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Conventional thinking has me on the side of President Obama in that I, too, “do not feel that [he] deserve[s] to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who’ve been... (article)
John Bolton, Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, on his reaction to President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize: (http://www.thetakeaway.org/stories/2009/oct/09/nobel-peac... (article)
The Takeaway for Friday October 9, 2009 (Final Edition) (article)
The Ms. Senior America Pageant is not exactly your grandmother’s pageant ... because your grandmother could be in it! For 38 years the pageant has been promoting the idea that senior... (article)
<p>Headlines; Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize</p> (article)
President Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize (episode)
President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize early this morning for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” according to the No...
<p>Our Washington correspondent, <strong>Todd Zwillich</strong>, gives us an initial read on President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize win from D.C.</p>
When lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac collapsed, the little-known Federal Housing Agency stepped in to fill the void for lenders. But now the FHA is facing a financial crisis of its...
<p>Takeaway sports contributor <strong>Ibrahim Abdul-Matin</strong> reviews the week's baseball games and looks ahead to the weekend's college football games.</p>
<p><strong>Marco Reininger</strong>, specialist in the New York Army Reserve and veteran of the war in Afghanistan, joins us as we review our listeners' responses to the ongoing war there.</p>
Femi Oke talks with Gail King, Ms. New York Senior 2009 and newly-crowned Ms. Senior America 2009, in our studio. King is a twenty-year cancer survivor, has a masters degree from Sto...
We continue our discussion about President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize win. With us this morning is Paul Martin, professor and director of Human Rights studies at Barnard College at Col...
Taking a closer look at how the decision was made for President Obama to win the Nobel Peace Prize, we talk again with Paul Martin, professor and director for Human Rights Studies at ...
<p><strong>Hans Blix</strong>, former head of the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), reacts to President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize win.</p>
Riots broke out in Detroit this week, when tens of thousands of residents lined up to apply for federal help to pay their rent, mortgages and utilities. We'll hear from the former pol...
As we've been marking the eighth anniversary of the war in Afghanistan, we've found that people can think about the war in vastly different ways, depending on how close they are. We h...
Customers and stylists at Ambiance Hair and Spa in Brooklyn, NY answer the question: is there such a thing as "good hair"? Chris Rock’s new documentary, “Good Hair,” ...
President Barack Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” according to the Nobel...