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<p>McDonald's is <a href="http://www.myspace.com/bigmacchant">asking MySpace users</a> to create a new jingle for its signature Big Mac sandwich. Will the new tune find a place among these classics?</p> (article)
Serbia captures Radovan Karadzic, alleged orchestrator of Srebrenica massacre (episode)
After 13 years on the run from the law, one of the world’s most wanted men, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, is behind bars. Karadzic had twice been indicted by the Unite...
Today, the Indian parliament votes on an energy deal crafted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President George W. Bush. If the bill is ratified, India will gain access to American...
Is the United States a nation with a fundamental misunderstanding of debt, financing and budgeting? "Freakonomics" author Stephen Dubner and a number of economics say it is. Dubner ...
The sharp rise in energy prices has pushed states to speed through legislation that allows companies to drill for gas. The potential for revenue is enormous, but what's the cost? WN...
Happy Birthday, Big Mac. The McDonald’s signature burger turns 40 this year and the company has asked MySpace users for their own take on the iconic song. The Takeaway talks about the...
Former United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights and former President of Ireland Mary Robinson tells The Takeaway why, on a global level, rising food prices may be the next biggest threat to our human rights.
Three months after the voting and violence began, Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, is holding hands with opposition leaders Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara. The Zimbabwean ...
Because of recent economic woes, women in their prime earning years are retreating from the workforce, either permanently or for long stretches. That's according to a congressional s...
The solution to high gas prices may not be offshore drilling. For a remote community in South Dakota, the future is not farming, it's oil. Plans are underway to make Union County, S.D...
This week, The Museum of the American Cocktail opens in New Orleans, home of the Sazerac. The Takeaway downs a few shots of wisdom from museum curator Ted Haigh.
A Miami Herald investigation has revealed that thousands of convicted felons, including bank robbers and people convicted of drug, fraud and grand larceny were allowed to write mortga...