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...today's hard economic times, something startling began showing up in public-opinion polls: fewer people than in the past wanted Washington to step in. In the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, only 23% of respondents said they trust the government "always or most of the time"--the smallest proportion in 12 years. The percentage of voters who think government should "do more to solve problems and meet the needs of people" has dropped 5 points since Obama's first weeks in office, while that of those who think government should leave more things "to businesses" rose 8 points...
...after The Lord of the Rings and King Kong, opened in three theaters and amassed $116,000. Touted as an awards contender before anyone had seen it, The Lovely Bones has received reviews in the mixed-to-negative range - just a 40% approval score on the Rotten Tomato-meter poll of critics. (The totals for other December hopefuls: The Princess and the Frog, 83%; Invictus, 78%; A Single Man, 84%.) That leaves the important decisions of Lovely Bones' fate up to the Oscar voters - and the mass of moviegoers. (See the top 10 movies...
...question now on health officials' minds is: Will there be a second wave of cases in the new year? The answer depends on whom you ask. "We took an informal poll of about a dozen of some of the world's leading experts in influenza," Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), told reporters recently. "About half of them said, Yes, we think it's likely that we'll have another surge in cases. About half said, No, we think it's not likely. And one said, Flip a coin...
Nancy R. Aiguier, a poll inspector at Quincy House, said that voter turnout for the ward was under 15 percent and that the majority of voters she checked in were registered Democrats...
...When I went into the poll...the guy who checked me in told me, ‘You can’t vote here,’” Miller said. “I know he was joking, but I definitely didn’t appreciate...