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Thursday, September 24 2009

  • The Takeaway for Thursday, September 24, 2009 (Final Edition) September 24, 2009

    The Takeaway for Thursday, September 24, 2009 (Final Edition) (article)

  • The Takeaway for Thursday, September 24, 2009 (Early Edition) September 24, 2009

    Headlines; Nuclear (article)

  • President Obama's Push for Nuclear Disarmament September 24, 2009

    President Obama's Push for Nuclear Disarmament (episode)

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    • President Obama's Push for Nuclear Disarmament September 24, 2009

      Yesterday President Obama made nuclear disarmament a central theme of his speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations. Today he chairs a Security Council meeting on the issue...

    • Washington: All Eyes on Sen. Snowe September 24, 2009

      Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) had hoped that the Senate Finance Committee would be finished marking up his health care bill by Friday. As the deadline looms large, the committee appears t...

    • G-20 Eyes Banking Reform September 24, 2009

      New York Times finance reporter Louise Story joins us with a look at how the world's biggest economies will tackle banking regulation at the G20 summit in Pittspurgh. Top of the agend...

    • Sports: Michael Vick, Quarterback? September 24, 2009

      Michael Vick has traded prison orange for the "midnight-green"-and-white jersey of the Philadelphia Eagles, and might even get up off the bench soon. The Takeaway's sports contributor...

    • G-20 Leaders Descend on Pittsburgh September 24, 2009

      The G20 summit kicks off in Pittsburgh today. Leaders from the world's biggest economies are gathering in the Steel City to develop plans for repairing the wounded global economy, ref...

    • Center Ring at the General Assembly September 24, 2009

      The United Nations General Assembly convened in Manhattan this week, and everyone came! Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi wowed the crowd with a suggestion that the United Nations Securit...

    • The FCC Takes On Wireless Carriers September 24, 2009

      Earlier this week, President Obama’s chairman of the Federal Communications Commission may have picked his first big fight. And it wasn’t over a Janet Jackson-eque nipple-slip or a fl...

    • What Pittsburgh Has to Offer (Beyond the G-20 Events) September 24, 2009

      Today, global leaders descend on a small American town known as Pittsburgh, as the G-20 world summit gets underway. Local Pittsburgh residents are happy to have the attention (even if...

    • Sports: WNBA, the New Jersey 'Nyets'? September 24, 2009

      Russia’s richest man, Mikhail Prokhorov, signed a tentative $200 million deal on Wednesday to buy the New Jersey Nets. This would make the Nets the first foreign-owned team in the N...

    • Washington: The White House's Big Pharma Deal September 24, 2009

      The Takeaway's Washington correspondent, Todd Zwillich, joins us with a look at a deal the White House reached earler this year with drug companies. The deal stipulated that pharmaceu...

    • G-20: Assessing the Health of the Global Economy September 24, 2009

      The G-20 summit gets underway today in Pittsburgh, and world leaders are hoping this big economic pow-wow will help stabilize a global economy still struggling back to its feet. For a...

    • France Breaks Up Afghan Migrant Camps September 24, 2009

      The northern French town of Calais is known as a crossing point into England; hopeful immigrants to Britain have frequently created makeshift camps while waiting to cross the border i...

    • The Cosby Show, 25 Years Later September 24, 2009

      This week marks 25 years since "The Cosby Show" first hit the airwaves. The show documented the rich and often hilarious family life of the Huxtables, an upper-middle-...

    • A New Hope in the Fight Against HIV? September 24, 2009

      Donald G. McNeil Jr., a science reporter for The New York Times, joins us with a look at what could be a significant breakthrough in the fight against the spread of HIV. Researchers h...

    • Massachusetts Governor Names a New Senator September 24, 2009

      Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is expected to appoint former Democratic National Committee Chairman Paul G. Kirk to fill Sen. Ted Kennedy's vacant Senate seat later this morning...