The climate talks in Copenhagen will finish later today, with last minute appeals from major world leaders, including President Barack Obama. Obama has singled out one American town for praise regarding the work they have done in becoming more energy efficient and self sufficient.  Bob Dixon is the mayor of that small Kansas town, Greensburg, which was ravaged by a tornado in 2007 and rebuilt itself as a green town.  Matt Dellinger is a journalist who specializes in urban planning and believes that focusing overmuch on Greensburg as a model could be a mistake.

• Business Takeout: Louise Story, finance reporter for our partner, The New York Times, explains why Chrysler is uneasy with government plans to force auto companies into arbitration with former car dealers.
• Sports Takeout: Ibrahim Abdul-Matin has the results of last night's football (the Colts squeaked out a victory over the Jaguars to keep their perfect record) and a look ahead to the weekend in sports.
  
• Listener Takeout: We hear from you about student loans and the fine print that accompanies them.
  

As we all wait for the Senate to decide on its health care reform bill, we wanted to go to back to "The Waiting Room."  It's a film, blog and social media project that brings the views of patients inside Highland Hospital in Oakland, California to the rest of the country.  This public hospital and those waiting as long as 14 hours for care, are one expression of the benefits, contradictions and difficulties evident in our healthcare system.

Here's one of the recent interviews:

What side is Sweden on in the ongoing conflict between Tiger Woods and his much-beloved Swedish wife, Elin Nordegren? With reports that Elin and the children are heading back to Sweden, we call Stockholm to talk with Swedish journalist Britta Svensson, columnist with Swedish newspaper "Expressen."

"Avatar," James Cameron's highly anticipated 3-D, computer animated, sci-fi film with a $237 million price tag, goes out to wide release this weekend.

We're joined by Takeaway film contributor Rafer Guzman, film critic for Newsday, and Jeff Yang, trend forecaster for market research firm Iconoculture and columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, who tell us whether the wait was all worth it…

Climate talks in Copenhagen wrap up today, but will an appearance by President Obama inspire nations to strike a last-minute deal? We talk with Kathleen McGinty, former chair of the White House Council of Environmental Quality, and Peter Thomson, the environment editor for PRI's The World, about what to look for as countries try to reach an agreement in the final hours. 

• Washington Takeout: From Washington, our own Todd Zwillich on why Senators were up at 1 a.m. to vote on extending unemployment insurance and COBRA subsidies.
• Sports Takeout: Ibrahim Abdul-Matin explores what the death of a Cincinnati Bengals player says about young players in the NFL.
  
• Movie Takeout: Rafer Guzman on what to see this weekend (Avatar) and what to avoid at all costs (Nine).

Israel will soon become the first country to move people with organ donor cards up the list if they ever need a transplant themselves. Advocates of the new program say it's a win-win plan that will boost Israel's rate of donor sign-ups higher than its current 10 percent, while critics argue that the program violates the ideal of care being provided solely based on need.

Priority will still be given to patients immediately in need of heart, lung, and liver transplants, but when two people need the same organ, this priority scheme will have an impact. We’re joined from Tel Aviv by a leading supporter of the reform, Professor Jacob Lavee, whose article in the medical journal "The Lancet” outlined the new Israeli proposals on organ donation.  We also speak with Dr. Sally Satel, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, in Washington.

Increased international investment in U.S. properties is one sign that the global economic downturn is easing. But the Obama administration isn't pleased by all of the proposed investments. The New York Times reports in an exclusive story that the White House is citing national security concerns in objecting to two investment poposals by companies controlled by China and the United Arab Emirates. Times Washington correspondent Eric Lipton is covering the story.

We've spent the whole week talking about the fine print – on our student loan bills, on our bank statements, and on our mortgages – but that's just a small portion of what we see in fine print everyday. How do we manage all the other fine print in our lives? And when do we throw in the towel and decide it's not worth reading anymore? Gary Belsky, author of "Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes And How To Correct Them," and Beth Kobliner, Takeaway contributor and author of "Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance In Your Twenties and Thirties," share and debate their differing strategies.