Takeouts: Guantanamo to Illinois, MLB trades, listeners

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Washington Takeout: Todd Zwillich on the announcement from the White House that they’ll move some of the detainees from Guant-namo Bay to a maximum-security prison in the “sleepy” town of Thomson, Illinois.

Sports Takeout: Ibrahim Abdul-Matin on Hideki Matsui’s move to the Angels and other MLB trades.

Listeners’ Takeout: We hear from our listeners on their experience with freelance jobs.

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