After three decades, Sony announced that it will stop selling its iconic Walkman cassette player.

It's Tuesday, and just seven days remain until mid-term elections. Republicans are looking to take control of the House, Democrats are desperately fighting to hold the Senate, and The Tea Party is looking to increase its political clout — and everyone is out on the ground trying to get out every last vote.

Two years ago, Barack Obama won the presidency in part by having inspired young people to come out and vote in record numbers. Early indicators say young voters aren't as excited about turning out this year. We hear from students from the University of Pennsylvania on how (and if) they plan to vote.

In the age of the iPod, the idea of a portable cassette player seems antiquated. But after Sony announced that it will discontinue their once-revolutionary Walkman, we started feeling nostalgic for our old tape players. We asked you for some of your favorite Walkman memories.

His was one of the most divisive cases in the so-called war on terror. Now, Omar Khadr, the youngest and last Western detainee at Guantánamo Bay has pleaded guilty to committing war crimes. The 23 year old was originally detained when he was 15 years old; he has spent one-third of his life at Guantánamo Bay. According to the plea bargain, next year he will be sent back to his native Canada to serve the rest of his sentence, another eight years in prison.

The "Made in China" tag on designer handbags, DVDs or software does not inspire confidence, as they are often attached to counterfeit merchandise. But what's perhaps less well known is a growing custom for Chinese companies to hire fake executives, frequently western white men. With help from our partner, the BBC, we learn how Americans and other "western" looking men are being hired to top positions in Chinese corporations. These westerners have little to no business experience to speak of; their only job requirement is to convince the Chinese clients of these companies that they are a serious player in the globalized world.

Sony's Walkman forever changed the way we listen to music, making it for the first time portable. After 31 years, the company has announced they will discontinue the Walkman in Japan, effectively making them no longer available for purchase in the United States.

Americans have long moved on from the Walkman, listening to music on devices like the Discman, then simple MP3 players until the iPod came around in 2001. And in the nine years since the iPod, Apple has sold more than 100 million of those devices while in it's more than 30 years, Sony sold around 200 million Walkmans.

With billions of unregulated dollars spent on ads and the "nationalization" of many local elections this political season, we fact check some of the most far fetched claims of some of the most notorious campaign ads.

Only one week away from the highly anticipated mid-term elections, states across the country are inundated by political messages that often pull at voters' heartstrings rather than deal with political and practical realities. But just how much do modern politicians get away with as they bend, fold, spindle and mutilate the truth in these ads?

We frequently talk about retired people living on limited budgets. But what about their adult children?

It turns out that many people with aging parents are struggling financially, and even facing professional setbacks. But are their sacrifices really for the best? And is there a time when they should just cut their aging parents loose to fend for themselves?

Yesterday, we talked with the author of "My Princess Boy," a mother who's 5 year old son has a predilection for pretty things and girls' clothing. It made us wonder about the times when you have looked at your child and asked, "What on Earth are they wearing?" You told us your stories, and what you did about your child's questionable sartorial choices.

Voters in Florida have been party to two unusual races this election season. The Senate race has the incumbent Republican Governor Charlie Crist is in a three-way race as an independent against Tea Party-supported Marco Rubio and Democratic Congressman Kendrick Meek.

Vying for the governor's office are Republican candidate Rick Scott, running head to head against the state's chief financial officer, Alex Sink, the only Democrat to come this close to the office in decades, in a race that has the candidates accusing one another of fraud.

This against a backdrop of a state in dire straits. Florida's unemployment is fourth highest in the country at 11.9 percent, the foreclosure rate is second highest in the country. More than 20 percent of the state's residents are uninsured.

For LeBron James and the Miami Heat, the season of great expectations begins tonight against Eastern Conference champions, the Boston Celtics. It's one of the most anticipated basketball seasons ever, especially for Heat fans. In addition to James, the Heat have added perennial all-stars Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh to their roster. The Takeaway's sports contributor, Ibrahim Abdul-Matin tells us if he thinks anyone can beat the Heat this year.

There’s a new movie hitting theatres this week called “Strange Powers.” It follows a band that, according to the film’s disclaimer, is iconic to some and completely unknown to others.

The band is called The Magnetic Fields. And though they’ve been making albums since 1989, their founding member, Stephin Merritt, is still a mystery to many.

Meritt and Claudia Gonson (who provides vocals and instrumentals for the band, and also serves as the band's manager) join us in studio, to give us a small glimpse into their lives, their music, and the film.

After the jump, an extended version of our studio interview with Merritt and Gonson.

An Iraqi court has sentenced Tareq Aziz, the diplomatic face of Saddam Hussein's Baathist government, to death. The former deputy prime minister and foreign minister was convicted of persecution against members of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki's religious Shiite Dawa Party during Saddam's regime. Aziz was already serving prison sentences for crimes against humanity and the forced displacement of Kurds in northern Iraq. Jim Muir, the BBC's Baghdad correspondent, reports live from Iraq.