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Continued fighting in Libya and the union faceoff in Wisconsin fueled the No. 1 and No. 2 stories overall last week. But the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on Friday March 11 quickly overwhelmed every other story—including a controversial hearing on Islamic terrorism.

Pew Research Center today announced that it has hired James Bell as its first director of international survey research and Matt Farrey as its first director of development.

This week, fully 90% of the public said that they were hearing mostly bad news about gas prices. Reaching the 90% threshold is a rare occurrence in polls, in part, because surveys focus on current issues with considerable disagreement. So what do 90% of Americans agree on?

Susannah Fox presented Pew Internet's latest research on peer-to-peer healthcare and mobile access.

For the first time since the official end of the Great Recession in June 2009, native-born workers in the second half of 2010 joined foreign-born workers in experiencing the beginnings of a recovery in employment.

In the 11 months since the health care reform was signed into law, debate about the controversial measure has accounted for only 1.9% of the overall newshole.

In a 2010 survey, the extremist group Hezbollah receives its most positive ratings in Jordan, where 55% of Muslims have a favorable view; a slim majority (52%) of Lebanese Muslims also support the group.

Only in Nigeria, among predominately Muslim countries surveyed, does a plurality express positive views of al Qaeda as well as its leader bin Laden.

In the case of a federal government shutdown, the public splits -- and sharply so along partisan lines -- over whether President Obama or Republicans in Congress are to blame.