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Politics is definitely in the air, especially since 2012 is an election year. But a recent survey by Harris Interactive on behalf of Careerbuilder.com suggests most folks still shy away from talking about Democrats and Republicans in their workplace.

Belief in global warming has hit a three-year high, which experts attribute to a warmer than usually winter in the US.

After returning more than 75,000 teddy bears left behind at its hotels and discovering many belonged to adults, Travelodge commissioned a survey to find out just how many grown-ups still sleep with the stuffed animals. What the hotel chain found may surprise you.

A study released Friday by the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project finds that when it comes to social networks, women tend to be a lot less friendly than men.

If you’ve been seeing more and more people with tattoos lately, you are certainly not imagining things. According to a Harris Interactive poll of 2,016 adults, currently 21 percent have at least one tattoo. That’s up from 16 percent who reported ink in 2008, and 14 percent who did so in 2003.

Now that people are getting more used to being on social networks like Facebook they seem to be getting more picky about whom they are sharing their information with. According to a survey from the Pew Research Center, 63 percent of social media network users removed people from their friend rolls in 2011, which was up from the 56 percent of those who did so in 2009.

Last month Virgin Galactic announced it would begin offering commercial space flights later this year.

Last week, President Obama issued a directive which would require all health insurance plans to cover the cost of birth control.

A good amount of time and energy on the internet is spent by folks trying to make some sort of romantic connection. Many of these relationship never make it offline, but they can be intense, nonetheless.

Food and romance are two of life’s pleasure, so why not combine them? According Hotel.com’s Valentine’s Day-themed 2012 survey, the two foods most likely to set the mood for love are…

Although it varies from state to state, the average salary of a public school teacher in the United States is about $50,000 a year. For comparison sake, the average full-time worker in any profession has a median personal income of about $39,000 a year. Are teachers getting the better end of the stick?

Tax day is right around the corner — but that doesn’t mean we’ll all pay our fair share. An IRS survey last year found the percentage of people who thought it was acceptable to cheat “as much as possible” on their returns doubled compared to 2010.