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Michael Chernew, professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School, on the recent controversy concerning government recommendations concerning breast cancer diagnosis (http://... (article)
The Takeaway for Wednesday, November 18, 2009 (Final Edition) (article)
Lebron James is the face of basketball. He has said, on "60 Minutes," that he wants to be the world's first "billion dollar athlete." At the end of the season he will finally become a... (article)
<p>Headlines; Economy</p> (article)
African Americans See Higher Unemployment Rates (episode)
The United States' average unemployment rate is 10.2%. But that average conceals a wide range of very real statistics for different groups of people currently out of work. For African...
Business Takeout: We have figures on how many Americans have been hiding money in offshore bank accounts, and Louise Story, finance reporter for The New York Times, tells us about t...
People (and economists) have long thought that humans have a basic inclination toward altruism: toward helping one another without thinking of a reward. Stephen Dubner, co-author of "...
When President Obama continues his week-long Asia trip today in South Korea, he’ll get a look at the long aftermath of the Korean War. There are still approximately 28,000 United Stat...
With days upon days of holiday cooking ahead of us, it's the time of year when you're most likely to consult a cookbook ... or give one to your mom. Julia Moskin, New York Times food ...
A government-backed physicians' group, the U.S. Preventive Service Task Force, recommended this week that women delay their yearly breast exams until age 50. (Previously, 40 was the s...
Washington Takeout: Our friend in Washington, Todd Zwillich, tells us about Sen. Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) next moves for health care reform and new efforts by Congress to create jobs. ...
In 2006, when Felipe Calderón was inaugurated President of Mexico, he promised to aggressively fight the drug cartels that had long been waging war in the streets of Mexican cities. T...
As President Obama wraps up his trip in Asia, news out of the Middle East is threatening to distract from whatever progress he might have made this past week on the international stag...
Today, on the day that the National Book Award winners will be announced, Patrik Henry Bass, Takeaway contributor and books editor for Essence, tells us who's nominated, who he thinks...