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12:55 pm
Wed November 30, 2011

Health Law's Popularity Rises ... Ever So Slightly

Can you say blip?

Apparently that's what last month's all-time low popularity numbers were for President Obama's health overhaul law, according to this month's tracking poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Overall, the federal Affordable Care Act still remains slightly more unpopular (44 percent) than popular (37 percent), but that's down from last month's 51-34 split.

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The Two-Way
12:41 pm
Wed November 30, 2011

Researcher Finds Secret Software On Phones Logs Nearly Everything

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A screenshot showing CarrierIQ in action.
The Two-Way
11:32 am
Wed November 30, 2011

Despite Warnings From Inspector, One Iowa Town Still Battles Toxic Air

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The Grain Processing Corp. plant in Muscatine, Iowa.

Originally published on Wed November 30, 2011 11:35 am

The Two-Way
11:13 am
Wed November 30, 2011

Prosecutors Say John Hinckley Is Still A Threat

Originally published on Wed November 30, 2011 11:15 am

The Justice Department says the man who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981 still poses a threat to public safety.

Prosecutors are fighting an effort by John Hinckley to win more freedom from a mental hospital where he's been confined for decades.

During a hearing in Washington, the prosecutors said the government has been watching Hinckley.

Secret Service agents followed Hinckley last summer, when he said he was going to the movies during visits to his mother's home in Williamsburg, Va.

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The Two-Way
10:47 am
Wed November 30, 2011

First 'Penn State Scandal' Civil Suit Filed

The first civil lawsuit brought by an alleged victim of Jerry Sandusky is from a man who says he was sexually abused as a young boy more than 100 times by the former Penn State assistant football coach.

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The Two-Way
10:38 am
Wed November 30, 2011

Deputies, Movers Refuse To Evict 103-Year-Old Georgia Woman

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Vita Lee, 103, lives in northwest Atlanta.

Originally published on Wed November 30, 2011 10:39 am

Vita Lee has lived in her Northwest Atlanta home for 53 years. But after a second mortgage was taken out on her home, she faced foreclosure and police planned to evict her yesterday.

But as Atlanta's WSB-TV reports, once Fulton County sheriff's deputies and the movers looked at the 103-year-old Lee, they declined to move forward with the eviction.

WSBTV reports:

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Fronteras
10:19 am
Wed November 30, 2011

ALEC Policy Summit This Week in Arizona

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Hundreds of state lawmakers and business leaders are gathering in the Phoenix area today for a policy summit. The American Legislative Exchange Council, known as ALEC, invites private sector representatives to present model legislation. But as Devin Browne from the Fronteras Changing America Desk reports, critics say this is lobbying, and should be more transparent.

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