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Friday, June 19 2009

  • What's Your Favorite Story about Your Dad? June 19, 2009

    Father's Day is this weekend. What did your father teach you and how has it changed you? Tell us stories and memories about your Dad. What's your take? Leave a comment or record you... (article)

  • The Takeaway for Friday, June 19, 2009 (Early Edition) June 19, 2009

    Headlines; Updates on Iran (article)

  • Was It Or Wasn't It? Monitoring Iran's Election For Fraud June 19, 2009

    Was It Or Wasn't It? Monitoring Iran's Election For Fraud (episode)

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    • Was It Or Wasn't It? Monitoring Iran's Election For Fraud June 19, 2009

      The question of whether the presidential election results in Iran were fair may never be answered. The BBC's Jonathan Marcus joins us with his analysis of the unfolding situation. And...

    • Guilty Until Proven Innocent June 19, 2009

      The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that post-conviction DNA testing is not a Constitutional right for convicted criminals. So far, post-conviction DNA testing has exonerated at least 232 peo...

    • Supreme Leader Khamenei Speaks To The Masses June 19, 2009

      Tens of thousands of people gathered at Tehran University to hear Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speak. Despite Khamenei's assurances that the election was fair, and his urging...

    • Golf: The U.S. Open's Soggy Start June 19, 2009

      As golf's U.S. Open starts up, the biggest story is the weather. Days of rain in New York have made for a group of soggy players and an extremely wet course. Tiger Woods tries to defe...

    • Name That Instrument! The State of Arts Education June 19, 2009

      The National Assessment of Educational Progress asked eighth graders across the country in 2008 a series of questions on music and visual art. The results of that test, revealed on Mo...

    • Your Health: The Cost of Prevention June 19, 2009

      With all the contentious debate over health care right now, Republicans and Democrats agree on one thing: they want to encourage disease prevention. This stems from the idea that by i...

    • The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted June 19, 2009

      Much has been made of the microblog Twitter and its influence on the ongoing protests in Iran. In fact, over the weekend the U.S. State Department asked Twitter to postpone scheduled ...

    • Messages From Iran June 19, 2009

      As protests continue, our partners at the BBC continue to receive interesting emails direct from Iran. Joining us is the BBC's Siavash Ardalan, a presenter with an international talk ...

    • Iran's End Game: How Will the Crisis Play Out? June 19, 2009

      For almost a week now, the protests in Iran have topped the news headlines. Thousands of protesters have filled the streets while others fill university halls to hear the Ayatollah. W...

    • The Changing Role of Fathers and the Family June 19, 2009

      You might think that the image of the bumbling father is as old as parenthood itself, but just in time for Father’s Day, The Takeaway talks to one father who says differently. Jeremy ...

    • Free At Last? The Senate Apologizes for Slavery June 19, 2009

      150 years after the Civil War, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution to apologize for the nation's ignominious history of slavery. The resolution passed unanimously. But who does the re...