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Obama nods at Vilsack for Secretary of Agriculture (episode)
An organic farmer and an environmental advocate discuss the pros and cons of Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack as head of the USDA.
Ed Genson defended R. Kelly and Conrad Black, not to mention countless mobsters and disgraced pols.
You can dance, you can jive, and the UK is having the time of its life with Mamma Mia! The movie has blown British box office records away surpassing Titanic and the Harry Potter seri...
The Fed cut rates effectively to zero, while OPEC is cutting production and the U.S. Treasury is casting billions about in hopes of stimulating the sagging U.S. economy. Unfortunately...
The Takeaway gets a first-hand update on the worsening situation in Zimbabwe from U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe James McGee. He shares his thoughts on president Robert Mugabe, the chole...
The State Department announced yesterday that it recommended that the U.S. drop Blackwater, the main private security contractor for American diplomats in Iraq. Blackwater has had an ...
U.S. automaker Chrysler is in crisis mode. In the face of increasing economic turmoil and financial instability, it has announced plans to close its manufacturing plants for at least ...
When Big Three automakers went to Capitol Hill to plead for a bailout they used two words that are bound to inspire fear: Ripple Effect. We're taking a look at how grim news from the ...
One of the world’s most revered classical pianists will play his final public concert in Vienna tonight. WNYC music host Terrance McKnight joins The Takeaway to talk about the legacy ...
A UN court has convicted Theoneste Bagosora for organizing the 1994 Rwandan genocide that claimed more than 500,000 lives. The court said that Bagosora distributed weapons and directe...
Psychiatry's number one diagnostic manual is being re-written -- and it's making everyone crazy. Gender identification disorder may be in, while sleepwalking disorder is on the outs. ...
Despite the US Federal Reserve slashing rate cuts to almost zero and an enormous stimulus package created by Congress, the economic news in the U.S. is still bleak. Now the dollar has...
The profits on Wall Street are long gone. This week, Goldman Sachs, a longtime top performer, reported a quarterly loss of more than $2 BILLION, which is its first quarterly loss sinc...