Take Two

Today Amnesty International issued a report about the Mexican government under outgoing President Felipe Calderon.

Tonight Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan take to the stage in Danville, Kentucky for the one and only vice-presidential debate. The debate gives the two a chance to highlight their many differences in policy, but the two have one fundamental thing in common: their faith.

Book critic David Kipen, also the founder of the bookstore/lending library Libros Schmibros, joins the show to discuss the Nobel Prize in Literature and the finalists in the National Book Awards.

This week the Nobel Prize for Literature will be awarded, but for weeks, economists, gamblers and laymen have laid their money on the line in hopes they can guess the tomorrow's winner.

These days it's not just politicians courting Latinos; Hollywood is also very eager to reach this growing demographic.

Today, more information on the thousand pages of evidence that took down Lance Armstrong.

Late tonight the space shuttle Endeavour starts its to its new home at the California Science Center.

California education officials say that for the first time, a majority of schools reached the coveted 800-point Academic Performance Index goals.

Fifty years ago Rachel Carson single-handedly started the environmental movement with her book "Silent Spring".

Issa Rae, creator of the web series "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl," talks about her popular web series, her latest project and how she comes up with the situations in the show.

The first presidential debate was the most tweeted event in U.S. political history. We look at how social media has democratized political talk.

It's that time again! Tonight, Vice President Joe Biden and VP candidate Paul Ryan face off in their only televised debate.