President Barack Obama debates Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at Lynn University on October 22, 2012 in Boca Raton, Florida.
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Obama and Romney Debate Foreign Policy | Advocacy Group Fights Voter Suppression | Meningitis Outbreak Kills 23, Sickens 282 So Far | How Much Do Our Genes Influence Our Votes? | An Earthquake, Six Seismologists, and Seven Guilty Cases of Manslaughter | Fact Checking the Foreign Policy Debate
In a recent poll in three battleground states, foreign policy was only the fourth most important factor for voters, ranked below the economy, the deficit, and health care. So did last night's debate change the minds of any independent voters?
As election day nears there are almost always reports of voter suppression and intimidation. The tactics vary from election to election, making them difficult to predict or counteract. But that’s exactly what Eric Marshall, manager of legal mobilization for Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law works to do.
A meningitis outbreak has sickened nearly 300 people and killed 23, but it turns out that this isn't the first time that this kind of outbreak has happened. Dr. John Perfect treated patients sickened in the 2002 outbreak.
It is two weeks until election day and the presidential candidates, their campaigns, and their supporters have invested huge amounts of time and money to win our votes, but what ultimately sways us to pick one candidate over another? An increasing numbers of political scientists are considering the notion that our voting patterns may be influenced by genetics, as well as our environment. Kara Miller is the host of WGBH’s Innovation Hub.
Over three hundred people were killed in a 2009 earthquake in Italy. In the aftermath, many Italians focused their blame on the region's earthquake scientists, claiming that the scientists should have give more dire warnings of the quake's intensity in advance. Yesterday, an Italian court agreed, and sentenced six scientists and one government official to six years in prison for manslaughter. Dr. Roger Musson is one of the members of the scientific community who is condemning the case.
In 2008, foreign policy was widely considered then-Senator Barack Obama weakness, but, by 2012, the death of Osama bin Laden and the end of the Iraq War had turned the tied. So how did the president compare to Governor Mitt Romney in last night's debate? Kurt Volker, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO and Executive Director of the McCain Institute for International Leadership, explains.
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