Takeouts: European finance ministers fight Obama bank plan, ice hockey heats up at the Winter Olympics

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MONEY TAKEOUT: European Finance Ministers are uniting against a plan by President Obama to overhaul the banking system. New York Times finance reporter Louise Story tells us more.

OLYMPICS TAKEOUT: The international men’s hockey tournament is heating up at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Freelance sports writer Dan Friedell joins us from Vancouver.

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