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Who knew North Korean leader for life Kim Jong Il and Barbie shared a birthday? Well we didn't want him to get jealous of our Barbie tribute, so we threw one together for him, too. ... (article)
Barbie turns 50 years young today and in honor of that momentous occasion we put together a little tribute. Here's the first Barbie advertisement. Here's where Mattel introduced B... (article)
Headlines; Juvenile sentencing (article)
The 25 Random Things phenomenon that took over Facebook in early '09 is waning, in part because it's the nature of viral memes to slow down over time, in part because, well, it was ge... (article)
Hillary Clinton heads to Asia (episode)
Japan announced today that it is now in the midst of its worst economic downturn since World War II. Since the economies of Asia and the United States are tightly intertwined, it make...
Hundreds of children and teenagers were sentenced to juvenile detention centers by Judge Mark Ciavarella since 2003. That was when he and another judge began participating in a multim...
The stimulus plan was Obama's first attempt at pulling together a bipartisan A team and it didn't go so well. It now seems that the Democrats and Republics are no closer to working to...
In a new program the U.S. military will begin recruiting skilled immigrants who could become citizens in as little as six months in exchange for three to four years of service. It’s t...
Facebook's phenomenon, "25 Things About Me," is a lot like a chain letter but without the curse. Scott Lamb, editor of Buzzfeed.com joins The Takeaway to deconstruct the web's latest...
This weekend hundreds of thousands of people in Lebanon took to the streets of Beirut for the fourth anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. It comes j...
As the United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp resumed bargaining yesterday on their restructuring plans to justify the government loans they so badly need to stay afloat, everyon...
Congress has finally passed the stimulus, but it’s hardly smooth sailing from here. Now federal bureaucracies must adapt to get the money out the door and fast. Neil King Jr., Washing...
President Obama is expected to sign the $787 billion stimulus bill tomorrow and as the money from the plan trickles down to the states and cities it may not be pretty. The New York Ti...
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has won a controversial referendum that allows him to stand for re-election for his third term in office and since few candidates are willing to run a...
In order to save a few bucks, we've all tried our hands at Do It Yourself projects and in these trying economic times we will all probably try again. These DIY projects may be helping...
Today nearly 14 percent of Americans are underemployed. This is proving to be a challenge for beleaguered bosses and disgruntled employees struggling to keep morale up in the workplac...
Pakistani government officials announced Monday that they have reached an agreement with the Taliban to allow strict Islamic law to be implemented in parts of North West Frontier Prov...