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Caroline Kennedy Drops Out

Ken Lovett, Daily News Albany bureau chief, talks about Caroline Kennedy's decision to remove her name from consideration for Hillary Clinton's Senate seat.

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The Obama Constitution: 48 Hours Later

Barack Obama's first full day in office was full of decisions related to questions of Executive power and the Constitution: an order to close Guantanamo; a freeze on last minute Bush regulations; an executive order on secrecy; and the suspension of military commissions. Daphne Eviatar, legal correspondent for the Washington Independent, provides a Washington update.

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January Guest: Elliot Sander

CEO and executive director of the MTA, Elliot Sander, is the weekly Thursday guest for the month of January. He'll discuss how the MTA runs and talk about the future of mass transit in New York.

Have a question for Lee Sander? Ask it below.

Lee Sander's 1/15 Appearence
Lee Sander's 1/8 Appearence

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Not a Diet Book

In his new book Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes (Simon & Schuster, 2008), Mark Bittman discusses how to eat more sanely. He writes the New York Times column "The Minimalist" and the "Bitten" blog.

Event
Demo/Q&A/Signing
at Whole Foods (Bowery Store), 95 East Houston St.
Saturday, January 24, 2009 from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

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Border War

Vicente Calderon, editor of The Tijuana Press, and Amy Isackson, KPBS border reporter, talk about the spike in violence along the Mexico/U.S. border.

Border Battle: Bringing Home the Drug War

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Area 51

Jonathan Bowles and Tara Colton of the Center for an Urban Future discuss their new report on "51 Things the Obama Administration Should do for New York City."

Dowload the Full Report Here (PDF)

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