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Americans' confidence in the economy showed no change last week as the U.S. stock market's rally slowed. The Gallup Economic Confidence Index was -13 for the week ending April 7.

More than three-quarters of Americans favor members of Congress voluntarily returning either 5% or 25% of their salary as a result of the impact of the sequestration budget cuts, which went into effect March 1.

Principal Talent as Seen Through Teachers' Eyes

Minneapolis-St. Paul area residents are the most likely to say they feel safe walking alone at night where they live, among those who reside in the 50 largest U.S. metro areas. Memphis area residents are the least likely to feel safe.

Americans put more confidence in President Obama to do the right thing for the U.S. economy than in Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress. Americans' confidence in Obama is up from last year.

U.S. worry about global warming is heading back up after several years of diminished concern. Views toward most global warming issues now fall halfway between record levels of belief and skepticism.

Americans support setting nutritional standards for all food served at public schools, even food served at snack bars and bake sales. However, most oppose prohibiting students from bringing packed lunches from home to school.

Adults whose primary health insurance is Medicaid are more than twice as likely to have certain preventable chronic health problems as are those adults with employer-based insurance. Medicaid recipients are also much more likely to smoke.

Teachers in the United States rate their lives better than those in most other occupation groups, trailing only physicians. Teachers also are in great emotional health, but their workplace well-being lags other professions.

Lincoln, Neb., is tops in well-being out of a list of 189 U.S. metropolitan areas Gallup and Healthways surveyed in 2012. Charleston, W.Va., comes in last. Washington, D.C., has the highest well-being across large metro areas.