Jeremy Taylor
![Most Americans Think Crime Is Getting Worse — Survey of the Day](http://townsquare.media/site/126/files/2011/11/crime.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Most Americans Think Crime Is Getting Worse — Survey of the Day
According to a new Gallup poll, 68 percent of Americans believe there is more crime than a year ago.
17 percent of the survey’s respondents reported there is less crime, and 8 percent believe the crime rate is unchanged. This marked the seventh year in a row that at least 67 percent of Americans answered crime is getting worse.
![Fatty and Sugary Foods May Be as Addictive as Cocaine and Cigarettes](http://townsquare.media/site/126/files/2011/11/junk-food.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Fatty and Sugary Foods May Be as Addictive as Cocaine and Cigarettes
There is a growing body of evidence suggesting fatty and sugary foods rewire the brain in the same way drugs like cocaine and nicotine do, leading to addiction.
In recent studies, lab animals who have been fed a diet of sugary and fatty snacks show the classic signs of addiction, and brain scans of obese humans show the same disturbances in their reward circuits as the brains that are found in dru
![Ronald Reagan Is the President Most Americans Want to Bring Back — Survey of the Day](http://townsquare.media/site/126/files/2011/11/ronald-Reagan.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Ronald Reagan Is the President Most Americans Want to Bring Back — Survey of the Day
When asked which former president they would like to run the country today, 36 percent of Americans picked Ronald Reagan.
![Cliff Huxtable Is America’s Favorite TV Dad — Survey of the Day](http://townsquare.media/site/126/files/2011/11/bill-cosby-show.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Cliff Huxtable Is America’s Favorite TV Dad — Survey of the Day
Bill Cosby’s sweater-wearing, tough love-offering Cliff Huxtable character from ‘The Cosby Show’ is the TV dad most Americans would have wanted as their own father growing up.
![Doomsday Preacher Harold Camping Apologizes for Another Failed End of the World Prediction](http://townsquare.media/site/126/files/2011/11/harold-camping.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Doomsday Preacher Harold Camping Apologizes for Another Failed End of the World Prediction
Generally speaking, it’s a good thing when the world doesn’t end. But not so for Harold Camping, who has dramatically — and incorrectly — predicted the date the world will end three times.
![Survey of the Day — Most Workers Are ‘Not Engaged’ in Their Job](http://townsquare.media/site/126/files/2011/10/bored-at-work.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Survey of the Day — Most Workers Are ‘Not Engaged’ in Their Job
71 percent of American workers are either “not engaged” or “actively disengaged” in their work.
According to Gallup’s employee engagement index, which is based on workers’ responses to 12 workplace elements, 19 percent of the employed are actively disengaged in their work, 52 percent are not engaged, and only 29 percent feel engaged in their jobs.
![Baby Born in Philippines Declared World’s Seven Billionth Person](http://townsquare.media/site/126/files/2011/10/baby.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Baby Born in Philippines Declared World’s Seven Billionth Person
Danica May Camacho was born in Manila, Philippines just before midnight on Sunday, weighing five-and-a-half pounds.
But a much larger number will always be associated with the baby girl, as the UN has declared her the world’s seven billionth person.
![Adorable Baby Elephant Born at the San Diego Zoo [VIDEO]](http://townsquare.media/site/126/files/2012/03/babyelephant.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Adorable Baby Elephant Born at the San Diego Zoo [VIDEO]
An elephant calf was born at the San Diego Zoo on September 26. Camera caught the big baby taking his awkward first steps as his mother looked on. Check out the sweet scene after the jump.
![Forty-Seven Percent of Americans Own Guns — Survey of the Day](http://townsquare.media/site/126/files/2011/10/woman-with-gun.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Forty-Seven Percent of Americans Own Guns — Survey of the Day
Gun ownership is at an 18-year high, according to a new Gallup poll.
Forty-seven percent of Americans report having a gun in their home or elsewhere on their property, up from 41 percent last year and the most since 1993 when 54 percent reported gun ownership.
![Mariah Carey and Justin Bieber’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ Duet Raises Questions [AUDIO]](http://townsquare.media/site/126/files/2011/12/bieber-carey.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Mariah Carey and Justin Bieber’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ Duet Raises Questions [AUDIO]
It must officially be the Christmas season, because the Justin Bieber/Mariah Carey ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ collaboration hit the web today, four days before the Bieb’s holiday album ‘Under the Mistletoe’ hits stores.
Wait…is it us, or do Mariah’s vocals sound exactly the same as they did in the original song? Something’s fishy…
![Vampire Kitty Can Moonwalk Like Michael Jackson [VIDEO]](http://townsquare.media/site/126/files/2012/03/vampire-kitty.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Vampire Kitty Can Moonwalk Like Michael Jackson [VIDEO]
The kitty version of Count Dracula is far cooler than the real one. Why? Kitty version has moonwalking capabilities.
![Fewer Babies Are Born on Halloween](http://townsquare.media/site/126/files/2011/10/halloween-babies.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Fewer Babies Are Born on Halloween
Mothers are 11.3 percent less likely to give birth on Halloween than they are on the days before and after the holiday.