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Tuesday, June 16 2009

  • How Would You Make Healthcare Affordable? June 16, 2009

    Healthcare costs take a big bite out of companies' and individuals' budget. How can we make it affordable? Where do you think costs can be cut? Tell us your healthcare budget. What's ... (article)

  • The Takeaway for Tuesday, June 16, 2009 (Early Edition) June 16, 2009

    Headlines; Second wave of foreclosures (article)

  • Watch Out! The Second Wave of the Foreclosure Crisis June 16, 2009

    Watch Out! The Second Wave of the Foreclosure Crisis (episode)

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    • Watch Out! The Second Wave of the Foreclosure Crisis June 16, 2009

      The foreclosure crisis is not just about subprime mortgages anymore. Because of job losses and rising health care costs, homeowners who were once able to keep up with their payments a...

    • Fire Up the Torch: New Sports Vie For Olympic Inclusion June 16, 2009

      The 2016 Olympics are already heating up. Seven candidates — baseball, golf, karate, roller sports, rugby sevens, softball and squash — are vying for a place at the games from 2016 on...

    • Iran's Disputed Vote: Will a Recount Calm the Streets? June 16, 2009

      The Iran election results showed a landslide victory for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad—and sparked Tehran's worst violence in 10 years.The spokesman for Iran's Guardian Council say...

    • The Death of the Dollar June 16, 2009

      Brazil, Russia, India and China sometimes referred to as the BRIC group, meet today to work out how to exert more control over the global financial system. On their agenda is how to c...

    • Doctors Creating Affordable Healthcare June 16, 2009

      President Obama put healthcare front and center yesterday in a talk to doctors. Last year, the U.S. spent $2.4 trillion on healthcare. Some doctors are trying to shrink costs while bo...

    • On the scene in Tehran June 16, 2009

      Thousands of people across Iranian society poured into the streets yesterday to protest what they charge were fraudulent results in last week’s presidential vote. These were the large...

    • Making Sense of the New Healthcare Reform Bill June 16, 2009

      Yesterday the Congressional Budget Office passed judgment on one of the key bills overhauling the health insurance system. Here with a look at who might get insurance, who won't and w...

    • Has the LAPD Cleaned Up Its Act? June 16, 2009

      The motto of the Los Angeles Police Department is "To protect and serve," but the LAPD hasn't always delivered. The most famous example is the Rodney King beating in 1991, which provo...

    • A 'Corpse Flower' with the Smell of Death June 16, 2009

      It has deep red flesh. It measures more than six feet high. It blooms only about once a decade. But the most memorable thing about the "Corpse Flower" at the Huntington Botanical Gard...

    • Obama's White House: The Rule of the Czars June 16, 2009

      The Obama administration has created, by one count, 21 "czars"—a pay czar, a car czar, a health reform czar, an urban czar. Joining The Takeaway is Shirley Anne Warshaw, presidential...

    • Riding the Waves in the Windy City June 16, 2009

      Surfers in the Midwest are cheering this week because of a change to a Chicago law that makes it possible to take surfboards on the city's beaches. The Takeaway talks to surfer Vinc...

    • How Iranian-Americans Are Tracking the News June 16, 2009

      Iran’s Guardian Council today says it is recounting the votes in last Friday’s deeply divisive elections. Meanwhile, the government has said it will shut down reporting from the count...