Marketplace, American Public Media, October 4, 2011
Conventional wisdom says a bad economy leads to increased crime. But Freakonomics Radio's Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt tell us why that's not true.
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Ryssdal: All right Levitt, do tell. What do you know about crime?
The terror group al Qaeda has found itself curiously in agreement with the "Great Satan" -- which it calls the U.S. -- in issuing a stern message to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: stop spreading 9/11 conspiracy theories.
By Maggie Fox, The National Journal, September 27, 2011
Hospitals are about to get punished for so-called readmissions – when patients end up right back in the hospital after being discharged. Yet they’ve done very little to improve, researchers reported on Wednesday.
By Michael Cooper, New York Times, September 26/27, 2011
....The once-booming South, which entered the recession with the lowest unemployment rate in the nation, is now struggling with some of the highest rates, recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show.
By David A. Graham, The Daily Beast, Sept. 19, 2011
With the headings:
Choosing the B-Team
The Woman Problem
Obama vs. Krugman
Geithner Betrays Obama
‘There’s No Adult in Charge’
Obama Gets Rolled
The Revolt Against Larry Summers
Rahmbo Goes Too Far
Obama’s Detachment From Reality
Barack Obama, the US president, has led an international welcome for Libya's new interim leaders at the UN, promising that NATO would carry on with air strikes while civilians are "threatened".
With the new Libyan flag flying at the UN headquarters in new York on Tuesday, interim government leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil thanked all nations who aided with the "success of the Libyan revolution" which he said had left at least 25,000 people dead.
