Date: Tue, 16. September 2008 08:00:00

The Christian Science Monitor - For 13 years, I lived in Baton Rouge, La., where my husband and I paid approximately $4,000 a year in property taxes for our large, historic house. It was great. Except that the public schools, deprived of a healthy tax base, were, on the whole, decrepit failures. We paid for our own three kids to attend private school.

Date: Fri, 10. June 2011 08:04:34

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft researchers have rubbished figures from cybercrime surveys, deeming them subject to the types of distortions that have long bedeviled sex surveys. All it takes is a few self-styled Don Juans to hopelessly distort the sex-survey figures. Similarly, cybercrime surveys tend to get dominated by a minority of responses, normally those who have or think they have lost a great deal as a result of hacking or malware attack, and are vocal about it. 'Cybercrime surveys are so compromised and biased that no faith whatever can be placed in their findings,' the researchers write." Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Date: Sun, 28. June 2009 13:13:45

AFP - Albanians are voting Sunday in a general election that is seen as crucial for the country's European Union aspirations, with surveys showing the two main rivals neck and neck.

Date: Tue, 9. June 2009 19:20:48

AP - Signs of stabilization in the job market are emerging, according to several private surveys, as restaurants, mortgage servicers and health centers step up hiring.

Date: Sun, 10. January 2010 03:07:25

Responding to an emotional outcry, the U.S. Census Bureau on Friday announced it would explore eliminating the term "Negro" from future surveys.

Date: Thu, 10. July 2008 05:13:01

Baywatch beauty Pamela Anderson feels no guilt about being paid to appear on Big Brother, despite accusing one of the show's major sponsors of animal cruelty. Anderson fronted a press conference yesterday, admitting she was paid a "huge" sum to enter the Gold Coast house as a special guest.

Date: Thu, 25. August 2011 01:33:05

McGraw-Hill Cos., which does everything from selling textbooks to rating government bonds and compiling car surveys, may be worth at least 40 percent more if sold and broken into pieces.

Date: Fri, 10. October 2008 03:21:30

(AHN) - With Election Day just five days away, the Conservative Party of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper continues to experience setbacks in surveys. - Thu, 9 Oct 2008 13:45:14 GMT

Date: Wed, 5. January 2011 17:51:37

A brightening employment picture is good news for job seekers and potential trouble for employers who want to hold on to their talented staff this year, according to new surveys.

Date: Sat, 16. May 2009 13:56:14

LiveScience.com - Americans grow happier as they age, surveys find. And a new Pew Research Center survey shows the tendency is holding up as the economy tanks.