NWT Full Show, June 20, 2011

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    Protests at the New Jersey State House continue over proposed cuts to state worker pensions and health care. Richard Harris of Rutgers University in Camden joins us to explain the measures and how politicians are responding. Taunya English reports about a new FDA initiative to print graphic warning labels on cigarette packs to help smokers quit. Elizabeth Fiedler catches up with a former prisoner whose life sentence was commuted after spending 36-years in jail. And Derrick Pitts from the Franklin Institute joins us for Sky Talk.

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