(CNN) -- As the mosque debate dominates the summer spin cycle, a new Pew Research Poll shows that an increasing number of Americans believe that Barack Obama is a Muslim -- now up to 18 percent from 11 percent in March 2009. At the same time, only a third of Americans say Obama is a Christian, down from nearly 50 percent last year. And while the biggest jumps in believing Obama is Muslim come from self-described conservative Republicans -- from 18 percent to 34 percent -- the number of Democrats who describe Obama as Christian fell from 55 percent to 46 percent. Independents -- while being the group least likely to want professions of religious beliefs from politicians -- have also fallen in with the drift.

But the rise of partisan media means that

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- Americans are self-segregating themselves into separate political realities where we can't even agree on basic facts like the president's religion and birthplace.
- Barack Obama are self-segregating themselves into separate political realities where we can't even agree on basic facts like the president's religion and birthplace.
- CNN are self-segregating themselves into separate political realities where we can't even agree on basic facts like the president's religion and birthplace.
- Christian are self-segregating themselves into separate political realities where we can't even agree on basic facts like the president's religion and birthplace.
- Democrats are self-segregating themselves into separate political realities where we can't even agree on basic facts like the president's religion and birthplace.
- John Avlon are self-segregating themselves into separate political realities where we can't even agree on basic facts like the president's religion and birthplace.
- Muslim are self-segregating themselves into separate political realities where we can't even agree on basic facts like the president's religion and birthplace.
- Obama are self-segregating themselves into separate political realities where we can't even agree on basic facts like the president's religion and birthplace.
- Pew are self-segregating themselves into separate political realities where we can't even agree on basic facts like the president's religion and birthplace.
- Pew Research Poll are self-segregating themselves into separate political realities where we can't even agree on basic facts like the president's religion and birthplace.
- Republicans are self-segregating themselves into separate political realities where we can't even agree on basic facts like the president's religion and birthplace.
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Americans are self-segregating themselves into separate political realities where we can't even agree on basic facts like the president's religion and birthplace.


Editor's note: Journalist Karl Penhaul spent several weeks tracking the gangs of the Mexican underworld, the corrupt officials who support them and the cops trying to halt the violence. Mexico police round up gang suspects in Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas. CAMARGO, Mexico (CNN) -- There are no welcome signs on the approach to Camargo. It's a hardscrabble Mexican border town and home turf for "Los Zetas," a gang of hitmen and corrupt former special forces cops on the bankroll of the Gulf Cartel. Local journalists explained if we went there we'd be getting "tangled up in the hooves of the horse." They said Zeta gunmen recently smashed one reporter's fingers with a hammer as a warning to the media to stay away.

Along this stretch of the border

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- CAMARGO are kings.
- CNN are kings.
- Camargo are kings.
- El Paso are kings.
- Gulf Cartel are kings.
- Juarez are kings.
- Karl Penhaul are kings.
- Los Zetas are kings.
- Mexican are kings.
- Mexico are kings.
- Texas are kings.
- U.S. are kings.
- Zeta are kings.
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Los Zetas are kings.


(CNN) -- Everyone knows that Super Bowl host New Orleans can throw a party better than almost any other city in the world. But If you can't get there anytime soon, know that the cities sending teams to Sunday's game also know how to have a good time. San Franciscans cheering the 49ers will tell you they have much to celebrate outside of football season, including a food and coffee culture that just won't quit. So do the residents of underrated Baltimore, where you can grab a bushel of crabs but not talk too loudly about the long-departed Colts. That's why CNN asked noted San Francisco chef and restaurateur Traci Des Jardins and CBS Baltimore weathercaster and personality Marty Bass for their must-do lists for their beloved cities.

First up: Bass, a fixture in Baltimore since he joined the

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- Baltimore team in 1977.
- CBS Baltimore team in 1977.
- CNN team in 1977.
- Colts team in 1977.
- Cross Street Market team in 1977.
- Fell's Point team in 1977.
- Head team in 1977.
- Marty Bass team in 1977.
- New Orleans team in 1977.
- Ravens team in 1977.
- San Franciscans team in 1977.
- San Francisco team in 1977.
- Super Bowl team in 1977.
- Traci Des Jardins team in 1977.
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CBS Baltimore team in 1977.