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Thursday, October 4 2012

  • The Best Tweets from Last Night's Debate October 4, 2012

    Twitter set a record last night for the volume of tweets during a political event, beating out the conventions from a few weeks ago. Here's a collection of our favorite tweets from la... (article)

  • Today's Takeaway | October 4, 2012 October 4, 2012

    The First Debate and the Swing Vote | Don't Mention It: Patriot Act | The Country's First Voter? | Plunging Currency and Protests in Iran | Discovery Channel Crashes a 727 (For Scienc... (episode)

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    • The First Debate, and the Swing Vote October 4, 2012

      <p>How much of an impact do the debates really have when it comes to the ever-important swing vote? Six independent voters join The Takeaway to discuss the highs and lows of the first televised debate.</p>

    • Don't Mention It: Patriot Act October 4, 2012

      How did this hot issue become a non-issue? Has the country forgotten about the Patriot Act? Or do the candidates just hope that we have? Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on Nat...

    • The Country's First Voter? October 4, 2012

      Wayne Gilbert listened to The Takeaway in his hometown of Rapid City yesterday morning and heard Jerry Bloomer from Hot Springs say that he voted at 9:30 a.m. MST on September 21st. W...

    • Plunging Currency and Protests in Iran October 4, 2012

      <p>Yesterday, hundreds of demonstrators flooded the streets of Tehran, chanting anti-government slogans and setting garbage cans on fire. The cause of the protests: money.</p>

    • Discovery Channel Crashes a 727 (For Science!) October 4, 2012

      Have you ever wondered what would happen if the plane you were on crashed? For the first time on television, The Discovery Channel will remotely crash a 727 passenger jet in the Mexic...

    • Recapping Last Night's Debate October 4, 2012

      Now that some of the smoke has cleared around last night's presidential debate, it is time to ask the questions that really matter, like what will this debate mean come November? It's...