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Thursday, July 30 2009

  • The Takeaway for Thursday, July 30, 2009 (Final Edition) July 30, 2009

    Report from Helmand Province | Obama's Beer Meeting | Wireless Baltimore | Health Care Update | NYPD on Boyd | H1N1 and Pregnancy (article)

  • [Web Special] How Gates and Crowley Can Reconcile July 30, 2009

    "Skip" Gates and Officer Crowley have been summoned to the White House. Is a productive discussion possible – even over a beer – when sitting under the media spotlight and before the... (article)

  • When Can a Drink Solve Your Problems? July 30, 2009

    Tonight President Obama, "Skip" Gates and Jim Crowley get together to drink a beer and discuss their problems. Will this help solve the controversy of Gates' arrest? When have you sol... (article)

  • The Takeaway for Thursday, July 30, 2009 (Early Edition) July 30, 2009

    Headlines; Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (article)

  • The Gates Controversy: A Question of Race -- and Beer July 30, 2009

    The Gates Controversy: A Question of Race -- and Beer (episode)

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    • The Gates Controversy: A Question of Race -- and Beer July 30, 2009

      The nation is still buzzing over the arrest of eminent African American scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home in Cambridge, Mass., two weeks ago. Today the president will sit down...

    • Tech Thursday: Wireless, Wireless Everywhere! July 30, 2009

      The city of Baltimore, Maryland, is quietly working on a potentially groundbreaking technological project: wireless. WiMax, the super high speed wireless internet network spreading th...

    • Doctor-Owned Hospital Gives Big Bucks to Democrats July 30, 2009

      One of the most expensive health-care markets in the country is Doctors Hospital at Renaissance in McAllen, Texas. Eighty-two percent of the hospital is owned by doctors who also prac...

    • Tracking Homegrown Terrorists July 30, 2009

      As federal agents sift through the case against the suspected jihadists in Willow Spring, North Carolina, it became clear that one man was missing from the conspiracy. Now federal aut...

    • H1N1 Roundtable: What Should Pregnant Women Do? July 30, 2009

      A Centers for Disease Control advisory panel has recommended that pregnant women get top priority for an H1N1 vaccine when it is expected to become available this fall. How is this re...

    • The Lowdown on Brown Fat July 30, 2009

      A type of body fat that actually burns calories sounds counter-intuitive, but that’s what brown fat does. Babies and animals have it, and earlier this year we learned that adults have...

    • Is There Health Care Reform Yet? July 30, 2009

      We check in with The Takeaway's Washington Correspondent Todd Zwillich to get the latest from Capitol Hill. The Senate has the outline of a deal which got the Congressional Budget Off...

    • Rep. Anthony Weiner on the Blue Dogs' Deal July 30, 2009

      The Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Henry Waxman, who drafted the health care bill, and Blue Dog Democrats, the fiscally conservative wing of the Democratic party...

    • Embedded in Afghanistan July 30, 2009

      Over 4,000 U.S. Marines launched a major offensive against the Taliban in Southern Afghanistan. They face a tough battle and not just against their military foes but against the weath...

    • Detroit is #1 (in Unemployment) July 30, 2009

      Just when you thought things couldn't get worse in Detroit...they do. The unemployment rate in the Motor City jumped up almost 3 points last month. It now stands at a staggering 17 pe...

    • The Audacity of Hops July 30, 2009

      As the president prepares to host a kegger to smooth the feathers ruffled over the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr, the nation's beer drinkers are paying close attent...

    • Iran 40 Days After Neda July 30, 2009

      It's been 40 days since the world was horrified by the video of a woman, Neda, being shot and killed during the protests surrounding the presidential elections in Iran. Under Iranian ...