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December 20th, 2011
04:57 PM ET
Crime out of control in New Orleans
A Louisiana state official says crime is out of control in New Orleans. He is now asking the National Guard patrol the city's streets after the recent death of a toddler. Brooke Baldwin talks to Louisiana State Rep. Austin Badon.
December 20th, 2011
12:35 PM ET
North Korea, 'the land that time forgot'
It's one of the most secretive governments on earth, and yet documentary filmmaker Shane Smith managed to sneak into North Korea… twice. What he saw and shot there was, in his own words, "totally insane."
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RT @AnaCabrera: The FDA authorized Pfizer vaccine boosters for people 65+, people at high risk of severe disease and people whose jobs put…
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