We talk with hospitals in Miami about their preparations for patients airlifted in from Haiti, and look at the strange case of American charity workers charged with human trafficking when they attempted to leave Haiti with alleged orphans in tow. With unemployment numbers hovering around ten percent, many people know someone who's out of work, or is themselves out of work. What can employed people do to help their jobless friends, and what do the unemployed wish their friends would do? And every February 2nd is, of course, Groundhog Day. We talk with the screenwriter of the 1993 sleeper hit, 'Groundhog Day,' about the number of religions that have interpreted the movie through their spiritual framework ... and found it inspirational.
Haitian airlifts have resumed, but they're still flying almost exclusively to Florida – and to Miami's overburdened hospitals. According to Florida Governor Charlie Crist, the state has taken more than 500 injured evacuees from the Haiti earthquake since it struck three weeks ago. Doctors there says 150 of those have gone to two hospitals in Miami.
President Obama has outlined a series of proposals to change No Child Left Behind, the controversial education law rolled out under the Bush administration. The proposals would shift the focus in schools from test scores to career- and college-readiness, and would eliminate the 2014 deadline for bringing every child to academic proficiency.
TV execs, we know it must be hard to give up a cash cow. But before the milk turns sour, know when to call it quits.
It's a question on the minds of lots of employed people these days: What can I do to help my unemployed friends? Justin Jones-Fosu, leadership trainer and host of WEAA Baltimore's "Listen Up," shares advice and information for those who want to help, but are afraid of sounding condescending.
Ten American Baptists were detained in Haiti last Friday, where officials say they attempted to take 33 children into the Dominican Republic without proper documentation. The ten are members of an Idaho-based charity called New Life Children's Refuge, and they said their intent was to take the children to a hotel in the Dominican Republic that is doubling as a temporary orphanage.
This story is prompting considerable debate, with some saying it is a case of good intentions gone bad, while others say the American group's actions are nothing short of criminal.
Miami architect Andrés Duany has started to envision what a sustainable house, built for the hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the Haiti earthquake, might look like.
You might think he's an unlikely choice as the face of a soda, but a Russian beverage company has chosen the image of Joseph Stalin for its logo. The former Soviet dictator is gracing the labels of a limited edition range of soda bottles. It's part of a growing trend in Russia to rehabilitate Stalin from a monster to a hero. We find out if this represents genuine change in public opinion in Russia of Stalin.
Most people see the 1993 movie "Groundhog Day" as just another funny, fabulous Bill Murray comedy. But others, in a variety of religious communities, see it as an illustration of the tenets of their particular faiths. We ask the movie's screenwriter about the divine influence of his story and talk with a religious studies scholar who uses the film as a teaching tool.
Yesterday the Obama administration proposed a nearly $4 trillion budget for 2011. A front page analysis in today's New York Times points out that the projected deficit in the coming year is nearly 11 percent of the country’s entire economic output and may not change any time soon.
Today we've been asking, "If you know someone who's unemployed, what is the number one thing you're offering? If you're unemployed, what's the one thing you'd want your friends to do?" We hear some of your responses.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the Oscar nominations bright and early Tuesday morning. "Avatar" and "The Hurt Locker" led with the nine nods each. Takeaway film contributor Rafer Guzman tells us about what other movies made the list, and which won spots on the roster of ten Best Picture nominees.
Miami hospitals become crowded with Haitian wounded, Groundhog Day, the movie and the results, Oscar nominees, and a discussion of what employed people can do to help those close to them who are out of work.
American baptists detained in Haiti, criticism of the TARP, and unpacking the religious interpretations of the movie "Groundhog Day."
Hospitals in Miami filling up with Haitian occupants, looking at the deficit in the context of history, and helping your unemployed friends.
American baptists detained in Haiti, criticism of the TARP, and unpacking the religious interpretations of the movie "Groundhog Day."
Haitian patients in Miami hospitals, Obama's plan to overhaul No Child Left Behind, and helping the unemployed.
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