Tuesday, May 20 2008

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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Talking with voters in Kentucky and Oregon

The Oregon and Kentucky primaries are today. The Takeaway checks in with the voters.

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The McCain camp's new conflict-of-interest policy

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Everglades aflame

Almost 40,000 acres of the Everglades National Park are on fire.

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Sorting out the Texas polygyny case

Professor Marci Hamilton, of Cardozo School of Law, gives a blueprint of the strategies being pursued by the police and prosecutors in Texas against members of a polygamist sect.

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The candidates and transformations on the stump

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Violence aimed at foreigners in South Africa

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For many Americans, cell phones are supplanting the landline

A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that nearly three out of 10 American households receive almost all calls by mobile phone. But if the landline is on the wane, University of Virginia professor Siva Vaidhyanathan says a more compelling chapter in telecommunications is just beginning — and our relationship with the phone itself is being redefined.

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