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Tuesday, May 26 2009

  • In Touch: What's Your Favorite Way to Communicate? May 26, 2009

    With so many options, what is your preferred way of getting in touch with people? Whether it's texting, e-mailing or calling someone on the phone, we want to know how you're communica... (article)

  • The Takeaway for Tuesday, May 26, 2009 (Early Edition) May 26, 2009

    Headlines; News on North Korea (article)

  • No Nukes Is Good Nukes: Hans Blix And The IAEA May 26, 2009

    No Nukes Is Good Nukes: Hans Blix And The IAEA (episode)

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    • No Nukes Is Good Nukes: Hans Blix And The IAEA May 26, 2009

      The U.S. and the United Nations now have to calibrate their reaction to North Korea's recent missile test, while also worrying about Iran's nuclear ambition and fears of proliferation...

    • The Complicated Case of Same Sex Divorce May 26, 2009

      A ruling is expected today from the California Supreme Court that will either uphold Proposition 8, the gay marriage ban, or overturn it as unconstitutional. Whatever the California c...

    • Teenage Wasteland? How Teen Texting Affects Behavior May 26, 2009

      Teenagers send thousands upon thousands of text messages each month (some as many as 24,000!). So researchers are beginning to wonder: what’s the effect of the furious finger work? Re...

    • Google Earthing North Korea May 26, 2009

      North Korea is one of the world's most secretive societies. Curtis Melvin, a PhD student at George Mason University visited the communist nation in 2004 and '05 and was determined to ...

    • Get On The Bus, Gus: Bus Rapid Transit Takes Hold May 26, 2009

      With shrinking budgets and expanding populations, cities across the globe are desperate for cheap mass transit. From Johannesburg to Jakarta to Cleveland, city governments are choosin...

    • Nukes, Hawks and Ambassador John Bolton May 26, 2009

      Just hours after the U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea's nuclear tests, Pyongyang tested more missiles. President Obama criticized the tests, prompting North Korea to respon...

    • The Cost of Health Care: A Doctor's Diagnosis May 26, 2009

      When it comes to health care, do you get what you pay for? Dr. Atul Gawande wanted to examine costs -- and quality. In the latest issue of The New Yorker he compares McAllen, Texas, o...

    • Cooking Up A New Theory Of Human Evolution May 26, 2009

      To answer what makes us human has long been a scientific quest. It’s one that Dr. Richard Wrangham has been wrestling with since the 1970’s, when he started his career, observing chim...

    • Sonia Sotomayor: Obama's Supreme Court Pick May 26, 2009

      Early reports say that President Obama has made his choice for the U.S. Supreme Court. The pick to fill retiring Justice Souter's seat appears to be Sonia Sotomayor. She has been a ju...

    • Obama's Nominee: The Supremes' First Hispanic Woman May 26, 2009

      President Obama is expected to announce that he will fill retiring Justice David Souter's seat on the high court with Sonia Sotomayor. She would be the first Hispanic member of the Su...

    • Introducing Judge Sotomayor: Her Life and Her Record May 26, 2009

      Several administration officials say President Obama has settled on his pick for the Supreme Court. The name that's being floated is Sonia Sotomayor, who's been a judge of the United...

    • Sotomayor: What You Need to Know May 26, 2009

      President Obama will nominate Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit as his first appointment to the court. New Yorkers have long known thi...

    • Beyond Yao Ming: China and the NBA May 26, 2009

      In the middle of the Eastern Conference playoffs, the Cleveland Cavaliers are making news, and not just for their three-point shots and MVP LeBron James. Over the weekend, the Cavalie...

    • The Jurisprudence of Judge Sotomayor May 26, 2009

      President Obama is about to announce his Supreme Court pick: Sonia Sotomayor, the first American of Puerto Rican descent to be appointed to the Federal bench in New York City, now in ...