip to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island tomorrow. A Gallup poll of Republicans, taken before the tour began had Mitt Romney favored ...

16. N.J. Dept. of Labor launches economic intelligence website
(Money/Economy)

... five days after the Labor Department provided statistics that showed 13,000 jobs were lost in New Jersey in January, wiping out the employment gain for the year of 2010. The same day, the Gallup Poll listed ...

17. Do N.J.'s public-sector employees out-earn their private-sector counterparts?
(N.J./State)

... also reflect the higher pay. Associated Press reporter Geoff Mulvihill wrote that a February USA Today/Gallup poll revealed that Americans largely sided with employees at that time, although almost 40% ...

18. Poll: N.J. still among 10 worst states for 2010 employment
(Money/Economy)

... third straight year New Jersey remained among the 10 worst states to find employment in 2010, according to a new Gallup Poll survey. Specifically, New Jersey ranked 49th behind only Nevada as the worst ...

19. Gov. Christie is now part of national debate on abortion
(Opinion/Commentary)

... need to speak in a way "that leaves no ambiguity in how we feel about this issue." And true to form, Chris Christie did just that. [Click here for Gallup national polling trends on abortion opinion.] ...

20. N.J. gun laws debated after Lakewood officer killed
(N.J./State)

...  According to the New York Times, in a Gallup poll conducted in October, just 44 percent of Americans said the laws covering the sale of firearms should be made more strict. The number supporting stricter ...