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Wednesday, April 30 2008

  • An economy on the brink April 30, 2008

    An economy on the brink (episode)

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    • An economy on the brink April 30, 2008

      Every day seems to reveal a new, grimmer economic number. This week it's a big drop in home prices, small economic growth, and a potential interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve Bo...

    • The economic downturn's effects on community banks April 30, 2008

      Community banks outnumber big-name banks 25 to 1. They say they've been insulated from the subprime mortgage crisis. The Takeaway talks with Robert Palmer, chief executive of Community Bankers Association of Ohio.

    • Brother, can you spare a kidney? April 30, 2008

      Iran is the only country in the world not suffering from an organ shortage. It's also the only country that legally permits kidney vending. Takeaway expert and "Freakonomics" co-autho...

    • Road-tripping across Indiana in the run-up to the primary April 30, 2008

      Takeaway Political Director Andrea Bernstein joins us from the road in Indiana. She's crossing this week ahead of the May 6 primary, which is expected to shatter Indiana's previous vo...

    • Geneticists solve a beta blocker puzzle April 30, 2008

      It was a medical enigma: Why do many black patients respond differently to a class of heart drugs called beta blockers? Researchers now say a genetic variant allows 40 percent of blac...

  • Takeaway Political Director Andrea Bernstein blogs from the Democratic primary campaign trail in Indiana April 30, 2008

    Indiana is the first big state since Missouri to be a big question mark — and the first one with so much attention paid to it since Iowa or New Hampshire. I'll be traveling the state... (article)

  • It's 3AM. Are you ready? April 30, 2008

    What would you do if the phone rang at 3AM? The phone rang for John Hockenberry at 3AM on April 28, and Bob Edwards was on the other end... (article)

  • "Mission Accomplished!" ...? What phrase would you retire? April 30, 2008

    Five years ago, on May 1, 2003, President Bush marked the end of major combat in Iraq with a nationally televised speech from the USS Abraham Lincoln. The Iraq war continued and the g... (article)