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Photo ID, e-voting, popular vote... How would you improve voting?

Monday, April 28, 2008

On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that Indiana can require government-issued photo identification when voting. It's a win for Republicans in an election year.

Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that states such as Indiana have an obligation to prevent fraud in close races, and that heading to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to get the free photo IDs is no burden for voters.

Which leads us to our Takeaway question: Tell us one thing that would improve the election process for you, the voter.

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My name is Adaora Udoji and I’m a news junkie

Monday, April 28, 2008

By Adaora Udoji

I’ve been one from the day I started talking. My parents tell me the first full sentence out of my mouth went like this: “do we have some bacon and eggs and toast for breakfast?” It wasn’t about the food. It was about wanting to know what was in the kitchen.

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Mornings need a make over. What would you change?

Saturday, April 26, 2008

By Adnaan Wasey : Web Editor

We've made one change to your morning. What else would you change about mornings? If you've recently made a change to your morning, we want to hear how it's changed your life.

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Rebate check-in. Where will your money go?

Saturday, April 26, 2008

By Adnaan Wasey : Web Editor

What do you plan to do with your check? If you're spending it, what are you spending it on?

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Betting on the oil markets

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

The last time that we saw gas prices rising this quickly was in the 1970s, when Americans responded by cutting their gas use by 30 percent. Lisa Margonelli, author of "Oil on the Brain: Adventures from Pump to Pipeline," says the high price of oil is, in part, driven by one group of people that surprised us: oil speculators.

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The gun-store vote in Pennsylvania

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

By Jim Colgan / John Hockenberry

John Hockenberry of The Takeaway takes the political pulse of the gun-toting electorate at a Cabela's in Hamburg, Pa.

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Pennsylvania heads to primary polls

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Pennsylvania democrats headed to the polls Tuesday. Will this be Clinton's last stand? Voter turnout is expected to shatter previous records.

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"Mommy, could you please vote for McCain?"

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

The Takeaway asked students from Mrs. Jan Kunkel's fifth-grade class in Boiling Springs, Pa., to lobby their parents in the lead-up to the Pennsylvania primary.

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Hanging driers out to dry

Monday, April 21, 2008

Drying clothes on the line isn’t just a chore — it’s a political movement. Communities across the nation have banned the air-drying method for their unsightliness, but now environmentalists are pushing back. The state of Colorado passed a law overturning the bans and the Ontario government is considering to do the same.

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Are we stockpiling too much oil?

Monday, April 21, 2008

The Department of Energy is continuing to add to the nation's 700-million-barrel Strategic Petroleum Reserve at a time when oil prices are at all-time highs. Taxpayers are footing the bill.

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Pope Benedict comes to America, faces Catholic Church sex scandals

Monday, April 14, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI is in the United States for his first visit since assuming the papacy. Benedict may not have reputation or the charisma of his predecessor, the late John Paul II, but he is the first pope to visit since revelations of sexual abuse in the U.S. Catholic Church.

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The pulse of international health care

Monday, April 14, 2008

America's health care system isn't ranked first. Or even in the top 10. At 37th, documentary filmmaker T.R. Reid says, the United States could learn from how the rest of the world provides its citizens health care.

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Will "bitter" voters wound Barack?

Monday, April 14, 2008

Barack Obama called voters "bitter," but will voters be bitter to him? Columbia law professor Nate Persily talks with us about how comments like this affect a presidential race that has become increasingly contentious in tone.

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The politics of coming and going: HIV-positive visitors banned from the United States

Friday, April 04, 2008

Thirteen countries in the world ban HIV-positive visitors from entry, including Saudi Arabia, Russia, Sudan, Moldova... and the United States. We take a look at the ban and ask why that law has stayed on the books.

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A missed message? Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. forty years on

Friday, April 04, 2008

Has our vision of Dr. King's message been sanitized by the passing of time? We've all heard, "I have a dream." In a less-well known speech, King said, "There comes a time when a man must take the position that it is neither safe nor politic nor popular — but he must take it because it is right..."

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