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Former NATO Aide: "Yemen is a far more complex situation than Libya"
Damon Wilson, former top aide to NATO Secretary General speaks with CNN's American Morning about unrest in the Middle East.
Andy Lunsford loses job, finds his passion singing opera
CNN's Alina Cho speaks to Andy Lunsford, a businessman-turned-opera singer. 'The Accidental Tenor' turned his bad luck to a success story on exploring and finding his greatest passion.
New NAACP report blasts prison spending
The NAACP thinks U.S. spending on prison is hurting out education system. NAACP President, Ben Jealous and the president of Americans for tax reform, Grover Norquist tell CNN's American Morning too much is spent incarceration, with little positive results, and not enough on preventing crime.
Tea Party leaders: Democrats 'out of touch' on budget cuts
With just two days left for Congress to come to an agreement on the 2011 federal government's budget, Tea Party Patriots' national coordinators Mark Meckler and Jenny Beth Martin respond to Democrats' comments that the Tea Party budget cuts are "extreme" and fueling the drive toward a government shutdown.
Meckler and Martin say the Tea Party has successfully changed the tone of the budget debate. "They have said we are extreme, " Meckler says about the Democrats, "but they are out of touch with American public opinion."
The Tea Party leaders say "spending is out of control," and explain why their "responsible cuts" are needed.
Catch the full interview here:
Radiatiation detected in Japanese fish localized to small coastal area
Concerns are elevating over the environmental fallout from Japan’s earthquake. With toxic water spilling into the ocean from nuclear reactors at Tokyo Electric Power’s plant, the Japanese government has created a radiation safety standard for seafood.
How vulnerable is the sea life and world-renowned seafood off Japan’s coast? Today on American Morning, Dr. Timothy Mousseau, radiation ecologist and professor of biological sciences at the University of South Carolina, explains radiation’s effect on marine life.
Mousseau, who studied the wildlife impact after the Chernobyl nuclear accident, says the radiation detected in fish in Japan is localized to the area around the Fukushima plant. Should American diners be concerned?
CT scans of kids increase fivefold, raise radiation concerns
Children are receiving more radiation at the hospital now then they did in the last decade. A new study finds CT scans of kids have increased fivefold between 1995 and 2008. Most of the scans—nearly 90 percent—are performed on children in non-pediatric emergency rooms.
Children are more susceptible to radiation’s harmful effects, so what considerations should parents have before signing off on a CT scan? Is it better to take your child to a children’s hospital, and what’s the difference in care compared to a regular hospital?
CNN senior medial correspondent Elizabeth Cohen addresses these questions on American Morning today.
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