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As Focus Shifts To Jobs, The Uninsured Seek Solutions

The national debate over health care appears to be taking a back seat to jobs creation — but the problem persists for people who have jobs but no health insurance. A recently developed health alliance in New Orleans aims to be at least part of the solution to this problem.

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Separations are hard enough. But then there's the question of what to do when it comes to the social networking ties you share with your former significant other. To break or not to break? It's a question many people are grappling with as they examine their digital personas.

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Conservative activists in Nashville this week for the first-ever National Tea Party Convention gave a hero's welcome to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who closed the event with a speech Saturday night. Palin praised the Tea Party movement and delivered a scathing — sometimes mocking — critique of both the economic and national security policies of the Obama administration.

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Blue whales are updating their playlist, according to new research on the huge mammals. One scientist says it's because they've got more reason to sing.

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For years, millions of kids across the country knew that if it was Saturday morning, it was time for Soul Train. It gave white kids who didn't know or live near anyone black an opportunity to see young black culture up close. For black kids who didn't see themselves reflected in the mainstream media, Soul Train was a revelation.

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What do an airport baggage screener and a radiologist looking for breast cancer have in common? Both suffer from the limitations of the human eye. A new study finds that when we're searching for rare things, like tumors and guns, they're a lot harder to see.

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Andrew Breitbart cut his teeth with Matt Drudge on the Drudge Report and Arianna Huffington when he helped her launch The Huffington Post. Now with his own Web site, Breitbart.com, he's criticizing mainstream media over their coverage of James O'Keefe.

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Each New Year's, Christmas and birthday seems to come round faster every year. But why is it that we feel time goes by faster as we get older? Scientists dissect one of life's intriguing mysteries.

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A Northern Virginia community had to decide whether to let a Saudi-funded Islamic school expand to serve more kids. The debate turned to the curriculum at the Islamic Saudi Academy and draws attention to the still-tenuous relationships between Muslims and non-Muslims in America.

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Scientists can't predict exactly when an earthquake will hit, but they are developing ways to give people up to a minute of warning before the shaking starts. New equipment can send out seismic information 5 seconds faster.

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Sunday's Grammy telecast comes at a time when the music industry's major labels are threatened with extinction. Grammy producers would love to duplicate the success of American Idol, on which viewers have a hand in crowning the next pop superstar. But the Grammys also remain committed to the old awards-show model, wherein a select group of industry insiders picks the winners.

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The University of California is widely heralded as the best public higher education system in the country. Its 10 campuses attract talented faculty and promising students, who pay a fraction of what they'd pay to attend a private university. Now, state budget woes have meant severe cutbacks at U.C. schools.

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Robert Siegel pays a return visit to the city of Chillicothe, Ohio, where he spent some time October 2008, shortly after the economic crisis began. We find out how the city as a whole and some individuals he met are doing now.

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An economist and TV producer hired a comedy duo to perform a rap song they wrote that pits the ideas of John Maynard Keynes against those of lesser known theorist F.A. Hayek. The resulting 6 1/2-minute music video tells the story of Keynes and Hayek going out for a night on the town. While drinking and rolling with their homies, they lay out the basics of their theories.

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In 1848, Phineas Gage became a medical miracle when a 3 1/2-foot tamping iron blew through his head. His survival became the stuff of medical legend, but photos of him were lost to history — until now.

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Barry Black is the first Seventh-day Adventist and the first African American to hold the post of Senate chaplain. He's also the man who sits squarely at the intersection of church and state at the U.S. Capitol.

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Tourists in Los Angeles can now purchase a window into the world of gangs. For $65, LA Gang Tours will provide transportation to some of the city's most notorious gang destinations, lunch and a graffiti demonstration.

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Two-thirds of the inmates in U.S. jails are petty, nonviolent offenders who are there for only one reason: They can't afford their bail. Sometimes, it's as little as $50. Some will wait behind bars for as long as a year before their cases make it to court. And it will cost taxpayers $9 billion this year to house them. The underlying problem is that the bail system exists almost exclusively to protect the interests of a powerful bail bonding industry.

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While most Haitians say they are Catholic, many practice a faith mixed with Voodoo's tenets of spirit worship and reincarnation. The practice of Voodoo is typically underground, but since last week's earthquake, Haitians are flocking to Voodoo priests and asking for prayers for themselves and their lost loved ones.

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U.S. forces spread out in the earthquake-ravaged Haitian capital Tuesday as part of a massive humanitarian relief effort. Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne took control of the crumpled national palace one week after the deadly quake.

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