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In my previous post about North Dakota's Bakken oil fields, I included a conversation with two young waitresses about their journey from opposite sides of the country to almost the de... (article)
World markets react to news that U.S. Treasury may take stake in banks (episode)
As huge banks topple, one after another on Wall Street, how are small neighborhood banks faring? The Takeaway talks with the head of Pleasants County Bank in the town of Saint Marys, ...
The Takeaway continues its ongoing look at America as a "patchwork" nation rather than a collection of red and blue states. This time, we focus on “Minority Central,” a group of 408 c...
When it comes to health care, on the campaign trail at least, we often hear the stories of the down and out who have just been diagnosed with a terminal illness. But under a McCain or...
Alaska’s North Slope is barren tundra, shrouded in mystery for those people who don't live or work there. It's also where we get more than 15 percent of domestic oil. Writer Jeanne Ma...
After passing the bailout bill, the U.S. Treasury has infused cash into the banks across the country in hopes to convince them to resume lending money. But does it give them the righ...
In his answer to the first question of Tuesday’s presidential debate, John McCain proposed using the funds from the bailout package to help Americans struggling to pay their mortgages...
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole was considered a sure thing for re-election this year. But politics are shifting and her Democratic challenger, Kay Hagen, just might win the Senate race in this southern state.
With the country focused on John McCain’s and Barack Obama’s health policy, few are assessing what the economy’s freefall means for healthcare. The Takeaway looks at how a beleaguered...
The 2008 Nobel Prize in literature was announced this morning. The winner is French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio.
As medicine, technology and culture advance, we’ve gone from survival of the fittest to survival of just about everyone. Evolution is about weeding out the weak and ensuring that the ...
It's fewer than four weeks until the hotly contested presidential election, when every vote will count. But New York Times reporter Ian Urbina writes today that six swing states have...