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Millennial survey, Serial podcast, police body cameras
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Dec 4, 2014
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Millennial survey, Serial podcast, police body cameras

A new survey shows today's young adults are different from their 1980s counterparts, the Serial podcast is having an impact on journalism, and what research says about the effectiveness of police body cameras.

NASA's Orion spacecraft, atop a  United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket, sits on the launch pad before its first scheduled unmanned orbital test flight from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
NASA's Orion spacecraft, atop a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket, sits on the launch pad before its first scheduled unmanned orbital test flight from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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A new survey shows today's young adults are different from their 1980s counterparts, the Serial podcast is having an impact on journalism, and what research says about the effectiveness of police body cameras.

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The Census Bureau's American Community Survey finds that more young adults age 18-34 live in poverty today, and have lower rates of employment, compared to their counterparts in 1980.
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Usain Bolt, Ueli Steck, Alberto Contador - are all athletes that have redefined what humans can do in sport, but how much better can we perform, as humans?
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Official data on rates of child abuse in California show that 5.5% of children under age five were reported for child abuse or neglect in 2013. But a new study from the Children's Data Network finds that significantly more children experience abuse than the annual data shows.
A former nurse takes a look back at a time when AIDS ravaged Seattle, and she took big risks out of her sense of duty.
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The New York Police Department on Wednesday announced plans for a small pilot program that would outfit dozens of officers with body cameras to record their interactions.
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Southern California Public Radio political reporter Alice Walton and business reporter Ben Bergman join Take Two for our weekly installment of State of Affairs.
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Writer Peggy Orenstein profiled specialist Laura Esserman's latest research that questions what we think we know about breast cancer.
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In 'Sonic Boom,' sound consultant Joel Beckerman explores how sound and music create 'boom moments' in our lives, transforming our experiences in an instant.