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The Takeaway for Wednesday, April 29, 2009 (Final Edition) (article)
Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter announced his switch from Republican to Democratic party. What would cause you to defect to another political party? (article)
Headlines; Auto industry news (article)
United Auto Workers set to ratify concessions with Chrysler (episode)
Officials in the Obama administration have been negotiating with the leaders of Chrysler, Fiat and the United Auto Workers to find a way to salvage Chrysler. A deal has been tentative...
GM and Chrysler are in the throes of negotiations to avoid bankruptcy. GM’s CEO announced on Monday that the company will cut 21,000 more jobs, close 40% of its dealerships, and disco...
The world has found a new strain of flu, so now what? Enter the virus hunters. This pack of epidemiologists, virologists, and infectious disease experts (sounds like a fun party) are ...
The Supreme Court will hear a challenge today that goes to the heart of the Voting Rights Act. This landmark piece of legislation was enacted in 1965 to prevent racial discrimination ...
Barack Obama has been President for exactly 100 days, today. It's a milestone that every political site has been counting down to...but why? The Takeaway does you a public service, an...
Shell-shocked Republicans are still reeling after losing one of their own to the Democratic party. After years of being wooed, Sen. Arlen Specter decided it was time to cross the aisl...
To assess President Obama’s first 100 days, we’re going to the experts—the men and women who thought long and hard about his qualifications: the voters. We’re checking back in with th...
The Center for Disease Control has just confirmed the first swine flu-related death in the United States. Despite the CDC's warning that deaths would occur in the United States, the n...
Paul Krugman joins The Takeaway today with lessons to be learned from the latest financial crisis, a topic he has covered in his latest book The Return of Depression Economics and the...
What to name the flu that is raising alarms across the globe is becoming a complex issue. See, pork producers object to use of the name "swine flu", particularly in light of the fact ...
The outbreak of swine flu is spreading across the globe, with cases confirmed from Mexico to Israel to New Zealand. Fears of a pandemic have prompted many nations, including ours, to ...
The first death from swine flu outside of Mexico occurred this morning in the United States when a toddler died from the flu. The flu is spreading across the globe. Germany confirmed ...
Senator Arlen Specter shocked the political scene yesterday when he announced that after 29 years as a Republican, he was switching teams. His move puts the Democrats in position to h...
The spokeswoman for Houston's Department of Health and Human Services, Kathy Barton, told the Houston Chronicle a few details about the child who succumbed to the flu, marking the fir...