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Need To Know | Fri., June 17, 2011 | PBS

Duration: 53:57 (Full Program)
Program: Need to Know #158
Broadcast Date: Jun. 17, 2011

We look at how several states have been rewriting their voting laws and how it might impact the coming 2012 election. We also examine a new alternative therapy to Tourette's syndrome and how it has already helped one 12-year-old boy battle the disorder. And Jon Meacham discusses the West Virginia coal mining disaster and the need for a national energy plan.

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Post Date: June 17, 2011