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A poll released on Tuesday indicated that U. S. residents remain split on abortion, with 33 percent saying the debate should be reopened and 51 percent disagreeing.

It has been reported that Angus Reid Public Opinion found a gap between respondents' personal feelings on abortion and what they think the law should be. For example, 30 percent said there should be no legal restrictions on abortion, while 20 percent believe abortion is morally right in any circumstance where a woman believes it is necessary.

Mumbai, July 21 : For the first time in his 15-year-old career, Bobby Deol of the romance and action movies has attempted to do a supernatural thriller - a not-so-popular genre. But the actor is taking his chances, saying there is "no guarantee what will work and what won't".

"It's not only horror films that didn't work this year. There are many others that didn't either. There is no guarantee what will work and what won't," Bobby, the younger son of Bollywood veteran Dharmendra, told IANS.

The port of Dalian was operating normally for the most part on Tuesday in the aftermath of an oil pipeline explosion, Chinese officials have said.

The shipping operations that had been suspended were getting back to normal, except in the area around the terminal where crude oil is unloaded, Dalian Port Co. said in a written statement.

Dalian, located in northeastern China, is China's largest crude-receiving port.

According to an official, a Maryland state employee was put on administrative leave and may face further discipline for posting Social Security numbers on a Web site.

The Baltimore Sun reported on Monday that a spokeswoman for the state Department of Human Resources in Baltimore, Nancy Lineman, said there is no evidence the posting of Social Security numbers and other personal information of nearly 3,000 clients was used for identity theft, but affected clients will receive an offer of a year of credit monitoring.

Democrats face a harsh reality in mid-term elections. Politicians are known by their deeds and judged by the results.

It has been noted by many reports that no president since Franklin Roosevelt inherited a bigger mess than Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress have given him most of what he wants, the $787 billion stimulus package, including clean energy initiatives to create jobs; a free hand with Troubled Asset Relief Program money and healthcare and financial regulatory reforms.

The recent reports claim of release of overall set top box market that supposedly has grown over to two hundred million units last year.

It was further added that the market gave a further pump when over fifty million households worldwide were switching to digital TV and most of the people around had to migrate from the old analogue TV signal in exchange of the free to view digital service.