Katherine Lanpher

"They were talking about installing a siren system in Sumatra and Java where there are major risks for tsunami activity."
--Stuart Weinstein on the tsunami warming system

They're swing counties in swing states — and they may be the spots where this election is decided. In the fourth of a series on "counties that count," The Takeaway's Political Directo...

Guest: Andrea Bernstein, Takeaway Political Director

Guest: Jeremy Batsone-Carr, head of research at stock-trading firm Charles Stanley & Company Ltd., in London

New numbers show that, while everyone else is in the red, spending on breakfast foods has actually increased. What does the nation eat when times are tight?

Forty-four years ago, Maine Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith was the first woman nominated by either of the major parties for president. A lot has changed since 1964 (the year ...

As of Friday morning, global stock markets had been staging major rallies after news of a possible government plan to rescue banks from bad mortgage debt. But there have been troubles...

With the embrace of Sarah Palin, rising popularity of Katie Couric, and the success of Rachel Maddow, all things female are en vogue. But, this seems to be something that happens ever...

They're swing counties in swing states — and they may be the spots where this election is decided. In the first of a series on "counties that count," The Takeaway's Political Director...

This week we’ve been hearing a lot about giants of the American economy getting saved by the government. But the bailout isn’t just the preserve of Wall Street. In fact, musicians hav...

Teams, not solo stars, from the United States and Europe go head to head in Louisville, Kentucky, to play for golf's Ryder Cup. The Tiger-less Americans, heavy underdogs with six roo...

Shops and supermarkets across China have been withdrawing dairy products after the revelation that powdered baby milk, and now liquid milk, has been contaminated. A government watchd...

In the last two weeks Wall Street has taken a serious beating. Not only is the economy up for grabs, but jobs are too, especially for anyone working in the financial sector. For tho...

Peter Morici, Professor of International Business at the University of Maryland, and Senior Fellow at the Economic Strategy Institute

The administration is heeding calls from Congress to cooperate on legislation to solve the widening financial crisis.

Guest: Blair Heusdens, spokeswoman with the Florida Division of Emergency Management

Guest: Crispin Thorold, BBC correspondent in Baghdad