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Voters will decide on 174 ballot initiatives across 37 states this election.

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Gay Marriage, Marijuana And Taxes: States Decide

4:00pm November 04, 2012

Voters will decide 174 ballot propositions across 37 states this election, and some of those decisions could change the day-to-day lives of average Americans more than who wins the presidency.

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Obama Campaigns On GOP Turf In Colorado

7:50am August 09, 2012

by Scott Horsley

President Obama is in the midst of a two-day campaign swing through Colorado. The Rocky Mountain West is a key battleground area in the November election. A new poll shows the president leading Mitt Romney among women in the state but trailing his Republican rival among Colorado men.

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Obama Campaigns On GOP Turf In Colorado

7:50am August 09, 2012

by Scott Horsley

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On The Agenda: Improving U.S. Schools

3:00pm February 14, 2011

by Claudio Sanchez

Education Secretary Arne Duncan is gathering together the heads of the country's two major teachers unions and leaders from 150 school districts in Denver this week to talk about how to work together on improving schools.

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On The Agenda: Improving U.S. Schools

3:00pm February 14, 2011

by Claudio Sanchez

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Kindergartners line up on the first day of school at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School.

Parents Push For Diversity In New Orleans' Schools

3:45pm August 30, 2010

In the city's public schools, test scores are climbing, charter schools are opening all the time, and facilities are being upgraded. But the population of the schools is overwhelmingly African-American. The head of one charter school network says it takes a long time to break old patterns.

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Parents Push For Diversity In New Orleans' Schools

3:45pm August 30, 2010

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Traces Of Katrina: New Orleans Suicide Rate Still Up

12:00am August 30, 2010

Five years after Hurricane Katrina, trauma and stress still play a part in the emotional lives of New Orleans residents. The evidence: In 2008 and 2009, the suicide rate in Orleans Parish was twice as high as it was the two years before the levees broke.

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Traces Of Katrina: New Orleans Suicide Rate Still Up

12:00am August 30, 2010

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Bobbie Jennings (right) used to live next door to her twin sister, Gloria Williams.

New Orleans' Public Housing Slowly Evolving

5:05am August 28, 2010

When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans five years ago, more than 5,000 families lived in the city's public housing developments. Now, only a third of them are back in public housing. While some who are in the new developments are struggling with the different community, others are over the moon with the shiny new units.

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