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Web Chat: The Risks Of Concussions In Youth Sports

Player Sam Sorgen reacts after taking a hit on the front of his neck during a 6th grade youth football game in Richardson, Texas.  Sorgen and some teammates play with a new type of football helmet designed to reduce the risk of concussions. (AP)

How young is too young for high -contact sports like soccer and football? We talk with an expert who wants to see kids better protected.

Another Name, More Mysteries For Man Tied To Anti-Islamic Video

This courtroom sketch shows Nakoula Basseley Nakoula talking with his attorney Steven Seiden, left, in court Thursday. (AP/Mona Shafer Edwards)

The man thought to be behind the crudely produced anti-Islamic video that sparked violence in the Middle East is in jail Friday pending a probation hearing.

Inside An Insider Attack

Reporter Phil Stewart looks at what a recent “insider attack” in Afghanistan portends for U.S. troops there.

Camp Confronts AIDS For South African Youth

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Camp Sizanani in South Africa teaches kids how to avoid contracting HIV/AIDS and for campers are already infected, it teaches them how to stay healthy.

The British Punk Band ‘The Vaccines’ Hits Number One

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If you’re a British punk pop band whose debut album reached number four on the charts last year, what do you do for an encore? Shoot for number one.

Music From The Show

From Joe Jackson to The Vaccines.

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Two men go through the damage surrounding the Moore Medical Center and damaged vehicals after a tornado moves through Moore, Okla. on Monday, May 20, 2013. (Alonzo Adams/AP)

Kelly Frey, the editor of Oklahoma’s big daily newspaper The Oklahoman, is from El Reno, Okla. and describes what it’s like to grow up in “tornado alley.”

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Adam Scudder, Trisha Milittle, Tamra Jones and Bridget Kline, from left, take shelter at Pelican's Restaurant in northern Oklahoma City as a tornado passes nearby Friday night, May 9, 2003. (Andrew Laker/AP)

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