Pew Research Center Staff

That's how much more coverage the Texas raid of a polygamist ranch received compared to the ruling later reversing it.

Following Tennessee's lead, seven states have moved to guarantee domestic production of all U.S. flags purchased by the state government while one other state, Minnesota seeks to bar all foreign-made flags.

Wealth holds a great attraction for the young, according to a recent Pew Social Trends survey, with 20% of all adults under age 30 saying being wealthy is a top priority for them -- easily the largest proportion of any age group.

As has been the case for some time, Americans are close to evenly divided between those who rate their personal finances as only fair or poor (51%) and those who say they are excellent or good (47%).

Among married adult Americans, 27% are in religiously mixed marriages.

One-in-five online adults have used a search engine to find information about a co-worker, professional colleague, or business competitor.

More than a third of adults say that their home address is available online.

Cited by 19% of Muslim Americans, prejudice and discrimination lead the list of the biggest problems that U.S. Muslims say they face, followed by being viewed as terrorists, ignorance about Islam and negative stereotyping.

That's roughly the ratio of the amount of coverage Michelle Obama has received this year compared with coverage of Cindy McCain

About a quarter of registered voters (26%) say they think McCain is too old to be president, and this proportion rises to nearly a third (32%) when voters are informed that he is currently 71 years old.