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Tuesday, August 11 2009

  • The Takeaway for Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 (Early Edition) August 11, 2009

    Headlines; Grassroots protests against healthcare debate (article)

  • Making Change or Making Noise: Obama's Healthcare Town Hall August 11, 2009

    Making Change or Making Noise: Obama's Healthcare Town Hall (episode)

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    • Making Change or Making Noise: Obama's Healthcare Town Hall August 11, 2009

      Last week, opponents of healthcare reform began their most recent strategy: raucous shout-downs at town hall meetings with U.S. senators and representatives. Tonight, President Obama...

    • Texting While Dating! August 11, 2009

      Taking a phone call during a date is one thing. But is it okay to write a text message? What about emailing, or tweeting? Kate Dailey, writer of Newsweek's Human Condition Blog, think...

    • Business Take: Will Interest Rates Rise? August 11, 2009

      <p>The Fed meets today to consider raising interest rates. <b>Louise Story</b>, finance reporter for The New York Times, helps us forecast the possible results if and when the Fed does change rates.</p>

    • On the Frontlines of the Flu Fight August 11, 2009

      Thanks to the prospect of a mutated H1N1, Americans will enter this year's flu season with trepidation. Researchers are closer to developing vaccines, but the only way to verify that ...

    • Aung San Suu Kyi Sentenced to House Arrest August 11, 2009

      Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to another 18 months of house arrest after an American man swam out to her lakeside home back in May. BBC Asia expert Jill McG...

    • What to Do About Bank Fee Hikes August 11, 2009

      U.S. banks stand to collect $38.5 billion from increasingly strict overdraft fees this year, and credit card users are seeing their cards' interest rates rocket higher for no apparent...

    • Automaker Bids on Ebay August 11, 2009

      General Motors is trying something new: it's letting consumers buy new cars on the auction site eBay. Will it work? Approximately three million used cars have been sold online in the...

    • "Julia" and "G.I. Joe" August 11, 2009

      This past weekend, just-released "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" took in about $30 million more than just-released "Julie and Julia." We discuss the public hunger to see "Joe,"despite t...

    • Communicating by Touch August 11, 2009

      Researchers at DePauw University in Indiana say we’re able to communicate a whole range of emotions with amazing accuracy through the simple act of touching. Tiffany Field, director o...

    • Disabled Students More Likely to Face Corporal Punishment August 11, 2009

      A new report by the ACLU and Human Rights Watch says that children with disabilities are more likely to face corporal punishment in school than their peers. We talk to Alice Farmer, a...

    • Productivity on the Rise August 11, 2009

      The U.S. Labor Department just released productivity numbers for the spring quarter and they are on the rise—productivity is the highest in six years. We talk to Kelly Evans, economic...

    • Eunice Kennedy's Legacy August 11, 2009

      88-year-old Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of both President John F. Kennedy and former Senator Robert F. Kennedy, died early this morning. She was a member of one of America's m...