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examiNation: What do you think of the push to limit gun ownership?
- The Supreme Court of the United States will decide whether the government can limit an individuals right to own guns.
examiNation: Who do you think is the most likable presidential candidate?
- A poll of voters who are likely to vote in the upcoming presidential contest finds Barack Obama and Rudy Giuliani are the most likable, but likability may not be the key to winning.
examiNation: How safe do you feel living in your city?
- Detroit pushed past St. Louis to become the nation's most dangerous city, according to a private research group's controversial analysis, released Sunday, of annual FBI crime statistics. The study drew harsh criticism even before it came out. The American Society of Criminology launched a pre-emptive strike Friday, issuing a statement attacking it as "an irresponsible misuse" of crime data.
examiNation: What would you do with a 100-year-old bottle of Jack Daniel's whiskey?
- Hundreds of bottles of Jack Daniel's whiskey, some of it almost 100 years old, may be unceremoniously poured down a drain because authorities suspect it was being sold by someone without a license.
examiNation: How safe to you feel traveling for the holidays?
- Government investigators smuggled liquid explosives and detonators past airport security, exposing a dangerous hole in the nation's ability to keep these forbidden items off of airplanes, according to a report made public Wednesday.
examiNation: How has the cost of waging war in Afghanistan and Iraq impacted your family?
- The true cost of fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2002 to 2008 is costing a family of four $20,900, according to a new report by Democrats on Congress' Joint Economic Committee. The economic costs are estimated to total $1.6 trillion - roughly double the amount the White House has requested thus far, and includes "hidden" costs such as interest payments on the money borrowed to pay for the wars, lost investment, the expense of long-term health care for injured veterans and the cost of oil market disruptions.
examiNation: How do you feel about religious leaders getting involved in political matters?
- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is expected to release a statement today calling on Democrats and Republicans to fulfill a moral oligation to end the chaos that followed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
examiNation: How should America care for veterans?
- The White House said President George W. Bush was going to use his Veterans Day speech to scold Congress for not sending him a veterans spending bill. But the president finished without any reference to the bill or Congress.
examiNation: How do you feel about a would-be assassin being set free?
- After 35 years in prison, the man who shot and paralyzed Alabama Gov. George Wallace during his racially charged 1972 presidential campaign is scheduled to be released into a society more diverse and more restrictive on guns.
examiNation: What's the best way to help homeless veterans?
- Veterans make up one in four homeless people in the United States, though they are only 11 percent of the general adult population, according to a report to be released today.
examiNation: What do you think about Hollywood writers going on strike?
- Now that a strike of televison and screen writers has halted production of some of TV's favorites, reruns are coming soon.
examiNation: What do you think about the questionable safety of consumer products?
- The Food and Drug Administration would be empowered to order mandatory recalls of products deemed a risk to consumers under recommendations from an advisory commission created in response to concerns about recalls of dangerous toothpaste, dog food and toys.
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