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Alone in America
Nearly a third of all American households have just one resident. Guest host Judy Muller looks at the trend the trend to live alone and the consequences for the community.
By Judy Muller • • 51m ListenRemember when living alone carried something of a stigma? According to the latest research, those days are gone. Nearly half of adult Americans are single, nearly a third of all households have just one resident. Guest host Judy Muller looks at this phenomenon, what's driving it, and the consequences for those choosing to live alone and for the community as a whole. Also, a US double agent foils an al Qaeda bombing plot, and political upset in Indiana and an overwhelming rejection of gay marriage in North Carolina.
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3 storiesDouble Agent Foils Bombing Plot
We're hearing more details today about the CIA's take-down of an al Qaeda plot to blow up a US-bound airliner with a more sophisticated underwear bomb. Like something out of a John Le Carre novel, the CIA worked with Saudi intelligence to infiltrate al Qaeda in Yemen with a double agent.
Read the story8 minLiving Alone: What Are the Consequences of Going Solo?
Remember when living alone carried something of a stigma? Well, according to the latest census , those days are gone. Nearly half of adult Americans are single and nearly a third of all households have just one resident. Thirty-one million Americans live alone, almost eight times as many as in 1950.
Read the story31 minTroubling Signs for Both Parties in Yesterday's Elections
There were no real surprises in election results last night, but there were some surprises in the margins of the vote. In Indiana, State Treasurer Richard Mourdock was expected to beat incumbent Senator Richard Lugar , who valued cooperation over confrontation, but not by 20 points.
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