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Solving America's Student Debt Problem Jun 11, 2015

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The collapse of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges may cost American taxpayers $3.6 billion — even as declining taxpayer support has driven tuition sky high at public universities. Student debt is more than a trillion dollars, and it's already an issue in next year's presidential campaigns.

Are H-1B Visas Costing American Jobs? Jun 10, 2015

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Critics say the H-1B Visa program is almost an incentive for American companies to replace their employees with lower-paid foreign workers. We hear how some Americans have been laid off and then required to train their own replacements from other countries.

Historic Parliament Gains Could Transform Turkey's Political Landscape Jun 09, 2015

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Sunday's parliamentary elections mean big change in Turkey — good news for Kurds, secularists and other minorities; bad news for President Erdoğan, his drive for personal power and his Islamist political party. It also means new instability in a region awash in deadly violence.

Hackers Access Information of 4 Million Government Employees Jun 08, 2015

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Millions of US government personnel records were not as well protected as most Americans' online bank accounts. That's just one embarrassing lesson from a massive hacking attack that probably came from China. What was it for? Is cyber security being improved?

When It Comes to Fracking, Big Government Trumps Local Control Jun 05, 2015

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"Fracking" is used to extract underground oil and gas. The more it's used, the more controversial it becomes. A new EPA report is being cheered by both environmentalists and the energy industry — but the battle is far from over.

Documenting Officer-Involved Shootings Jun 04, 2015

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The FBI says police kill about 500 people a year in the United States. Two newspapers report it's at least twice that many. The truth is that nobody knows. Do we need new rules to establish accountability?

Could Desalination Be the Solution to Our Water Woes? Jun 03, 2015

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Global warming, drought and increased population are combining to increase the pressure on water supplies worldwide. Is desalination the solution…a stop gap…or technological overkill that's not worth what it costs?

The Bitter Truth on Junk Science Jun 02, 2015

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Junk science is making the headlines as never before. It's so bad that the editor-in-chief of one of the world's best-known medical journals says, "half of all scientific literature is fault." Who can we trust?

Will the Affordable Care Act Need Life Support? Jun 01, 2015

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An upcoming US Supreme Court decision may shake the foundations of Obamacare. That sounds like what Republicans have been asking for, but there could be a high political price to pay.

The Ailing Honeybee and the Nation's Food Supply May 29, 2015

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Where have all the honeybees gone? A sudden spike in the death of honeybees across the nation is alarming beekeepers, farmers and environmentalists, but they can't agree what's causing it.

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