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The Takeaway for Friday, October 30, 2009 (Final Edition) (article)
<p>Headlines; Just Where Is That Stimulus Cash Going?</p> (article)
Just Where Is the Stimulus Cash Going? (episode)
Today, the White House releases a huge amount of raw data on how and where stimulus money is being spent. We talk about the numbers we know so far, what listeners have noticed, and wh...
Washington Takeout: Takeaway correspondent Todd Zwillich looks at the details of the House health care reform bill. Sports Takeout: Ibrahim Abdul-Matin reviews Game 2 of the World ...
As Pakistan reels from a series of bombings – the latest, yesterday, claimed at least 85 lives – Pakistanis are increasingly blaming those who they feel are responsible: Americans. ...
Today, the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is expected to approve a decision that will allow non-Latin letters to be used in internet domain names. It...
It's our Halloween horror flick round-up. We asked Takeaway listeners and our contributors, Newsday film critic Rafer Guzman and Spout editor Karina Longworth, to compile a list of th...
The political crisis in Honduras may soon be coming to an end. After weeks of negotiations, ousted President Manual Zelaya could soon return to power. We speak with Marcelo Justo in t...
Democrats in the House have unveiled their health care bill. The time for voting is near and the stakes couldn’t be higher. The man in charge of wrangling every last vote from the par...
Money Takeout: Louise Story talks about the latest GDP numbers and just how confident consumers seem to be feeling. Sports Takeout: Ibrahim Abdul-Matin looks ahead to the NFL games...
The FBI is reaching out to local imams and community leaders in Detroit after the leader of a radical Islamic group was killed in an FBI raid late Wednesday night. We discuss local re...
Colombia will sign a deal with the United States today to give the American military access to seven of its military bases. The deal has been in the works for months, and it has raise...
Margaret Atwood, the Canadian writer famous for her inventive and dark novels — including "Oryx and Crake," "The Handmaid's Tale" and "The Blind Assassin" — talks with us about scienc...
<p>All this morning, we've been talking about scary movies and what's got you shivering in your seat. We've compiled a mash-up of our listeners' scary movie suggestions.</p>
Duke University economist Mike Munger on new GDP numbers that show the economy is rebounding: (full story) "Recession is when things are going down. When the recession is over, t... (article)
<p>Headlines; Life in Afghanistan</p> (article)
Taliban Tactics Cause Civilian Woes (episode)
Details are still coming in from a suicide bombing against U.N. forces that left nine dead in Kabul, Afghanistan, yesterday. To find out what life is like in the city right now, we ta...
Washington Takeout: The Takeaway's man in Washington, Todd Zwillich, previews what we can expect from the House's version of health care reform, which House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wil...
As Congress begins to debate climate change legislation, a fight between environmentalists and industry over a particular type of coal mining is ratcheting up in West Virginia. The Ob...
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) may be best known as the first openly gay member of Congress. But he has been representing Massachusetts's Fourth Congressional District since 1981 and has...
The Takeaway's Farai Chideya interviews Mason Scherzer for "The Value." The Takeaway's correspondent Farai Chideya joins us with the next installment in her series, T...
Unemployment is rising, and the job market is painfully lean — but, hey, did you know the recession is over? GDP numbers out this morning say the economy is officially rebounding. We ...
Washington Takeout: Our own Todd Zwillich joins us from Washington to discuss what may have made the cut in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's health care reform bill, due to be unveiled ...
According to BBC correspondent David Loyn, Afghanistan is considered the 175th most corrupt nation in the world. But some ingenious people are trying to fight that corruption … with c...
It's been 25 years since the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened its doors to the music-loving public ... or at least, the music-loving public willing to travel to Cleveland. Some of th...
The president and first lady spend a lot of time in the public eye. The private life of Barack and Michelle Obama is, well, private. But this week's New York Times Magazine offers the...
William "Brit" Kirwan, chancellor of the University of Maryland and co-chair of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, on the rising costs of college athletics programs w... (article)
The Takeaway for Wednesday, October 28, 2009 (Final Edition) (article)
Headlines; Afghanistan (article)
October Deadliest Month for US Troops in Afghanistan (episode)
Six staff members of the United Nations were killed and another nine wounded in an armed attack on a central Kabul guesthouse this morning. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for ...
Washington Takeout: The Takeaway's Washington correspondent, Todd Zwilich, explains the surprisingly staunch and early stance from Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) against the Democrati...
Baseball's World Series is set to kick off tonight, pitting the New York Yankees against the Philadelphia Phillies. The first two games of the World Series will be played in the new Y...
New York and Philadelphia are about to face off in baseball’s World Series. But behind the sports madness, the two cities have a historic rivalry that dates back to colonial times — w...
While college is the land of higher education and a college degree a prerequisite for career success, a new study finds schools are increasingly focusing on athletic, not educational,...
Oh, okra! Whether used in gumbo or succotash, the little vegetable is either loved or hated. Jessica Harris, food and cultural historian, joins us with a look at the history and lore ...
It might seem that globalization is a continuing and ominous threat to America's workforce. New York Times business correspondent Micheline Maynard, however, says foreign companies ca...
Washington Takeout: Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich points out that within the halls of Congress, disagreements over health care reform go way beyond the public option. Look ...
The New York Times reports today that Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, is on the payroll of the Central Intelligence Agency. The news comes as a surpri...
The House Judiciary Committee is holding hearings about the long-term cognitive damage suffered by NFL players as a result of concussions they suffered on the football field. We speak...
The trailer for Michael Jackson's "This Is It" Before Michael Jackson's death earlier this year, he was preparing for a string of 50 high-profile and meticulously cho...