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Allow children as young as 14 to work in certain jobs and meatpacking plants like industrial freezers and meet coolers so long as they are separated from where the meat is prepared. lawmakers who support this bill say the teens would be participating in a job training program but opponents are harkening back to the early 1900s. before federal regulations prohibited children from working hazardous jobs. and they're saying there's a reason our society said it's not appropriate for children to work in those conditions. and then there is this. the proposed bill that would protect businesses from l...

another 8 inches of rain today. tropical storm debby is forcing more evacuations, rescues and road closures. just last hour, officials in pasco county, florida, ordered the evacuation of 2,000 homes because of a fast rising river. 38 people were rescued from their homes overnight. >> i was kind of panicking because the water came up over the wall where i live. if you're looking to sell your home, you may get a little more for it than just a few months ago. home prices, they have now risen for the first time in seven months. they were up about 1.3%. some cities did better than other...