For the Geo Quiz, we are looking for the name of a small town in North Carolina where some of the world's most passionate whistlers have come to take part in an International Whistlers Convention.
Cities around the country are shrinking their mass transit systems in the face of economic woes while Charlotte, NC, is tripling the light rail in their city. Takeaway Correspondent Andrea Bernstein is just back from Charlotte and she joins The Takeaway.
Despite Wachovia's announcement that is was laying off over 500 employees in Charlotte, North Carolina, Andrea Bernstein found the locals there surprisingly upbeat about the economy.
Rob Christensen, reporter for Raleigh News and Observer, checks in from Cary, North Carolina, and Dan Moulthrop, host of WCPN's 'Sound Ideas,' report about the fierce competition for the voters in swing state Ohio.