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In another bad sign for carmakers, Ford stakeholder Kirk Kerkorian sells stock (episode)
Financier Kirk Kerkorian is selling his stake in Ford Motor Co. — another piece of dismal news for the faltering auto industry. Could there be another federal bailout, this time for U.S. carmakers?
Election Day is November 4th, but scores of voters — for a wide variety of reasons — have already voted. The Takeaway talks with them about which presidential candidate they checked the box for — and why.
The U.S. government has dismissed all charges against five prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay after the military prosecutor assigned to the cases resigned, saying the government had wit...
The Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays face off in game one of the 2008 World Series tonight, while in politics, Pennsylvania and Florida are shaping up to become key battle...
It's official: Indians are members of the Outer Space Club. A rocket carrying an unmanned satellite lifted off from the Sriharikota space centre in southern India. The satellite Chan...
Early voters are turning out across the nation. But the benefits of avoiding long lines and the general chaos that comes with November 4 is being undermined. Many early birds are fin...
They're swing counties in swing states — and they may be the spots where this election is decided. In the eighth in a series on "counties that count," The Takeaway's Political Directo...
In Oregon the Senate race is in a dead heat. Republican incumbent Senator Gordon Smith is respected for his legislative record and his centrist ways. But this year his party affiliati...
With the case of Senator Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, is going to the jury, and a verdict expected any day now, Capitol News Connection's Todd Zwillich looks into the history of other senat...
Federal and local police have arrested dozens of members of "The Mongols." a motorcycle gang, on racketeering charges. The gang operates in southern California and five other states....
A homeowner bailout now looks more likely than ever. Both presidential candidates, John McCain and Barack Obama, are floating plans to help homeowners stuck with bad mortgages and the...