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Islamist weapons tracking, Mexico violence, ACA mandate anniversary, Prop 46, LAUSD superintendent and more
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Oct 8, 2014
Islamist weapons tracking, Mexico violence, ACA mandate anniversary, Prop 46, LAUSD superintendent and more

On Wednesday Take Two will discuss Islamist fighters armed with US weapons, missing university students in Mexico, the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act mandate, more on the Prop 46 patient-safety initiative, evaluating LAUSD superintendent John Deasy and more.

A car hit by a teargas canister burns as riot police use teargas to disperse Kurdish demonsrators as thousands of Syrian refugees continue to arrive at the border in Suruc, Turkey, Monday, Sept. 22, 2014. Some 130,000 Syrian refugees fleeing the advance of Islamic State militants have crossed the border into Turkey in the past four days, Turkey's deputy prime minister said Monday, warning that the number could rise further as the militants continue their onslaught. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
A car hit by a teargas canister burns as riot police use teargas to disperse Kurdish demonstrators as thousands of Syrian refugees continue to arrive at the border in Suruc, Turkey, Monday, Sept. 22, 2014. A new tracking system has found that nearly one in five ammunition cartridges found on Islamic State fighters were actually made in the US.
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On Wednesday Take Two will discuss Islamist fighters armed with US weapons, missing university students in Mexico, the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act mandate, more on the Prop 46 patient-safety initiative, evaluating LAUSD superintendent John Deasy and more. 

Listen 4:36
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy put a hold on gay weddings in Idaho and Nevada that were supposed to have started Wednesday. Adam Romero, professor of law at UCLA's Williams Institute, explains why.
Listen 5:13
A new tracking system has found that nearly one in five ammunition cartridges found from fighters with the group calling itself the Islamic State were actually made in the US.
Listen 5:07
Last month, more than 40 university students disappeared in the Mexican City of Iguala. Authorities recently discovered more than two dozen bodies in shallow graves, the mayor has gone missing and the federal government has removed the entire local force due to corruption.
Listen 5:29
To discourage future migration flows, experts say the violence and poverty that helped trigger the exodus from Central America to the U.S. must be addressed.
Listen 9:03
Sports writers Andy and Brian Kamenetzky talk about the MLB playoffs moving on without Los Angeles and what they predict for the World Series.
Listen 3:58
We're getting close to the second open enrollment period for people to buy health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, which starts next month. California is seen as a bellwether of the law's success.
Listen 7:02
Behind each one of the millions of cases of Alzheimers is a personal and often devastating story of people like Jackie Belcoe. Her niece and writer Tiffany Stanley describes what she learned caring for her aunt.
Listen 5:36
In just a few weeks, voters in San Francisco could approve Proposition E, which would be the first ever soda tax in the nation.
Listen 4:09
Proposition 46 would require random drug testing of doctors and pits doctors against lawyers, California Report's April Dembosky reports.
Listen 3:07
Educators, community leaders and editorial writers all have weighed in about Superintendent John Deasy, but KPCC's Annie Gilbertson wanted to hear from parents and students.
Listen 5:16
David Kipen, KPCC literary contributor and founder of the lending library Libros Schmibros in Boyle Heights, checks in for his latest "Reading by Moonlight" segment.