Five years ago, on May 1, 2003, President Bush marked the end of major combat in Iraq with a nationally televised speech from the USS Abraham Lincoln. The Iraq war continued and the giant 'mission accomplished' banner hung from the warship has come to symbolize its opposite. But there are other phrases that have changed in meaning over time and it's time now to stop using them. What phrase or word do you want to retire?

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Indiana is the first big state since Missouri to be a big question mark — and the first one with so much attention paid to it since Iowa or New Hampshire. I'll be traveling the state for three days, roughly driving down I-65 from Gary to the border of Louisville, stopping in at diners and gathering places to talk to Hoosiers about what's on their mind as this key election rapidly approaches.

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What would you do if the phone rang at 3AM? The phone rang for John Hockenberry at 3AM on April 28, and Bob Edwards was on the other end...

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Every day seems to reveal a new, grimmer economic number. This week it's a big drop in home prices, small economic growth, and a potential interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve Board. Peter Goodman of The New York Times helps The Takeaway understand what those numbers will mean for our pocketbooks.

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Community banks outnumber big-name banks 25 to 1. They say they've been insulated from the subprime mortgage crisis. The Takeaway talks with Robert Palmer, chief executive of Community Bankers Association of Ohio.

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Iran is the only country in the world not suffering from an organ shortage. It's also the only country that legally permits kidney vending. Takeaway expert and "Freakonomics" co-author Stephen Dubner tells us about us Iran's free market for organs.

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Takeaway Political Director Andrea Bernstein joins us from the road in Indiana. She's crossing this week ahead of the May 6 primary, which is expected to shatter Indiana's previous voter turnout records. Bernstein joins us from the northwest corner of the state.

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It was a medical enigma: Why do many black patients respond differently to a class of heart drugs called beta blockers? Researchers now say a genetic variant allows 40 percent of black patients to produce their own version of the drugs. Dr. Stephen Liggett tells The Takeaway about his study and the potential impacts on health care.

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