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Elections, ancient homonid Lucy 40 years after her discovery, Joan Didion biopic
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Nov 3, 2014
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Elections, ancient homonid Lucy 40 years after her discovery, Joan Didion biopic

Politics, politics, remembering the discovery of an ancient skeleton that shook up ideas about human origins, and a film in the works about writer Joan Didion.

HOUSTON  - AUGUST 28:  The 3.2 million year old fossilized remains of "Lucy", the most complete example of the hominid Australopithecus afarensis, is displayed at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, August 28, 2007 in Houston, Texas. The exhibition is the first for the fossil outside of Ethiopia and has generated criticism among the museum community and others that believe the fossil is too fragile to be moved from it's home country. (Photo by Dave Einsel/Getty Images)
HOUSTON - AUGUST 28: The 3.2 million year old fossilized remains of "Lucy", the most complete example of the hominid Australopithecus afarensis, is displayed at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, August 28, 2007 in Houston, Texas. The exhibition is the first for the fossil outside of Ethiopia and has generated criticism among the museum community and others that believe the fossil is too fragile to be moved from it's home country. (Photo by Dave Einsel/Getty Images)
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On Monday, Take Two discusses politics, the discovery of an ancient skeleton that shook up ideas about human origins and the latest in film with On the Lot. 

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The midterm elections are Tuesday and a lot is at stake, including control of the Senate. Michael Oreskes, senior managing editor for AP, shares more with Take Two.
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Southern California Public Radio's political reporter Alice Walton and Washington correspondent Kitty Felde join Take Two in studio to go over the key races down south. KQED's political reporter John Myers joins the show from Sacramento.
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Rebecca Keegan from the LA Times joins Take Two every week for her segment "On the Lot" where she talks about the latest in Hollywood.
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Forty years ago, Dr. Donald Johanson discovered a 40 percent complete skeleton of a previously unknown type of ancient hominid thought to be more than 3 million years old. It sparked a rethinking of the origins of humans.
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The responses to a viral video of a woman being harassed highlighted a conundrum: when you talk about harassment or sexism, you're bound to get reactions that are angry and threatening.
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Student Ian Tolino volunteers as a peer counselor, often lecturing in fraternities and sororities about sexual assault and what is the definition of sexual consent.
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The thinking behind a Harvard Med School doctor's videos is that letting people see what is involved with these procedures will influence their decisions about what they want for themselves and their loved ones.
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When members of the Navajo Nation cast their ballot for the president, their votes won't count.
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In 1994 voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 187. It was a kind of citizens' revolt over illegal immigration. To understand why Prop. 187 struck such a cord 20 years ago, Scott Shafer for the California Report has more.
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If you're still unsure about how to vote on the six propositions on the ballot in California, there are a couple of ways to quickly get educated about each of them, and maybe even have a little fun doing it.