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A recent poll showed barely 10 percent of the public trusts our government. But trust in public institutions like corporations, banks, courts, the media and universities is at an all-time low. Can our trust in government and those institutions that serve us be regained?

The U.N. says today symbolically marks the moment when the world's population reaches 7 billion. A little more than two centuries ago, the global population was 1 billion. How did it grow so big so fast? With the help of a sound montage and video, it gets a bit easier to see how the Earth can produce that kind of a crowd.

Monday marks the symbolic arrival of a milestone in the world's population: 7 billion humans. And as the number of people grows, so does the need for infrastructure to support them, such as roads and schools. Both China and South Sudan have fast-growing populations, but the challenges the two countries face are vastly different.

On Monday, the court hears arguments in two cases involving defendants who claim they were ill-served by their own lawyers. The defendants claim their attorneys gave them bad advice on plea bargain offers.

While domestic violence continues to be an issue in Central New York, the group that puts out the annual report to the community on domestic and sexual…

The Republican presidential contender said allegations of inappropriate behavior during his time at the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s are "baseless."

That unusually early winter storm that struck the Northeast over the weekend has left many in the dark. It's also forced communities in many parts of New England to postpone Halloween. Some customers may not have power for a week.

While the U.N. has declared that the world's population hit 7 billion today, it also concedes there's a 1 to 2 percent margin of error. And that the milestone might have been reached six months ago — or might not happen for another six months.

"It's money being moved around at a frantic rate because they don't have the money," one expert says.

The baseball team's skipper won his third World Series title on Friday. A sure-fire Hall of Famer, he has the third-most wins in Major League history.