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Take Two for January 22, 2013
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Jan 22, 2013
Take Two for January 22, 2013

Today we talk about President Obama's second inaugural speech, what his administration plans to do about climate change, airport and air travel safety, Kim Dot Com's new online venture MEGA, and a mom living in Chicago who writes a surly parenting blog called Baby Sideburns.

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama dance together at the Commander-in-Chief's Inaugural Ball at the Washington Convention Center January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama dance together at the Commander-in-Chief's Inaugural Ball at the Washington Convention Center January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC.
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Today we talk about President Obama's second inaugural speech, what his administration plans to do about climate change, airport and air travel safety, Kim Dot Com's new online venture MEGA, and a mom living in Chicago who writes a surly parenting blog called Baby Sideburns.

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This past weekend, MEGA - a new file storage website - made its debut. This wouldn't be all that exciting if it weren't for the site's creator - a man known as Kim Dotcom. His last venture, a website called Megaupload, was shut down for hosting pirated copyrighted material. And Dotcom has since been caught up in an international criminal investigation. Charles Graeber joins Barbara Bogaev with an update on the story. He profiled Dotcom for WIRED magazine in October.
Newly released documents show Retired Cardinal Roger Mahoney and other high-ranking officials in the diocese stymied police investigations of alleged abuse.
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Developments in neuroscience have led the Supreme Court to reconsider minors' culpability, but that science isn't finding its way into juvenile courts.
Lots of changes are underway for when you take flight.
In the new memoir "The Heavy," Dara-Lynn Weiss writes about her efforts to help her seven-year-old daughter lose weight. The book follows a controversial article Weiss wrote for Vogue magazine.
PBS' Frontline looks at why the government has been unable to criminally convict any Wall Street executives for their alleged role in the housing crisis.