http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/michel...article/2591589

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First lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday linked the lack of youth sports and playgrounds to higher crime and even gun violence.

Appearing with her brother and sportscaster Michael Wilbon at the Newseum, she said that bored kids are turning to crime.

"Why can't we put those things together? Why are we confused about why crime rates are going up? It's not a complicated set of scenarios, unless people don't really understand just what a wasteland so many kids are living in in terms of activity. Maybe that's the case. Maybe people look at their lives and think, well, if my kids have it, then it couldn't be that bad. It is that bad," she said at an event sponsored by the Aspen Institute to discuss her "Let's Move" project.

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More midnight basketball, that's the ticket.