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Nearly four of 10 U.S. kids exposed to violence

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – Phone-based surveys show that nearly four of every 10 kids and teens in the U.S. were exposed to violence or abuse over the previous year, researchers have found. “Children are the most victimized segment of the population,” said study leader David Finkelhor of the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. “The full burden of this tends to

U.S. top court invalidates Obama administration mercury air pollution rule

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday invalidated a key Obama administration environmental regulation aimed at limiting emissions of mercury and other hazardous pollutants mainly from coal-fired power plants.     The court ruled in a 5-4 decision, with its five conservative justices in the majority, that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should have weighed the cost of compliance in deciding whether to regulate the pollutants.