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Albany, NY – A survey of more than a thousand teenagers....finds more than one in three has been sexually or physically abused or threatened with physical abuse by their boyfriend or girlfriend. Nearly half report being victimized by controlling behavior from their boyfriend or girlfriend. A campaign aims to bring attention to the issue....to curb teenage dating abuse, which can lead to far worse consequences than hurt feelings. Washington correspondent Laura Iiyama has more:
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Genocide - the word, for some, brings up the horrors of the Holocaust. Others think of Darfur. But what about Rwanda, Cambodia, Bosnia, the events the Armenians call The Great Calamity...the systematic destruction of Armenians that the Turkish government still refuses to label a genocide. Many scholars say the Armenian Holocaust was the first modern genocide. The targeting of one group for mass murder is an ugly constant in human history. Photographer Lane Montgomery has traveled the globe and collected photos that show the raw truth about genocide. It's called Never Again, Again, Again.
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Lane Montgomery's book, Never Again, Again, Again: Genocide: Armenia, The Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, Darfur. It is published by Ruder Finn Press.
And finally, let's talk about that paper and coin system that's now central to the functioning of the world economy. Sabrina Artel looks at money - and whether this recession is changing how we see it.
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To hear more from the kitchen table in Sabrina Artel's tag along trailer, go to SabrinaArtel.com.