Today's Takeaway | December 12, 2012 Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email U.S. Recognizes Syrian Opposition U.S. Senator Ben Cardin on Effort to Promote Human Rights Pittsburgh One of Only Three U.S. Cities to Have Fully Recovered from the Recession A Day of Twelves, But What Does It All Mean? Study: California Most Innovative State Government, Mississippi Least Innovative Michigan House Passes Right-to-Work Law Teen Innovator from Sierra Leone Wows MIT A fighter stands close to a gun in the Sheikh Suleiman base, some 15 miles northwest of the city of Aleppo on December 9, 2012. ( Herve Bar / AFP/Getty Images ) Produced by PRI and WNYC