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Obama, McCain discuss public service in America (episode)
Presidential rivals McCain and Obama appeared on the same stage last night at the ServiceNation Presidential Candidates Forum at Columbia University. ServiceNation is a coalition of 1...
Lehman Brothers, the nation’s fourth-largest securities firm, is struggling to stay alive after investors rejected its survival plans. The company’s stock plummeted a further 40% afte...
Hundreds of thousands of Texans are fleeing as Hurricane Ike barrels towards the coastline. Are the hurricanes, tropical storms, tornadoes and extreme weather we've seen lately just r...
Zimbabwe opposition officials say some are unhappy with a complicated deal that finally has President Robert Mugabe agreeing to relinquish some power. The two officials said the brea...
Two and a half years ago, newly elected Chilean President Michelle Bachelet vowed to rid Chile of the divisions and mistrust that had captured the nation. These problems come from a d...
We take a sonic tour of music inspired by tragedy. How composers have turned tragedy into music, and its cathartic power. NOTES FROM TERRANCE MCKNIGHT ON HIS SELECTIONS Ame...
Who is Sarah Palin? After weeks of keeping her away from the national news media, the McCain campaign granted an interview with Palin to Charlie Gibson and ABC. Last night, they air...
Texas is bracing for a big one. Hurricane Ike’s northwest trajectory is on track to make landfall late Friday or early Saturday, landing somewhere between Corpus Christi, Texas, and t...
NBC shows are back on the air at iTunes after being unavailable for nearly a year. What does this mean for the free content available on Hulu? The Takeaway talks to Wired Magazine’s N...
Great stories spill out of the sports world this week. The Chicago Cubs, who haven’t won a world series in 100 years, are in first place in NL central division. The Tampa Rays, anothe...
Gen. David Petraeus, the new head of Central Command, says he probably won't ever use the word "victory" when talking about the war in Iraq. Q: Do you think you will ever use t...
The multibillion-dollar, 17-mile-long, particle-smashing Large Hadron Collider is being hailed as the greatest experiment ever. But ultimately, when you get beyond the Collider's 21st...
Presidential rivals McCain and Obama appeared on the same stage last night, saying they would be setting politics aside for the day. But it's back to the sparring today, with new ads ...
The National Weather Service is warning residents of Galveston, Texas they could "face certain death" if they don't evacuate. At this report, the center of Hurricane Ike was about 230...
Investment bank Lehman Brothers is continuing its struggle to stay alive today. The stock price is in free fall; its shares fell as much as 11 percent to $3.75 in early electronic tr...