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States Become Battlegrounds For Nation's Deep Abortion Divide

Abortion opponents march to a rally at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, Kan., on the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Kansas is among several states that have enacted new restrictions on abortion in recent years.

January 22, 2013 Forty years after the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion, a growing number of states are passing laws that restrict the procedure. The regulations, while not banning abortions outright, can make it difficult for a woman to obtain one.

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It's All Politics

Bloomberg Puts Millions Behind Gun Control Push

At a news conference last month, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg stands with people who have been affected by gun violence.

January 22, 2013 New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has emerged as a new leader in the gun debate in recent years. He's utilizing a group of mayors and a superPAC in a campaign against gun violence.

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Shots - Health News

Growing Pains As Doctors' Offices Adopt Electronic Records

Patient William Wishart, age 4 months, looks on as Dr. Melanie Walker uses a portable computer to enter information from his exam into an electronic medical records system, in North Raleigh, N.C., in November.

January 22, 2013 CPRMillions of dollars have been spent to digitize medical records. But doctors are only slowly adopting the the new systems, and many systems won't talk to each other. Some now wonder when the promised benefits in care and cost savings will arrive.

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'68 Blocks': One Neighborhood's Struggle With Violence

Best friends Kaori Tate and Ghiyahna Ennis explore their plot in the community garden.

January 22, 2013 Bowdoin-Geneva is a Massachusetts neighborhood infamous for its violence. The 68-block area of Boston has been consistently more dangerous than Boston as a whole over the past 25 years. A team of reporters from the Boston Globe spent almost a year there seeking to understand the perpetual cycles of violence.

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'We Have No Choice': A Story Of The Texas Sonogram Law

A woman gets a sonogram

January 22, 2013 Journalist Carolyn Jones wrote about her experience with the law for The Texas Observer after having an abortion last year. The state requires that a woman seeking an abortion receive a sonogram at least 24 hours before the procedure.

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Involved For Life: Pregnancy Centers In Texas

Carolyn Cline is the president and CEO of Involved for Life.

January 22, 2013 Carolyn Cline, the executive director and CEO of Involved for Life (IFL), a ministry partner of First Baptist Dallas, helps run a pregnancy center that discourages women from getting abortions and offers help during unplanned pregnancies.

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The Two-Way

Petraeus Affair: Jill Kelley Says She And Paula Broadwell Weren't 'Romantic Rivals'

Jill Kelley outside her home in Tampa last November.

January 22, 2013 When the FBI looked into threatening emails Kelley had received, the investigation led to the uncovering of then-CIA Director Petraeus' affair with Broadwell. Kelley has now spoken publicly for the first time, to The Daily Beast.

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Brrr! 'Dead Of Winter' Sets In; Coldest Air In Nearly Two Years

Those deep blues and purples are where it's going to be really cold today.

January 22, 2013 In North Dakota it's felt like -51 degrees. Folks in Cleveland woke up today to wind chills of -10 degrees and lower. The frigid air stretches east into New England and south into the mid-Atlantic. Tell us, how cold is it for you?

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