Melissa Locker

Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss has been declared the victor in a runoff Senate race in Georgia. "There's this picture of this out-of-place, older white man with these two ra...

If you thought the election was long over, you haven’t been to Georgia lately. For a look at how national politics is playing out in the final round of the election, we turn to Georgia Public Broadcast’s Susanna Capelouto.

While the world is still reeling from last week’s attacks on Mumbai, questions remain as to who and why. With many fingers pointing to a Pakistan-based terrorist group, tensions in th...

As the rest of the U.S. moves on from the 2008 election, Minnesota is still trying to determine who will represent the state in the US Senate. After leading by 215 votes, Republican i...

Sadanand Dhume speaks with John Hockenberry about how India is coming to grip with the attacks. Dhume thinks the regional repercussions will be the story as we look ahead for the ...

New York Times food writer Melissa Clark joins the Takeaway with creative hints for using (and re-using) your Thanksgiving leftovers. "Don't put your pies in the fridge. They'...

As President-elect Obama prepares to take office, our neighbors to the south have a few suggestions for the incoming president. A new report from the Brookings Institution documents s...

Why do so many otherwise rational individuals make irrational decisions when it comes to money? Why do shoppers overspend when using credit cards, but manage to stay in a budget when ...

When Senator Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and Governor Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, ran for the top offices in the country, the White House's glass ceiling looked like it might be shattered. Bu...

When an economic downturn hits, everyone starts pinching pennies. Advertisers are keenly aware of this fact and quickly start altering their ads to emphasize value, fuel efficiency an...

"If you can plan ahead two days in the kitchen, rather than just for tonight, you can go a long way toward saving tons of money -- just by avoiding those urges to go out and buy...

When Nebraska's legislature crafted its safe-haven law to protect newborns from abandonment, state lawmakers had the best intentions. But without an age limit set, those best intentio...

"That's the weak point of the whole summit. We're talking with an outgoing administration."
--Markus Ziener speaking about the upcoming G-20 Summit

As of October 2008, 520 detainees had been released from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and a new study from the Human Rights Center at the University of California...

Recipe: Anadama Bread (nytimes.com) Recipe: Cranberry Parker House Rolls (nytimes.com) Recipe: Salami and Scallion Biscuits (nytimes.com) Reci...

"That would be taking the catastrophe of the last seven years and enshrining it in our law." — Ben Wizner on creating a new "National Security Court" to replace Guantanamo Bay

"The total pot for the World Series of Poker is about $180 million. It's up from $160 million last year." — Gary Belsky, ESPN the Magazine

Tomorrow, for the first time in history, American will put either an African-American man in the White House or elect a woman as vice president. Today, we take a look at several Afri...

As the United States gets ready for a history-making and record-breaking election, people across the nation are preparing for their election night parties. The Takeaway checks in with...