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Friday, June 15 2012

  • Movie Date: 'Rock of Ages' June 15, 2012

    This week, Kristen and Rafer spray up their hair and pull out their leather pants for the new movie "Rock of Ages." Featuring Tom Cruise, Russell Brand, Alec Baldwin, and Catherine Ze... (article)

  • Today's Takeaway | June 15, 2012 June 15, 2012

    Summer Jobs Dwindling for America's Teens | Jamie Dimon and the Art of Apologizing | Advocates Against Sexual Abuse Take on Statute of Limitations | Friday Follow: The Future of Prin... (episode)

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    • Greek Americans and This Weekend's Elections June 15, 2012

      Greek voters head to the polls this Sunday for the second time in less than two months after last month's elections failed to produce a government. The national parliamentary election...

    • Summer Jobs Dwindling for America's Teens June 15, 2012

      Today, fewer than three in ten American teenagers are able to find summer jobs. These figures have fallen off particularly quickly since 2000, and the number of 16- to 19-year-olds at...

    • Jamie Dimon and the Art of Apologizing June 15, 2012

      Earlier this week JP Morgan chief Jamie Dimon went up to Capitol Hill. He sat in front of a Senate committee, and Dimon... apologized. This got Takeaway Washington Correspondent Todd ...

    • Advocates Against Sexual Abuse Take on Statute of Limitations June 15, 2012

      Changing the statute of limitation has become a key battle for sex abuse victims. These statutes create deadlines for when a victim of abuse can press charges or bring a civil suit. T...

    • Follow Friday: The Future of Print Journalism, Sheldon Adelson, and White House Leaks June 15, 2012

      Jeff Yang and Farai Chideya join us for our weekly Friday Follow, looking back at the week's top stories. The two discuss New Orleans' Times-Picayune newspaper's shift from print to d...

    • Taking Stock: America's Changing Relationship with the Military June 15, 2012

      Former United States Air Force General Lloyd "Fig" Newton sat down with us to speak about America’s changing relationship with the U.S. military and the fate of our country’s future w...

    • Egyptian Parliament Dissolved On the Eve of Elections June 15, 2012

      Sixteen months after President Hosni Mubarak was ousted, Cairo continues to be at the epicenter of democratic turmoil. On the brink of the second round of presidential elections this ...

    • Ron Christie: The Week in Politics and HBO's "41" June 15, 2012

      After a week filled with political stumping across the country, new numbers that show political fundraising is set to go into the billions, and two major addresses yesterday on the ec...

    • This Week's Movie Releases: "Rock of Ages" June 15, 2012

      <p>It&rsquo;s Friday, when our Movie Date podcast team tells us which film releases are worth a night out. This week&rsquo;s big release is &ldquo;Rock of Ages,&rdquo; the all-star love letter to 1980s hair metal.</p>

    • The Art of Rap June 15, 2012

      When people think of music as art they may think of a piano sonata by Mozart or a thrilling piece of be-bop by Charlie Parker, but a new documentary suggests that the title of "art" s...