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Thursday, March 26 2009

  • Our recession hero: Behrooz the good broker March 27, 2009

    This week, we sent Senior Editor Femi Oke out to bring your stories about the economic crisis back to the show. Sam Jordan was listening in New Jersey and sent us an e-mail. He wanted... (article)

  • The Takeaway for Thursday, March 26, 2009 (Final Edition) March 26, 2009

    The Takeaway for Thursday, March 26, 2009 (Final Edition) (article)

  • The Takeaway for Thursday, March 26, 2009 (Early Edition) March 26, 2009

    Headlines; A look at Obama's budget (article)

  • Push back from both sides on Obama's budget March 26, 2009

    Push back from both sides on Obama's budget (episode)

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    • Push back from both sides on Obama's budget March 26, 2009

      Democrats are re-tooling President Obama’s budget this week, while the president is pressing Congress hard to preserve his priorities of health care, energy and education. Meanwhile, ...

    • Serious flooding hits North Dakota March 26, 2009

      Volunteers in Fargo spent Wednesday sandbagging as quickly as they could as estimates of how high the Red River would crest were raised. Donald Schwert, Professor of Geology at North ...

    • Evolution and education with Texas State Board of Education Chair Don McLeroy March 26, 2009

      The Texas Board of Education is in the midst of a major fight this week over a new science curriculum that's designed to challenge the principle of evolution. The Board will vote tomo...

    • Hunting asteroids before they hunt earth March 26, 2009

      On Oct. 5 at an observatory on Mount Lemmon in Arizona an astronomer noticed a comet headed this way. He sent the coordinates to the Minor Planet Center at the Harvard-Smithsonian Cen...

    • Home sales rise in parts of the U.S. March 26, 2009

      An uptick in new and existing home sales across the country has real estate watchers and economists hoping that the housing market might have finally hit bottom, especially in the Sou...

    • Hail to the sandbaggers! March 26, 2009

      Fargo, North Dakota is being protected from rising floodwaters by an energetic band of volunteers who are filling and stacking sandbags to construct temporary dikes. Among those volun...

    • Counterterrorism remains top priority for FBI March 26, 2009

      Since 2001, half of all FBI agents have been assigned to uncovering terrorist attacks in the U.S. It was unclear how the Obama administration might change that, but attorney general E...

    • Economic Recovery 101 with House Republican Whip Eric Cantor March 26, 2009

      Congressional Republicans agree that President Obama's budget "spends too much, taxes too much and borrows too much." So, what's the Republican argument for fiscal discipline in these...

    • Revamping regulations March 26, 2009

      Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is heading to Capitol Hill this morning to outline a sweeping overhaul of federal financial regulations. Early leaks of his testimony say the plan woul...

    • Is the Big One near? March 26, 2009

      Over the course of two days last week, 50 to 60 small earthquakes shook the Earth at the foot of the San Andreas Fault. Some fear the chances of a Big One hitting the Los Angeles area...

    • Marking the 30th anniversary of the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty March 26, 2009

      Thirty years ago today Egypt and Israel brokered a historic peace treaty, ending three decades of war. When Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin shook hands with Egypt’s president An...