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Tuesday, February 26 2013

  • Today's Takeaway | February 26, 2013 February 26, 2013

    A Year Later, Community Awaits Justice in Trayvon Martin Shooting | Would You Eat Horse Meat? | How Thomas Edison Illuminated Modern America | The Fight to Bring High-Speed Internet t... (episode)

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    • A Year Later, Community Awaits Justice in Travyon Martin Shooting February 26, 2013

      One year ago on the evening of February 26, 2012, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, who claims that he acted in self-defense. A judge announced earli...

    • Gun Control Measures Snake Through Congress February 26, 2013

        While Florida is still looking at its "stand your ground" laws. Politicians in Washington are still debating gun control, and this week, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Commit...

    • Would You Eat Horse Meat? February 26, 2013

      Horse meat was discovered in Ikea's famous Swedish meatballs this week, and the retailer responded by withdrawing the meatballs from their stores in fourteen European countries. It’s ...

    • Dr. Everett Koop, Surgeon General During AIDS Crisis, Dies at 96 February 26, 2013

      Remember the days of health warnings by the surgeon general? They became a part of the way we thought about and understood health risks. Americans turned to the surgeon general, someo...

    • What Do You Call a Pope After He Resigns? February 26, 2013

      This is one of the more straightforward elements in what's proving to be a complicated transition. And it has made has been complicated further by the resignation this week of the Uni...

    • How Thomas Edison Illuminated Modern America February 26, 2013

      The 1893 Columbian Exposition introduced the United States as an industrial power on the world’s stage. As the exposition opened on May 1, 1893, President Grover Cleveland illuminated...

    • The Fight to Bring High-Speed Internet to Rural America February 26, 2013

      Federal stimulus programs have poured more than $7 billion into reaching rural areas, but at least 19 million Americans still lack high-speed internet access. One of those communitie...