May 06, 2008     

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Send us your new slogans for Clinton and Obama

Tuesday, May 6 2008

As the Democratic candidates leave North Carolina and Indiana and head into the final leg of the primary season, we're asking you to create new slogans for the Clinton and Obama campaigns. Post your slogan to our Web site by clicking "get in the mix," email it to mytake@thetakeaway.org, or leave it on our SpinVox line, 1-877-8-MY-TAKE. John and Adaora will read or play back the best of them on the air.

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environment infrastructure

The availability of electricity, water and aid in Yangon

Tuesday, May 6 2008

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States begin executions after seven-month moratorium

Tuesday, May 6 2008

Today, Georgia is set to execute the first person since the Supreme Court upheld the use of lethal injections in April. At least 14 executions have been scheduled in six states. We speak with Deborah Denno, of the Fordham University School of Law, whose work was cited by the court.

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environment infrastructure science

There will be gas: microbes that gobble up heavy oil and spit out natural gas

By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Ellen Horne
Tuesday, May 6 2008

This summer, British and Canadian researchers plan to test new technology for releasing previously unrecoverable energy trapped in heavy oil deposits. It works by stimulating tiny microbes to chew up the sticky, tar-like heavy oil and metabolize it into natural gas.

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environment

Myanmar aid groups face steep challenges

By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Noel King
Tuesday, May 6 2008

Agencies are struggling to provide humanitarian aid to hundreds of thousands of people left vulnerable after Cyclone Nargis roared through Myanmar (Burma) on Saturday.

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nation

Why we give

Tuesday, May 6 2008

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A new kind of political cartoon

Tuesday, May 6 2008

Campbell Robertson is a reporter with the New York Times. He's on the ground for the North Carolina primary. But he's not just reporting on the pulse of voters... he's drawing it too.

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environment

The Burmese cyclone touches a restaurant in Philadelphia

Tuesday, May 6 2008

Burmese communities in the United States have been following the aftermath of the cyclone closely. The Takeaway talks with Mya Htay, who works at Rangoon Burmese Restaurant in Philadelphia. Her mother is one of the restaurant's three co-owners, and the staff has been trying to cope with trauma and uncertainty this week.

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Correspondents from the BBC and New York Times provide views of the Burmese cyclone from Thailand

By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji
Tuesday, May 6 2008

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vote 2008

The primary polls open in Indiana, requiring photo ID

By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji
Tuesday, May 6 2008

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