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Robin Share and Rami Aizic hold a photo of their daughter, Bailey, at a visit to StoryCorps in Santa Monica, Calif.

An Unconventional, But 'Perfect,' Path To Parenthood

11:18am November 01, 2013

Rami Aizic knew he wanted kids. But as a gay man, he was not going to meet the girl of his dreams. Robin Share wanted a child but hadn't met Mr. Right. Then the two found each other, and 14 years later, they have no regrets.

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Cars decorated for Halloween wait for kids to come by for "trunk-or-treating" in New Berlin, Wis. The event is seen as an alternative to sending kids door to door for candy.

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A New Way To Do Halloween: Chocolate Chunks In The Trunk

9:36am November 01, 2013

by Stephanie Lecci

A Halloween event first started by churches has been gaining in popularity. Instead of going door to door seeking candy, kids instead go trunk to trunk, with cars parked in a central location. "Trunk-or-treating" is billed as a safer alternative to trick-or-treating.

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A test field of sorghum outside Manhattan, Kan., planted by Kansas State University.

Heat, Drought Draw Farmers Back To Sorghum, The 'Camel Of Crops'

9:07pm October 31, 2013

by Dan Charles

Consumers in search of novelty are turning to once-obscure grains like quinoa, spelt and sorghum. But sorghum's great virtue for farmers is the fact that it can thrive with so little water.

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Students Amanda McComas, Rose Marie Chute and Sari Schwartz are approached in October at Santa Monica City College in California about signing up for insurance with the Affordable Care Act.

For The Young And Healthy, Health Insurance Is A Hard Sell

6:01pm October 31, 2013

by Sonari Glinton

The success of the Affordable Care Act rests in part on getting young, healthy people to purchase coverage. But despite marketing attempts to reach them, some young people feel they're too healthy or cash-strapped to buy something they say they're unlikely to need.

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Hundreds of protesters march toward the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office in response to the death of Andy Lopez in Santa Rosa.

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Police, Community Relations Strained After Teen's Death

9:43am October 31, 2013

by Richard Gonzales

In the Northern California town of Santa Rosa, a sheriff's deputy shot and killed a 13-year-old Latino boy holding a toy gun shaped like an assault rifle. Hundreds of protesters have marched to demand a transparent investigation into the case.

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Arguments Over Social Security Pit Old Vs. Young

5:24am October 31, 2013

by Ina Jaffe

Social Security accounts for about 20 percent of federal spending. As Congress edges toward having to come up with a new spending plan, one argument in favor of cuts is that Social Security amounts to a huge transfer of wealth from the young to the old.

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Will GPS Cannon Spell The End Of High-Speed Chases?

5:24am October 31, 2013

Police cars in Iowa and Florida are testing a secret weapon: a small cannon embedded in the grill. It shoots "tracking" bullets — containing tiny GPS devices — that can stick to the trunk of a suspect's car. Police could then follow a suspect at a leisurely pace instead of embarking on a dangerous high-speed chase.

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An emergency responder helps evacuate two people with a boat after their neighborhood in Little Ferry, N.J., was flooded.

In Sandy's Wake, Flood Zones And Insurance Rates Re-Examined

6:00pm October 30, 2013

by Christopher Joyce

It's been a year since Hurricane Sandy knocked the mid-Atlantic states for a loop. Scientists say that as sea level rises, such storms are likely to occur more often. But the new, more realistic flood maps could boost flood insurance rates. Will politics trump science?

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On Capitol Hill, A Statue And A Rock God Bring Politicians Together

6:00pm October 30, 2013

by Brian Naylor

Meanwhile on Capitol Hill, an unlikely scene unfolded as a bust of Winston Churchill was unveiled in Statuary Hall Wednesday. The entertainment: Roger Daltrey. Who? Yes, Roger Daltrey of the 1960s rock band The Who.

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One person who got a letter canceling his health insurance was Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo. He holds up the letter during a congressional hearing Wednesday on insurance problems. He says his family chose to buy private insurance rather than use the congress

Notices Canceling Health Insurance Leave Many On Edge

6:00pm October 30, 2013

by John Ydstie

President Obama repeatedly said that anyone who likes their current health insurance policy would be able to keep it. But insurers have sent hundreds of thousands of cancellation notices to people who buy their own coverage — and some of them face significantly higher costs to get new policies under the Affordable Care Act.

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