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Here are The Takeaway’s picks for what to do this weekend. And, yes, we’re including books. While Hulu may have giggled you to death with their Super Bowl commercials, their conten... (article)
Estelle Bennett, a member of the 1960s girl group, the Ronettes, has died at the age of 67. The Ronettes were known for big hits like "Baby I Love You " and " Be My Baby." (article)
Federal investigators have been sent to Buffalo, New York, to look into the Continental commuter plane that crashed into a house. The crash killed 49 people on board the plane and one... (article)
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Richard Holbrooke in Kabul as U.S. reviews Afghanistan policies (episode)
Following a four day trip to Pakistan, U.S. Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, is in Kabul on what has been described as a fact-finding mission. As the Obama admini...
President Obama has no shortage of challenges before him on the home front. But overseas, no problem looms larger than that of Afghanistan, where Taliban militants continue to gain gr...
According to a sober assessment of the mountain of losses facing some of the nation's largest banks, the banks could be called insolvent. Calling for more direct government involvemen...
It’s still not clear if 19-year-old singer Chris Brown will face charges for allegedly assaulting and threatening his girlfriend, pop star Rihanna. But the incident provides an occasi...
What looked like hopeful news out of the heartland is heartbreak instead for employees at Peoria, Illinois-based Caterpillar. The company indicated that if the Obama stimulus passed i...
There was more upheaval in the formation of President Obama's cabinet yesterday when New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg, a Republican, withdrew his nomination to be commerce secretary. ...
Sex education has gone mobile. Anywhere that you can get a phone signal, you will be able to watch safe-sex soap operas on your cell phone. We’ve been seeing safe-sex campaigns for ye...
There are many consequences to the financial crisis, but so far we’ve mostly focused on what will happen to the United States domestically as banks fail and jobs are lost. Now to kick...
The $790 billion economic stimulus plan has money in it to change America’s infrastructure forever. As we consider the future of urban planning in this country, The Takeaway talks to ...
While Washington D.C. is all atwitter over the stimulus package, Washington State has been debating something else entirely. Candy. Yes, the Washington State Legislature is about to m...
Pakistan says it has in custody a ringleader and five suspects in November's terrorist attack in Mumbai. But while India says it welcomes Pakistan's latest response, it says Pakistan ...
The question is no longer if will we have an agreement on the stimulus, but rather if the stimulus plan will be enough. Will this trillion dollar infusion save the economy? This morni...
Two judges in Eastern Pennsylvania pleaded guilty to wire fraud and income tax fraud for taking more than $2.6 million in kickbacks to send teenagers to two privately run youth detent...
Sen. Judd Gregg, a New Hampshire Republican who was asked to join President Obama's Cabinet as Commerce secretary, has declined the invitation. He announced his decision at a press co...