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Thursday, August 13 2009

  • The Takeaway for Thursday, August 13, 2009 (Final Edition) August 13, 2009

    Recession | Tech | Afghanistan | Town Hall | Health Care | Yelling | Lockerbie |Trade | Beatles (article)

  • [Web Special] U.S. Soccer: Older but not yet Wiser August 13, 2009

    Here's the truth behind my visceral disgust at watching the U.S.A. lose to Mexico in Mexico: it's not as if anyone in the U.S. really expected them to win ... besid... (article)

  • The Takeaway for Thursday , August 13, 2009 (Early Edition) August 13, 2009

    Headlines; Recession (article)

  • The Future of Play: Siftables August 13, 2009

    The Future of Play: Siftables (episode)

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    • The Future of Play: Siftables August 13, 2009

      Baby blocks hardly seem like a technological frontier, but that is in the process of changing. The Takeaway's tech contributor Baratunde Thurston and MIT researcher David Merrill expl...

    • A Conversation with Afghanistan's U.S. Ambassador August 13, 2009

      Shortly after taking office, President Obama made the war in Afghanistan a high military priority when he authorized 21,000 additional troops to be sent to the region. This move retur...

    • The State of the Debate in Health Care August 13, 2009

      Representative Eric Massa (D-NY) has held 40 town hall-style meetings in New York's 29th congressional district about health care reform, speaking to constituents all across southwest...

    • The Takeaway's Recession Roundtable August 13, 2009

      A new Wall Street Journal survey says that a majority of economists think that the recession is over — and that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is doing a great job of managing ...

    • Hollering, American-Style August 13, 2009

      In town hall meetings across the country, from Portsmouth to St. Louis to Denver to Tampa, the debate over health care reform is heating up to a boiling point. The high emotions at th...

    • Old Wounds: 1988 Lockerbie Bomber May Be Released August 13, 2009

      Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi was convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, and sentenced to life in prison in a Scottish jail. Now suffering from termin...

    • U.S. Men's Soccer: Winless in Azteca August 13, 2009

      The U.S. men's soccer team lost to Mexico 2-1 yesterday. Mexico came back from a short-lived 1-0 lead by the U.S. team with Miguel Sabah kicking in the game-winning goal. The American...

    • China's Wrist Slapped on Trade August 13, 2009

      The World Trade Organization has upheld a complaint by the U.S. that could help open the massive Chinese market to American movies, music, and books. Right now that market is subject ...

    • Playing with John, Paul, George and Ringo August 13, 2009

      The Beatles are to many one of the greatest bands ever, and indisputably one of the most influential of the 20th century. They had dozens of top-ten hits, graced hundreds of "best of"...

    • The Olympics Gains Some Games August 13, 2009

      After months of deliberation, presentations, and viewing parties, the International Olympics Committee has made a decision. While it passed over baseball, softball, squash, karate, an...