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Tuesday, June 17 2008

• Former VP Al Gore endorses and defends presidential candidate Barack Obama June 17, 2008

  Former VP Al Gore endorses and defends presidential candidate Barack Obama (episode)

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  • Former VP Al Gore endorses and defends presidential candidate Barack Obama June 17, 2008

  • One same-sex couple seeks California marriage and legal legitimacy June 17, 2008

  • "Young and Restless in China," new generation shapes and leads the course June 17, 2008

    China's "Gen-Xers" are the first to grow up in a hybrid society of communism and capitalism. The Takeaway talks with filmmaker Sue Williams, whose new FRONTLINE documentary, "Young an...

  • Forget the bake sales: Byron Garrett is the PTA's first male CEO in 100 years June 17, 2008

    Byron Garrett is the first male CEO of the National Parent-Teacher's Association in 100 Years. The 35-year-old black is a former principal — not a parent, though he raised his nephews...

  • Tony Schwartz, 84, co-creator of "Daisy," the game-changing political ad June 17, 2008

    Tony Schwartz is a former WNYC host and creator of 1964's "Daisy" ad, the first television spot to change the national political conversation. Schwartz died on Sunday at the age of 84...

  • Flooding destroys corn crops, prices hit record high, government to bear burden June 17, 2008

  • Golf Goliath Tiger Woods wins again at US Open June 17, 2008

    Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate faced off in a David vs. Goliath-style battle in Monday’s gripping US Open finale. And... Goliath won. Woods captured his 14th major with a sudden-death ...

• Vincent Williams on Obama's Father's Day message: Yes, we should be doing this anyway June 17, 2008

  When Barack Obama discussed fatherhood and, specifically, black fatherhood on Father’s Day, he was, of course, opening a can of worms. As he rattled off the grim statistics about how... (article)