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The Takeaway for Friday, April 3, 2009 (Final Edition) (article)
French police have clashed with anti-Nato protesters in Strasbourg, firing tear gas and rubber bullets to stop a crowd getting to the city center. Masked protesters smashed bus shelte... (article)
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been indicted on a number of federal corruption charges. His brother and two aides were also indicted late Thursday, April 2. We've been follo... (article)
Headlines; News on unemployment (article)
When I try to explain to people that I'm really into four square these days, I get a lot of blank looks. That's the natural reaction, given that most people's first association is o... (article)
We're talking about the online/offline game Foursquare this morning, and we're playing a game on air and online at The Takeaway. It's easy to play. Call us at 1-877-8-MY-TAKE, ema... (article)
Jobless in the U.S.A. (episode)
The unemployment numbers are cold and hard: The national unemployment rate hit 8.1 percent in February, the highest it has been in over 25 years. And there are other parts of the coun...
International aid organizations are expected to release a report today outlining their concerns over the expected troop surge in Afghanistan. This report comes as world leaders are ga...
It may be April, but that doesn't March Madness is over. The Final Four (and we're not talking about Battlestar Galactica for once) of the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament is ...
Before heading off to celebrate NATO's 60th birthday, world leaders heralded the show of unity at the G-20 summit. Their strong showing lifted global markets and mapped out a new futu...
There’s a new web tool that’s getting a lot of buzz right now called Foursquare. It's a program that encourages you to “check in” with the system whenever you go to an interesting – o...
We started the week leading up to the G-20 by speaking with Dan Price, a former international economics assistant to President Bush who was responsible for setting up last year's mee...
Yesterday, Mexican federal police arrested Vicente Leyva, one of the country's most wanted men. That's the third arrest of a suspected drug cartel power player in as many weeks. Leyva...
Last year the CEOs of the Big Three of the American car industry went to Congress seeking financial assistance. When it became clear that Congress was only offering short-term loans w...
Investor Warren Buffett’s financial wizardry is a mix of shrewd analysis and a steely self-control, which keeps his instincts in check when panic claims Wall Street. But when the numb...
New unemployment numbers out today reveal that the U.S. economy lost 663,000 jobs in March and jobless rate jumps to 8.5 percent, the highest since late 1983. The U.S. continued to sh...