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The Takeaway for Friday, August 7, 2009 (Final Edition) (article)
Every day, there's more news from Capitol Hill on health care reform. Different lawmakers propose changes to three different bills, with updates as key players refine their position... (article)
Baseball is in its final third of the season and it's rivalry time! Let's start with baseball's answer to the Hatfields vs the McCoys— the Yankees vs. the Red Sox. The Red Sox have d... (article)
Headlines; Uncommon Economic Indicators (article)
Practical Economics: Dogs, Cats, & Shoes (episode)
Unemployment numbers are due out this morning and economic analyst Lakshman Achuthan, Managing Director of the Economic Cycle Research Institute, joins us with his predictions. In Apr...
If you couldn't get into your Twitter account yesterday, you weren't alone. A massive denial-of-service attack by unknown hackers knocked out the popular micro-blogging site for some ...
Girl Scouts start selling their best-selling cookies — Thin Mints and Tagalongs — each December. But this year, the Scouts’ annual cookie sales, which add up to $700 million a year, m...
The United States Senate wrapped up business for the summer yesterday, voting to confirm Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who will become the first Hispanic to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. Th...
Yesterday, while on a morning walk in New York City, the acclaimed film director John Hughes, creator of those classic 80's teen angst movies, died after suffering a heart attack. Few...
As the federal government prepares to release its recommendations for schools during flu season, The Takeaway talks to two workers on the front lines of the war on the flu. Ryan Kelle...
In honor of John Hughes, the quintessential 80s director who passed away yesterday, The Takeaway's John Hockenberry presents a remembrance of life as The Breakfast Club.
Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud has been killed in a U.S. drone attack. While it's not the first time reports of his death have surfaced, the Taliban has confirmed his death...
Before he was an NFL MVP, Kurt Warner, with no NFL team to sign with, played for the Iowa Barnstormers in the Arena Football League for three seasons. He finally reached the NFL in 19...
During the 2002 Little League World Series, millions watched on TV as two young pitchers each threw well over a hundred pitches during their semi-final games. That many pitches from ...
The health care reform battle has left the Beltway and has headed home with the members of Congress. The debate has gotten increasingly vitriolic as town halls have been swarmed with ...
Unconfirmed reports have trickled in that Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud may have been killed in a U.S. drone attack. Now, two Taliban fighters are saying that Mehsud is in...
It’s Friday and that means new movies are opening in theaters across the country. The Takeaway talks to Wesley Morris, film critic from The Boston Globe, for his picks for the week. T...
The movie Julie & Julia, opens today. In the film, Meryl Streep brings Julia Child back to life for the viewer. But how realistic is she? Joining The Takeaway is someone who can give ...
Unemployment numbers are out: payrolls dropped by just 247,000 and the jobless rate falls to 9.4 percent. That just might be good news. Lakshman Achuthan, managing director of the Eco...
The Labor Department released unemployment numbers this morning and the numbers may indicate the beginning of a turnaround for the U.S. economy. Employers cut back on layoffs in July,...
Unemployment numbers are out and job losses declined 247,000 in July, while the unemployment rate fell, which could suggest that the recession is nearing an end. But Jack Healy, a rep...
Pretty in Pink hit the big screen in 1986, signaling that John Hughes had not yet finished with his Brat Pack flicks. Hughes, who died yesterday, wrote the screenplay for the movie. H...