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Contributor's Notes: Paddy O'Connell on the US Airways Hudson River crash Paddy O'Connell is the host of the BBC's Broadcasting House. As we go to air, they'll be finishing their new... (article)
President George W. Bush leaves office after eight controversial years. We're asking you, Takeaway listeners, to sum up the presidency in eight words or less, vote on other listeners'... (article)
For more on the passing of John Mortimer, read the BBC article on his life. Here's a brief glimpse of John Mortimer's belovedly grouchy lawyer Rumpole of the Bailey. (article)
For those of you who missed President Bush's farewell address because you were trying to catch up on American Idol, watch it below courtesy of AP/Youtube. (article)
Headlines; The economy and bailout plans in Washington (article)
Second half of bailout funds freed up (episode)
The Senate has freed up the second half of the bailout funds, which means President-elect Obama’s administration will have money to use to shore up the economy or more specifically th...
Yesterday, House Democrats released an $825 billion economic stimulus bill designed to create and preserve jobs and get people spending again. At the same time, the Senate released th...
Scandals like Avandia in 2007 and the recent recall of generic drugs from India have some people wondering if the Food and Drug Administration has been sampling too many free pharmac...
As Israel's offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip heads into its third week, international cries for peace have intensified. The U.S., the United Nations and Egypt continue what h...
Yesterday’s dramatic crash landing of a U.S. Airways jetliner into New York’s Hudson River, and the equally dramatic rescue, had many people glued to their television screens. Fortuna...
Yesterday, the U.S. House Democrats unveiled a stimulus bill that would designate $54 billion to renewable energy. But the problem in creating a sustainable energy source may not lie ...
Economist Paul Volcker, chairman-designate of the newly formed Economic Recovery Advisory Board in President-elect Obama's administration, has unveiled a plan that demands a new way o...
Christopher Wallace, who is more commonly known as Biggie Smalls or the Notorious B.I.G., was at the height of his hip-hop career in the early 90s when his rise to super-stardom was t...
For three weeks Israeli forces have gouged deep into Gaza in an attempt to rout out Hamas operatives who are accused of firing rockets into Israel. Their offensive has raised the ire ...
China's family planning commission has released a survey saying that 70% of Chinese women wish they could have two babies or more partially because they worry that an only child is li...
In 1996 Barack and Michelle Obama were interviewed and photographed for a book on couples in America. The pictures didn’t make it into the book and they were filed away in photographe...