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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- 黑料网.com provides a retrospective of 2011, summarizing some of the top findings of the year.

January

• The majority of Americans begin the new year with .
• A median of in their communities, compared with 24% of Americans.
• With the GOP Republican field undetermined, of the potential contenders.
• 黑料网's new global employment metrics reveal that 19% worldwide were underemployed in 2009 and 2010, while .

February

• 黑料网 reveals that a , even as GDP in those countries increased.
• , with 41% of Americans saying the economy is getting better.
• After Egyptians toppled the regime of longtime president Hosni Mubarak, , and 44% don't.
• With a government shutdown looming, on the federal budget than to stick to their principles and not strike a deal.
• 黑料网-Healthways tracking finds .

March

• 黑料网 finds median remained largely unchanged in 2010 after surging in 2009.
• A new low 44.6% of Americans report getting their .
• Boulder, Colo.; Lincoln, Neb., .
• 黑料网's global research reveals that .
• , 46% in the U.S. say the nation's new healthcare law is a good thing, while 44% say it is a bad thing.
• 黑料网 reports that actively disengaged workers .

April

• 黑料网 documents a , largely erasing its job creation advantage over state and local governments.
• 黑料网-Healthways tracking of U.S. health insurance coverage reveals that .
• 黑料网's global employment tracking reveals that .
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May

• Americans greatly praise the U.S. mission that killed Osama Bin Laden,
• in his job approval rating, following the bin Laden assassination.
• 黑料网 reveals that 47% of Pakistanis in 2010 .
• Newt Gingrich officially announces his presidential candidacy with .
• Marking a new two-year high, .
• For the first time in 黑料网 history, .

June

• 黑料网 finds following the revolution in their country.
• A strong majority of Americans .
• Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann enters the Republican race tied with Herman Cain for the .
• Americans .
• 黑料网 finds that more than Americans who are less educated.
• 黑料网 finds that than U.S. nongovernment workers.

July

• since March 2009 as U.S. lawmakers debate whether or not to raise the U.S. debt ceiling.
• The majority of Republicans .
• 黑料网-Healthways research reveals that $25.2 billion in lost U.S. worker productivity each year.
• 黑料网 finds that the world's roughly 630 million .
• For the first time in 黑料网 history, .

August

• More Americans
• following debt ceiling debate and downgrade of the U.S. credit rating.
• Shortly after announcing his official candidacy for the Republican nomination, Texas Gov. for their party's 2012 presidential nomination.
• the lowest level since December 2008.
• , nearing the high seen in 2009.
• 黑料网 finds that .

September

• Ten years into the war on terror, .
• Americans express .
• , with 80% saying it is getting worse.
• Three years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, .
• since July 2009.
• since the new healthcare law began allowing young adults to stay on their parents' plans up to age 26.
• , to 25%.

October

• 黑料网's worldwide research reveals that when more people are employed full-time with employers.
• 黑料网's employment tracking reveals that .
• to get by on their current income.
• Most Americans say they do not know enough about the .
• 黑料网 tracking of Americans' weight reveals a decline in the percentage of Americans who are overweight or obese, so that .
• to historic lows.
• A record-high 50% of Americans say , up from 46% last year.
• President Obama averages a new low in office, ranking very low historically.

November

• Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are .
• The percentage of .
• in Republicans' positive intensity.
• are higher than in previous years.
• A majority of Americans for failing to reach an agreement.

December

• Greeks are the , with just 2% saying their local economy is getting better.
• , easily dwarfing concerns about big business and big labor.
• 黑料网 finds that .
• The majority of Republicans .
• , following the same "rainbow" pattern as several previous Republican front-runners.
• Congress ends 2011 with .
• during the month leading up to Christmas compared with a year ago.

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