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In honor of John Updike's lifelong passion for books and reading, we asked our listeners what they were reading these days. Here are some of their responses. Add your own selections b... (article)
A message from the welcoming committee at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. For the actual news from Davos, listen to our segment with the New York Times' Andrew... (article)
Headlines; Iraqi elections (article)
Iraq prepares for upcoming provincial elections (episode)
On Saturday, about 15 million Iraqis are expected to turn out to vote in that country’s provincial elections. The elections will test Iraq’s young democracy and may highlight not only...
Today world leaders, policy makers and a handful of business executives gather in Switzerland for the annual World Economic Forum. As if unemployment numbers, a bankrupt Iceland and t...
A culinary competition is underway in France. But this is not just any competition or even your average Food Channel fare. This is the Olympics of cooking. As we speak, teams of chefs...
Author John Updike passed away yesterday. There was no greater advocate of books than this author who created so many of them and read so many of them. For someone who thought of writ...
On the campaign trail Barack Obama promised to be a leader of bipartisan politics. Now he’ll try to make good on his word as he works to pass his $825 billion recovery plan. Yesterday...
Yesterday House Republican leaders met with President Obama to voice their objections to his stimulus plan. Representative Kevin Brady of Texas' 8th Congressional District was there. ...
Yesterday was the second day of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s impeachment trial, and state legislators got a special treat. The FBI released some snippets of the Governor’s tape...
The Super Bowl will be played in Tampa on Sunday and a group of Boston University researchers has gathered there in advance of the game. They are announcing findings of an investigati...
Mexico’s drug war is flaring up and in some U.S. border towns, residents say they fear a wave of bloodshed is headed their way. The Takeaway talks to journalist Diana Washington Valde...