July 25, 2008
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Since the Cold War, some walls have come down, but some walls have come up too
By
John Hockenberry,
Katherine Lanpher
Friday, July 25 2008
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The energy bill and gas price relief: Much ado, but nothing's been done
By
John Hockenberry,
Jesse Baker,
Katherine Lanpher
Friday, July 25 2008
An energy bill that Democrats hoped would lower gas prices was killed by House Republicans yesterday. The bill would have tapped into 70 million barrels of oil the government has stockpiled in its Strategic Petroleum Reserve for emergencies. It's the fourth failed energy bill since June.
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Baseball honors Walter O’Malley, who moved the Dodgers to L.A. 50 years ago
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John Hockenberry,
Katherine Lanpher
Friday, July 25 2008
This year marks the Los Angeles Dodgers' 50th anniversary in the City of Angels. The architect of the team's move from Brooklyn, Walter O’Malley, will be inducted, posthumously, into the National Baseball Hall of Fame this weekend. New York writer Pete Hamill said O’Malley was the only man Brooklynites hated more than Hitler.
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The FBI is 100 years old
By
John Hockenberry,
Katherine Lanpher
Friday, July 25 2008
John Fox is the most wanted person at the FBI this week. Not because he's a criminal, but because July 26, 2008, is the 100th anniversary of the FBI and he's the Bureau's only historian. If it happened in the FBI, Fox knows about it.
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"Wall Street got drunk" and other pithy phrases for global crises
By
John Hockenberry,
Sitara Nieves,
Katherine Lanpher
Friday, July 25 2008
President Bush summed up America's recent economic woes this week with four cool words: "Wall Street got drunk." The Takeaway asked you for more catchy crisis slogans.
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Iraqis employed by U.S. government to benefit from expanded visa-granting
By
John Hockenberry,
Katherine Lanpher
Friday, July 25 2008
The Embassy of the United States in Baghdad announced Thursday it will expand its visa-granting program. The program aims to help Iraqi employees of the American government obtain visas, and ultimately citizenship, in the United States.
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Blogging While Brown is the first conference for bloggers of color
By
John Hockenberry,
Jim Colgan,
Katherine Lanpher
Friday, July 25 2008
The Blogging While Brown conference is on until Sunday, where, for the first time, bloggers of color from around the world have united in Atlanta to discuss their influence on the media and elections.
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- Who's profiting from the big bailouts (11/17/2008)
- Recipe: Luau-style BBQed pork shoulder (and how to eat well during a recession) (11/19/2008)
- What President-elect Obama needs to know about the American car (11/13/2008)
- What President-elect Obama needs to know about healthcare (11/12/2008)
- The cognitive benefits of interacting with nature (Walking makes you smart) (11/13/2008)
- Debtor Nation: How we got here (11/17/2008)
- Lobstermen feel the pinch of the financial crisis (11/12/2008)
- Today's conversation (11/17/2008)
- How people will use U.S. banks when this financial storm passes (11/19/2008)
- Fifth graders suggest books for President-elect Barack Obama's reading list (11/14/2008)
The show is a co-production of WNYC Radio and Public Radio International,
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