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Where Are the Coolest Small Towns in America?

Mike Adams — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:20:10 +0000

The charm of American small towns comes in many forms, and these quaint, less traveled locations are responsible for contributing some tried-and-true slices of real Americana. Because of that, they are some of the coolest places to visit in the country.

But where exactly are these places?

Which Airports are America's Germiest? [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:30:51 +0000

People who come home with a cold after a vacation often blame their fellow passengers on the plane — but as it turns out, it’s actually airports that are probably the culprit. And some are worse than others. Modern airplanes feature sophisticated air-filtering systems that catch 99.999 percent of germs, but between the walkway handrails [...]

Tim Tebow Is America's Most Desirable Celebrity Neighbor — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:45:16 +0000

Tim Tebow may have missed out on being selected to the Pro Bowl Tuesday, but the polarizing Denver Broncos quarterback has just received a completely different type of honor.

Number 15 is the celebrity the most Americans would like to live next door to in 2012, according to a new poll.

'A Christmas Story' Is America's Favorite Christmas Movie…What Else Is There? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:50:02 +0000

It wouldn’t be Christmas time without Christmas movies, and even though the same half-dozen or so holiday classics tend to be played again and again during December two Christmas films folks are still not sick of are ‘A Christmas Story’ and ‘It’s a Wonderful Life.’ According to a new survey from Harris Online of 2,499 [...]

Hilton May Be a Great Hotel, But It's Also America's Happiest Company

Shauna Wright — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:00:07 +0000

If one of your New Year’s resolutions is “find a new job,” you may want to narrow your search to the companies a new survey says are the happiest to work for. CareerBliss, a job-search site and online forum, asked more than 100,000 people about things like work-life balance, relationships with bosses and co-workers and [...]

Is America the Best Country in the World? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:30:29 +0000

According to a survey from the Pew Research Center of 2003 American adults, the idea of American exceptionalism is alive and well among the 48 percent of the country who say the US stands alone as the best country in the world. Fourty-two percent of the poll’s respondents classified America as “one of the greatest countries in [...]

Dogs Are America's Most Popular Pet — Survey of the Day [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:56:16 +0000

Dogs and cats may be in a perpetual cycle of conflict, but when it comes to who the public loves more, dogs take home the win. According to a survey by Harris Interactive, 69 percent of all pet owners have a dog, trumping the 51 percent who have a cat.

Ronald Reagan Is the President Most Americans Want to Bring Back — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:15:43 +0000

When asked which former president they would like to run the country today, 36 percent of Americans picked Ronald Reagan. That made The Gipper the number one selection in a 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll of 1,012 adults. Franklin Delano Roosevelt came in second with 29 percent, followed by Thomas Jefferson (14 percent) and Harry Truman [...]

Dallas Cowboys Are America's Favorite Football Team — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:45:03 +0000

For the fifth year in row, the Dallas Cowboys really are America’s team. Dallas was the top answer to a Harris poll of 2,462 American adults asking who their favorite football team is. The Pittsburgh Steelers — the last team besides the Cowboys to get the highest percentage of responses in the annual poll– came [...]