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Paul Miller a.k.a. DJ Spooky, on the pandemic-like effect of "Rapper's Delight," 30 years ago: (full story) "When you heard Rapper's Delight, it just spread like a virus. Forget SARS... (article)
Celeste Headlee sits down for an after-air conversation about the first mass-market rap single, "Rapper's Delight," which was released by The Sugarhill Gang 30 years a... (article)
The Takeaway for Wednesday, October 14, 2009 (Final Edition) (article)
Headlines; Health Care Bill (article)
Questions and Answers on Health Care Reform (episode)
The Senate Finance Committee finally approved their version of health care reform legislation yesterday. That’s only the next step in a long sequence aiming to pass just one of the ...
Business Takeout: The disgraced head of Enron, Jeff Skilling, is heading to the Supreme Court. New York Times finance reporter Louise Story tells us what to watch in the case. She a...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton returned empty-handed from talks with Russia this week. She had hoped to get Russia's support for imposing sanctions on Iran, but her Russian counte...
A Russian mob boss, known as the godfather of the Russian mafia in the United States, was laid to rest in Moscow, today. BBC Russia analyst Steven Eke describes the life of Vyacheslav...
It's the fall, which means one thing to food lovers: mushroom season. In our weekly food segment, we get out of the kitchen and into the forest with Kathy Gunst, food writer and aut...
As we continue our conversation on women serving in war, we turn to a new report, “Women Warriors: Supporting She ‘Who Has Borne the Battle,’” that shows sexual assault in the militar...
Washington Takeout: Julie Mason, White House correspondent for The Washington Examiner, looks at two groups that weren't happy with the Baucus health care bill that just passed the ...
In post-Katrina New Orleans, the education landscape has been rebuilt almost as dramatically as the city itself. There are 88 public schools currently open in the city, but most of th...
The United Nations is reporting that the world is hungrier than ever. This year, the number of people going hungry will top 1 billion for the first time – not a milestone anyone wante...
The Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" hit the disco and pop charts 30 years ago this week, transforming hip-hop from live street perfomance to a mainstream moneymak...
As the health care reform bill drafted by Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) makes its way out of the finance committee, many people still have questions about what is in the bill and how it w...