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The face of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been spray-painted across Hong Kong in the month since he was detained. Many residents like the graffiti's aesthetic and message, but the campaign could lead to jail time for the graffiti artist. That has raised fears about the erosion of Hong Kong's freedoms.

Kinesio tape has caught the eye of many an Olympic viewer the last two weeks — covering the muscles of volleyball players, javelin throwers, even swimmers. It was invented decades ago by a Japanese chiropractor. Athletes say it eases muscle strain and allows healing, but research has yet to prove the effectiveness of the tape. Melissa Block talks with Amy Powell, a sports medicine doctor at the University of Utah about the tape.

In September, employers added 114,000 workers and the unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent. As President Obama notes, job growth is steady. But as his rival Mitt Romney points out, job increases have not kept pace with population growth.

In this year's presidential election, more than 1 out of every 10 eligible voters is Hispanic, and Hispanic political clout is growing. But while Spanish-language ad spending by the campaigns is eight times what was spent in 2008, that spending has been focused mainly on just seven media markets.

Unionized labor is at the center of contentious party debates and, most recently, the center of airline employee debates. Following the appointment by the president of two pro-unioners to the National Mediation Board some anti-union pundits are questioning the president's agenda.

Interlochen is one of the most prestigious summer music and arts camps in the country. It's also one of the most expensive. With the economy in the doldrums, how are families affording it? Some enterprising young campers have been extra-resourceful in coming up with the cash.

A combination of stagnant heat and humidity has prompted some type of heat advisory in more than 30 states. Temperatures will reach well into the 90s or even top 100 degrees in much of the U.S. Thursday and Friday — and overall temperatures are likely to be the hottest since 1950, one expert says.

Holmes County is the most obese county in Mississippi, the most obese state. The county is also among Mississippi's poorest. Officials are trying to get families to make healthier choices, and a co-op that farms the fertile Delta land is trying to steer residents toward fresh food.

Tensions on the streets appeared to be calming as the interim government tried to show it was distancing itself from the old guard. The government began freeing political prisoners and an investigation was reportedly opened into the overseas assets of the country's ousted president and his deeply resented family.

Job creation may be the biggest issue facing the nation this fall, but it's not what set off the latest test of wills between the White House and Republican leaders of Congress on Wednesday.