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Driving While Undocumented: Right to Licenses Stirs Debate

Conflict & Justice

This story is about something many of us take for granted, our driver’s license. If you live in the United States without proper documentation, getting one isn’t a given. It’s an issue sparking debates nationwide. Sarah Harris reports from Vermont.

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Takeouts: Rep. Charlie Rangel sees controversy, can Vonn and Ohno win again?, listeners respond to our on-air civics lesson

Global Politics
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Takeouts: President Obama’s health care summit, disaster at the ski slopes, U-Michigan’s football program under NCAA investigation

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Takeouts: analyzing new economic indicators, Bode Miller’s last chance, listeners respond

Global Politics
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Takeouts: ‘the new poor,’ Olympics preview, animal protections in California

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Takeouts: Harry Reid’s jobs bill, Bode Miller wins gold, listeners’ top sports movie for sports-haters

Global Politics

WASHINGTON TAKEOUT: After a short recess, Senators will be returning to work Monday, and will be greeted by a jobs bill presented by Harry Reid. Time Magazine Washington correspondent Jay Newton-Small talks about the Republican reaction to the bill and what the implications could be for elections later this year. OLYMPICS TAKEOUT: From Vancouver, New […]

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Takeouts: Olympics looks to skeleton event, IRS building hit in Austin, Texas

Global Politics

AUSTIN PLANE CRASH: Joseph Andrew Stack allegedly flew his small plane into an IRS building in Austin, Texas, after confessing on his website in a rambling screed against the U.S. government. Ian Crawford, news editor for KUT in Austin, Tex., brings us the latest. OLYMPICS: We preview a sport that many people didn’t know existed: […]

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