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Today's playlist has a little bit of David Bowie, Bing Crosby, and Bon Iver. The Takeaway is proud to be the first show in history to have these three artists together in the same pla... (article)
America is fat. Skinny people are now the minority and even those of us who are not obese could stand to lose a few pounds. Here are the statistics that are scaring public health offi... (article)
Power grid wobbles as outages sweep mid-Atlantic | London traffic remixed | The aftermath of Friday's thunderstorms continue to wreak havoc along East coast | Are celebrities obliged ... (episode)
A recent spat of severe storms and a daunting heat wave have rolled through the mid-Atlantic region, leaving roughly two million people without power and no hope of getting restored u...
<p>Can the city become a symphony? After learning that electric cars have engine noise added for safety reasons, <strong>Mark McKeague</strong>, a sound designer, gave them a different tune.</p>
Three million without power, and with thermometers rising into the 90s and 100s, a lack of air conditioning has been a real problem. The cause: Friday's thunderstorms that devastated ...
Human Rights Watch has published details of what it says is a state policy of torture in Syria that amounts to a crime against humanity. It documents the locations of detention facil...
<p>Yesterday, CNN's Anderson Cooper came out in an interview to Andrew Sullivan at The Daily Beast. He says he still wants some semblance of personal space, but that he is happy and unashamed of being gay.</p>
Barclays CEO Bob Diamond resigned this morning, the highest-profile casualty of an interest rate-rigging scandal that involves more than a dozen major banks around the world. The Brit...
We asked our listeners: "Do you think we've become too busy as a society?" and quite a few people responded — pretty much all saying yes. Tim Kreider is an author and cartoonist whose...
On Wednesday, scientists from the CERN lab in Switzerland will announce the latest evidence about the existence of Higgs Boson particle, otherwise known as the "God particle." Dr. Mic...
When a PRI candidate emerged as the frontrunner in Mexico’s presidential elections this summer, a question emerged as central to his campaign: Would electing a candidate from the PRI,...
If the unemployment rate dips by a decimal or two in the upcoming employment report, it’ll be seen as an indicator that the economy is improving. But millions of Americans will rem...