US-Pakistan Cooperation; DIY Bailout; Transportation Costs; Jamie Oliver's 'Food Revolution'

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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

The costs and complications of increased cooperation between the U.S. and Pakistan; setting financial priorities as part of a Do-It-Yourself Bailout; endangered species threatened by exposure online; chef Jamie Oliver tries to improve how we eat; factoring transportation costs into a home purchase; the risks and rewards of doing business in China.

Top of the Hour: Pakistan's US Partnership, Morning Headlines

The day's top headlines, along with Pakistani blogger Arif Rafiq on Pakistan's increased cooperation with America.

 

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Questions Surround Increased US-Pakistan Cooperation

Senior Pakistani officials, led by Pakistan's foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, are in Washington today for talks with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. But there are some questions around who is really running the show.

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Takeouts: Signing the Health Care Bill, New Rules for Restaurants

  • HEALTH CARE TAKEOUT: Health care reform was signed into law yesterday and Democrats were jubilant. Takeaway Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich details the ceremony, down to the 22 souvenir pens and the vice president's salty language.
  • MONEY TAKEOUT: Section 2572 of the recently-passed health care bill requires that chain restaurants post calorie counts on their menus. Louise Story, Wall Street and financial reporter for The New York Times, talks to us about how restaurants and consumers might respond.

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Transportation Costs Make Some Dream Homes Costly Nightmares

Found your dream home out in the suburbs at a fantastic price?  Well, it may not be as cheap as you think.  According to a new study released yesterday by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, when you factor in the costs of transportation, only 1/3 of America's neighborhoods are actually considered affordable. (You can look up your own neighborhood in the just-released Housing + Transportation Affordability Index.)

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Modernizing the Airplane: GPS to Replace Radar

The Senate passed a $34.5 billion bill on Monday that will bring in GPS technology to replace radar. This is an attempt to help modernize our country’s dated air traffic control system. Science and aviation reporter Miles O’Brien explains the new system and why it's only happening now.

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Jamie Oliver's American Food Revolution

For this week's conversation about food, we talk with one of the most celebrated chefs and TV personalities in the world: Jamie Oliver. First known to the world as The Naked Chef, Jamie is coming to America for a new TV show on ABC. We ask him how he's trying to get Americans to eat healthier and how food culture differs on this side of the Atlantic.

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Top of the Hour: Tricky Business in China and Headlines

The morning headlines, along with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof on the difficulty of U.S. companies doing business in China.

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Risk and Reward: The Real Cost of Doing Business in China

This week Google shut down its search operations in mainland China. Now Chinese Googler’s are getting sent to a Hong Kong domain, but it's unclear how much longer that will last. So why did the search giant pull out of a country that seems to represent so much economic opportunity for other multinational corporations? New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and Brookings Institution analyst Kenneth Lieberthal try to answer.

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Takeouts: Next Steps for Health Care Overhaul, Obama's Nominee for US Court of Appeals, Listeners on the Next Big Issue

  • CONGRESS TAKEOUT: Health care reform has been signed into law. Now what? Takeaway Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich lays out the next steps in the Senate and the courts.
  • JUDICAL TAKEOUT:  Since President Obama nominated law professor Goodwin Liu to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals, there's been a firestorm of criticism and praise for his pick. Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor Slate magazine looks at what this progressive choice could mean for potential Supreme Court nominations.
  • LISTENERS ON THE NEXT BIG ISSUE: By email, on the web and over the phone Takeaway listeners weigh in with their reaction to Sunday's historic vote in the House and weight in on what Congress should tackle next.

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At a Rural Hospital, Haitians Helping Haitians

All week, Takeaway producer Anna Sale is accompanying a medical mission in rural Haiti. At a hospital in Milot, 75 miles north of Port-au-Prince, many of the injured have been transferred from the capital. For the locals, even those without medical skills, it provides an opportunity for them to help. They change bedpans, braid the hair of patients, and offer comfort to those who are far from home and family.

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The Internet: The Biggest Threat to Endangered Species

The biggest threat to endangered species may not be loss of habitat or illegal poaching. Conservationists are concerned that the internet currently poses the biggest single threat to endangered species.

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Setting Priorities for Your DIY Bailout

In the aftershocks of the financial crisis and with billions of dollars flying in stimulus, TARP, and other tools, have you been left wondering where your bailout is? Takeaway contributor, Beth Kobliner has gotten that question a lot: she's the author of “Get a Financial Life.”

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