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Many Americans crave more flavor and texture in the meals they prepare at home.

Nadal on verge of clay record.

States left for Obama to visit.

There are 2.9 million public school teachers in the United States.

Americans who say having a gun makes people safer from crime, up from 48% two years earlier.

Fed rate hike

Dynamite fight. How Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao compare:

Whitman top poet

States with same-sex marriage bans. U.S. Supreme Court will hear cases Tuesday.

Walking while talking.

Joe Gibbs Racing had the most wins in the sprig race at Richmond.

What do you relate most to Earth Day?

Have European stocks bottomed out yet?

Times people say they typically get sick during a single cold/flu season:

How many years must pass after a debut release before acts are eligible for Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

The number of IRS audits for individual taxpayers fell more than 21% between 2010 and 2014 (in millions):

Since 1986, taxpayers have filed almost 1.4 billion 1040 forms elec-tronically. What the IRS expects this tax season (in millions):

Reasons to diet. What are the reasons you'd consider dieting?

Since 2010, 50 rural hospitals-with a total of 1,794 beds- have closed. States that lost the most:

How long did it take to know if you could stay in a new job long term?

Masters winners with the longest stretch between first and most recent victories. (Total wins in parentheses)

Feline fans. More households in the USA own dogs (48%) than cats (40%) but most adults agree that:

Agree or disagree: DIY projects strengthen your relationship with your significant other.

Left-handed pitchers are prized in baseball. Six of the 17 presidents (35%) who threw out MLB's first pitch were lefties.

Peeps have popped up in Easter baskets since 1953. Yellow and white Peeps came first, followed by pink, lavender, blue, green and orange.

The USA produced 357.3 million cases of wine last year. States that produced the most (in millions of cases).

Threes for trees. The NBA will plant three trees for each of the 992 three-point baskets made during NBA Green Week (March 22-29) Players who hit the most three-pointers.

Some 70% of U.S. shoppers own a smartphone. More than half use them when shopping to:

Most donated organs come from deceased donors. Share of organ donors today vs. 2004 when living donors peaked at 7,004 in the USA.

Transactions completed for Grateful Dead reunion tickets for July 3-5 concerts at Chicago's Soldier Field, according to ticket reseller StubHub.

The race for the 2015 NHL Presidents' Trophy awarded to the regular-season champion is tight. Previous winners with the most points.

Better off

Broadway's longest runs. Shows with the longest run of performances.

Federal Highway Dollars

Tournament fixtures

Royal visits.

Kansas has the most consecutive appearances in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament with 26 (1990-2015).

Wearing and spending green on St. Patrick's Day. An estimated 127 million Americans are planning to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

The number of female senators has grown since the longest-serving woman in Congress, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, was sworn in as a senator in 1987:

Are you superstitious? Friday the 13th is here. Adults who say they have ever carried a "lucky charm" of some kind.

Compared with past years, how much Americans are looking forward to spring this year:

Social Security: U.S. safety net

Global travel. Top international travel destinations for U.S. travelers in 2014.

Defense to Offense. Most goals by a defenseman in one season in the NHL.

Pieces of Black History. President Obama visits Alabama for the 5oth anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march. Visitors to top African-American heritage sites ni 2014.

Breaching the $100 mark

Impressive Huskies

Seeds people are projected to buy this year:

Americans' warmth of feeling for counties on a 0-100 scale, where 0 is very cold, 50 is neutral and 100 is very warm:

Renting a hone vs. buying one. What mortgage rate would you consider it?

Talking Cars

Percentage of adults with a budget

Must have kitchen appliances? Percentage of people who own these kitchen appliances.

Last five Division 1 men's basketball teams that went unbeaten in the regular season but lost in the NCAA tournament or NIT:

Inflating job skills on social media. Percentage who admit when searching for a job, bt education lebed.

Early Daytona success. Active drivers with the fewest Daytona 500 starts before wining the Great American Race.

Baby Boomers expect to take an average of four or five trips in 2015:

Top U.S. maple syrup states in 2014 season production (change from 2013):

It's Friday the 13th, so of course everyone is talking about "Friday the 13th" movie franchise, started in 1980 and returning May 13, 2016. (a Friday naturally)

Men vs. women on how comfortable they are driving in winter conditions.

Excelling among stars

Messy desk at work, what does it say about that person?

Top five pre-packages bagel flavors purchased in 2014 (In millions of packages sold):

Music sales declined in 2014 vs. 2013, except for vinyl LP's (in millions)

USA's busiest airports, O'Hare reclaimed the No.1 spot in the number of flight operations for the first time since 2005. Arrivals and departures in 2014.

Alex Rodriguez is approaching some significant home run milestones, for which he will receive $6 million each. Home runs shy of:

Online pseudonyms. Are they used instead of real names to hide identity?

If Punxsutawney Phil doesn't see his shadow today, folklore says spring will come early.

Approximately 1.25 billion wings will be eaten during Super Bowl XLIX. What fans plan to eat with them.

Hours before NBC airs Super Bowl XLIX, Hallmark Channel will broadcast Kitten Bowl II Sunday:

Where hackivists' operate

Surprising student loan facts

Why Americans can't keep health and fitness resolutions

The choices people would rather do than quit their laptop and phone for a month.

State abortion restrictions

The 2015 Rolex 24 At Daytona team sports car race begins Friday. Closest finishes (in seconds):

A 50-year tradition, the State of the Union speech.

Charitable giving

Coach K nears 1000 wins

Family spending on Gasoline.

Borrowing from retirement plans

Magazine closures

Participants for the 2015 NHL All-Star Game were announced Saturday. Most games played:

Credit security breaches

Annual income from the estates of celebrities, October 2013 to October 2014 (in millions):

Most career passing yards in the NFL playoffs:

Female artists blossom in 2014

Average home-equity rates.

Adults who say these resolutions are hard to keep:

Most valuable brands in 2014:

Ditching weight-loss resolutions

Average budget for gifts for:

Should student loan debt have equal weight as other debt?

Dishing on Christmas

Who do we regift most?

The average holiday shopper

SEC goes bowling

What impact would robotics/3-D printers have on manufacturing jobs?

How often U.S. Jewish adults attend religious services at a synagogue:

More tax on me

Bryant chases Jordan

About 43% of President Obama's confirmed nominees to the federal bench have been women. Percentage of active female judges:

Percentage of holiday shoppers who shop mostly at:

Holiday home trimmings

Americans spent $1.2 billion on real Christmas trees in 2013. Where they bought them:

Do you recall when these animated Christmas specials first aired.

Workers say closed door best

How often do you send your sick employees home?

Afghanistan's poppy crop

Where U.S. online spending on Cyber Monday 2013 originated from:

Average number of presents holiday shoppers say they'll buy:

Active NFL players with the most career receptions (with first year in the NFL and current team):

When Thanksgiving "weekend" holiday shoppers plan to shop in stores and online:

Season adults most strongly associated with peppermint:

How often we dine in full-service restaurants with two or more other people:

Running for titles.

Worldwide non-ticket airline revenue for checking bags, deals with hotels and credit cards, etc.

How much will Santa spend?

Those 55 and older snack between meals

Average wake-up time and time at home before work, by age group:

The USA's second subway opened in 1904. First cities to send trains underground (year opened):

Top emotions about technology that tracks your behavior.

Bicyclist deaths

Colleagues are new family

The number of U.S. breweries

Newest stadiums in the NFL.

Voting before Election Day

Holliday shopping timetable. When do people start shopping for the holidays?

Times each military academy has won or retained the Commander-in-Chief's trophy since it was inaugurated in 1972:

Those planning to buy adult, pet or children costumes:

Do you feel pressured to create images of a perfect life on social media

What Halloween costumes do adults prefer? Of the over 1,000 people who responded:

Number of reported cybersecurity incidents (theft, hacking, etc.) worldwide (in millions):

Large U.S. metros with the highest homeowner vacancy rates in the second quarter.

Martinsville magig

The average size of a new single-family home last year beat the pre-recession peak in 2007.

Average non-sufficient funds fee, as of fall:

The top 5 Halloween costumes for pets.

Millennial moms get their babies on social media early in life.

The food truck industry has grown from $325 million in revenue in 2000 to a projected $804 million in 2014. Who frequents the trucks?

The Brooklyn Nets and Sacramento Kings played two preseason games in China in October. NBA in greater China (since 1978):

How much would you pay for good coffee?

How states observe the federal holiday today.

When people most often shower.

Columbus Day a paid holiday?

How to hold a steering wheel. Which is safest if your steering wheel were a clock.

Kids need sleep on school nights.

Supreme Court begins new terms.

Pick: Customer service or this?

Fitness country

Which distracts you more while driving.

Plastic bag bans

To succeed in business world

Busiest air hubs

Golfers who have appeared in the most Ryder Cups.

Do you believe the recession is over?

Travel trends people would most like to experience by year's end.

Top 5 with most fans per store on Facebook.

3-day weekend

Adjusted for population growth, January to June miles driven this year are down 8.5% since 2007 peak

TV shows that debuted in September 1964 and how long they lasted.

Do you run your business based on your religious priciples?

Scotland may vote to become the world's newest country on Sept. 18.

Statistics on this season's apple harvest.

Online platforms that Americans have the greatest privacy concerns about.

Who do you target first to gain access to a company?

Among our greatest motoring concerns when on a road trip.

Would you talk to your colleagues about your salary?

College choices: Are you limiting your child's choices based on price?

Following season records of the 4 NFL champions before Seahawks

Who should decide?

Hours in a typical school week parents say kids spend watching TV, relaxing or doing other unscheduled activities.

Lowest preseason ranking by a BCS champion

Of the 83 insect related on-the-job deaths from 2003 to 2010

Do employers value experience/skills more than education?

NBC broadcast Reds at Dodgers doubleheader on Aug. 26, 1939

"Mad Men" is among seven TV shows with three or more outstanding drama series trophies.

Most All-WNBA team selections

The number of U.S. breweries.

Percentage of employees who...

Average internet connection speeds, in megabits per second (Mbps):

Where parents will buy school items:

If you could buy one...

Most games of 30-plus points in a WNBA season

Average back-to-school shopping amount

75th anniversary of "Oz" MGM's 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" was not an instant classic. In MIllions (adjusted for inflation, 2014)

Who enjoys cheap gas?

High fliers

Most strokes under par in PGA Championship

Lower drinking age to 18?

Having wealth makes life...

Seahawks elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame

Drones in U.S. skies

Fairest tax rates

Who uses the library?

Trashing food

Women and financial decisions

Disabled in America

Success at Indy

Stay-at-home dads

Hottest shake is chocolate

Heat is the most deadly

Top-selling driver merchandise

Violent tech content

MLB beer prices

Extreme embassies

Shifting wedding tradition

Tracking 1st-time Sprint Cup winners. Daytona International Speedway tops percentage of 1st-time winners.

Career peaks

Not ready to hang up the keys

Hot dog for hot dogs

Top ways to reduce summer costs

Noisy July 4th activities. Sound above 85 decibels can damage hearing. Typical noise levels, in decibels.

If you could take your pet to work. Would your cat or dog join you?

Would you consider branchless banking?

Germany 3, USA 0

Most Hart Memorial Trophies (MVP) in NHL history

Which would you prefer?

Biggest buyers of the record-high 179,000 industrial robots sold worldwide in 2013.

Vacation workouts

How big a tip?

Oldest NBA Finals MVPs

On giving heirs the business

Big expenses

Back to the beach?

It's Friday the 13th, Americans who are superstitious when it comes to:

Most blocked shots in the NBA finals

How many physical checks do you write a month, on average?

How do you honk?

Kids and the great outdoors

Broadway's record season

Most points in an NBA Finals game

My children work for me.

Rough year for roads

Bonding over video games

Red-faced drivers, What drivers say are their most embarrassing car goofs:

Women's shortest Grand Slam finalists

World's largest wine markets

My first job

Kim and Kanye's wedding

Length of races in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Grads' job expectations

Most dangerous states for workers.

#Most Annoying SocialMedia Habits

Top colors of Preakness Stakes winners

Which bad driving habit bothers Americans more?

Have you bribed your kids with money to encourage good behavior?

Becoming self-employed

How Americans view Russia

Own retirement vs. child's college

Most recent defensive players to be selected No.1 in NFL draft

States with highest Lyme disease rates

Catching up on TV

Spider-Man box-office

Mexico celebrates Cinco de MAyo

Dick's Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon growth

TV turns 75 today.

RETIREMENT LOSS

SEEKING RELIEF

NYC HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES

Active Sprint Cup drivers with most poles at Richmond

Planned absenteeism

States with most 'green' cemeteries

Never too old to run.

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Crowd-pleasing art museums

Goalies with most playoff shutouts in NHL history

Ford Mustang has more than 3,200 movie/TV credits since 1964.

U.S drinks less soda

Most NCAA Division 1 men's hockey titles.

Will you have enough for health care costs?

Fewer are adopted in USA

Fewer U.S. cinemas have 35-mm film projectors

Most popular cosmetic surgery.

Superflicks on bug screen

NCAA Division I all-time scoring leaders

Data breaches in the USA rise

What would you change about your wedding proposal?

Fewer accountants used

Most Sweet 16 appearances

Presidents and popes

Heat vs. Pacers - last 12 meetings

Fewer putting a ring on it

Cars with best resale value

Who won't pay federal income tax in 2014?

Auto mechanics' perspective

For one day, "Everyone is Irish"

MLB fan demographics

Most career rebounds in ACC tournamant.

Battle of the bulge.

Happy 25th Birthday World Wide Web.

Declining average credit card debt.

Bullying off campus

Reality check.

Nature hits insurers for $1.5 billion in 2014.

High, low states for car insurance.

Jersey colors.