Lynn Sherr appears in the following:
A New Anti-Drug Strategy in Afghanistan
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
The U.S. government is deploying dozens of Drug Enforcement Administration agents to Afghanistan in a new kind of anti-drug surge. It's the biggest expansion in DEA history, but will...
Harry Potter and the Staggering Profits
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
"Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" premiered last Wednesday. By Sunday, the film had raked in approximately $160 million—$20 million more than the previous Potter film. To decon...
Texting While Driving? You Might as Well Drive Drunk
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
A study says that if you're using your cell phone while driving, you're just as likely to crash as someone who has been drinking. But most states don't ban texting while driving. And ...
The Politics of Selling Obama's Health Care Plan
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
President Obama wants Congress to agree to at least the outlines of a health care plan before the August recess. But Republicans hope to delay action until the Fall, figuring public o...
Around the World, Phony Drugs Infiltrate Pharmacies
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
The World Health Organization reports that one in four pharmaceuticals are fake. The problem hits home in the developing world, where scant regulation lets useless and sometimes dange...
Bernanke on the Economy: Is the Recession Over?
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Today, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will give lawmakers an update on the economy. Will he say that the recession is coming to an end? Joining The Takeaway with a preview is D...
Deciphering the Health Care Numbers
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
A large part of the health care debate is about the numbers. How much will health care legislation cost the federal government? Will you be paying more or less? To help figure out wha...
Taking the Pulse of America's Community Banks
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Large banks like Goldman Sachs posted record gains recently. Many smaller regional banks will release their earnings with much less fanfare this week. The Takeaway looks at the state...
Escalating Violence in Afghanistan
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Taliban attacks today rocked two eastern cities in Afghanistan. In the city of Gardez, Taliban militants dressed as women in burqas tried to set off explosives but were shot before th...
Reforming Afghanistan's Bagram Prison
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
The Pentagon is restructuring the war effort in Afghanistan, flooding the country with more than 20,000 troops. Now the Pentagon is revamping its detention policies in Afghanistan wit...
Somali Pirate heads to his first day in court
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
The only Somali pirate that Americans can look to for justice in the hostage taking of the cargo ship Maersk Alabama was walked into a federal court in New York yesterday— with a smil...
Now hear this: South Africans at the polls
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
As South Africa heads to the polls to elect a new President, we check in with two voters. Athi Singapi is a 24-year-old travel business owner in Port Elizabeth, South Africa who is no...
Critics wary as President Obama reaches out to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
President Obama is signaling a new era of diplomacy with two Latin American nations long considered troublesome for American interests, namely Venezuela and Cuba. President Obama has ...
The secret history of the CIA interrogation tactics
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
A new examination by our partner The New York Times, shows that in 2002 top officials in the Bush administration for the first time signed off on the barbaric interrogation procedures...
Congressman Jerrold Nadler reacts to possible inquiry into CIA interrogation tactics
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
On Tuesday, President Obama made it clear that he is leaving open the possibility of investigating the members of the Bush administration who authorized the use of so-called enhanced ...
Bringing a war back down to earth
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
When the Obama administration dropped the use of the phrase "War on Terror" earlier this month, it marked one of its most significant foreign policy shifts, according to writer Reza A...
Bank bailout fund dwindles to a (paltry) $109 billion
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
What can you buy for a $109 billion? That's the question the U.S. Treasury Department is asking itself as the TARP bank bailout fund has become a shell of its once robust self. The fu...
Save the planet, nitwit! New ways to be smart about going green
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
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Today is Earth Day, and many of us are patting ourselves on the back for going green. But despite your wise decisions ...
A focus on regulating the credit card industry
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
"More regulation" is the magic phrase some claim is needed to prevent another economic meltdown. It looks like the credit card industry may be the leading front of that new regulation...
Fifteen years after Mandela, South Africa heads to the polls
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Fifteen years after Nelson Mandela swept to an historic victory to become the first black President of South Africa, today South Africans again head to the polls. As it has for the la...