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Monday, May 17, 2010

Anti-Washington sentiment has incumbents like Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Spector facing possible defeat in Tuesday’s primary races. Plus, corporate turnaround specialist Lynn Tilton ; Brazil’s financial reforms; an inside-the-precinct-house look at the NYPD; and the door “clangs” shut on Law & Order.

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Scott Ott, cohost of PJTV's Trifecta, and blogger Markos Moulitsas Zuniga discuss this Tuesday's primaries in Pennsylvania, Arkansas, and Kentucky.

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Lessons from Brazil

Larry Birns, director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs and Felix Blossier, research associate for the same organization, share what Brazil's economic success can teach us about recovering from the American recession.  

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The NYPD Tapes

Village Voice investigative reporter Graham Rayman discusses his series of articles on the operations inside a Brooklyn police department, based on tapes recorded by a former member.

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Turning Around The Economy

Lynn Tilton, CEO of Patriarch Partners, talks about saving both jobs and failing companies.

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Law & Order & New York

NY Daily News TV critic David Hinckley discusses the cancellation of Law & Order and the impact it will have on the local economy.

Have you ever been on Law & Order? Have you had the show film on your block or in your business? What's been the impact on your life or your street? Tell your Law & Order economic impact story here!

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