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  • Tax Reform Panel Last Meeting Next Week
    What is expected to be the final meeting of Kentucky’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Tax Reform is set for next week in Frankfort. The commission members will…
  • IL Lawmakers Suggest More Disclosure About Finances
    Illinois Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon says politicians should disclose more information about their financial interests to help restore state residents’ faith in…
  • Quinn Fights Budget Override
    Illinois Governor Pat Quinn wants the House of Representatives to spend money on children, not outdated prisons. Quinn continues to try to divert money…
  • Spinach has lots of opportunities to pick up E. coli and other bugs during harvest and growing. Here, a Mexican migrant worker cuts organic spinach during the fall harvest at Grant Family Farms in Wellington, Co.
    Key To E. Coli-Free Spinach May Be An Ultrasonic Spa Treatment
    A new way to clean spinach combines an old technique and a new one to get the disease-causing bacteria. But there aren't any commercial orders for the ultrasonic spinach spa just yet.
  • Better than expected: Economic growth was higher in the third quarter than first thought. Here, a worker at a Ford plant in Michigan plugs a batter into a Ford C-MAX plug-in hybrid vehicle.
    Third-Quarter Economic Growth Revised Upward
    Gross domestic product grew at a 2.7 percent annual rate, the government says. Not only is that a sharp upward revision from the previous estimate, it's also growth at twice the rate of the second quarter.
  • Report Proposes Tougher Oversight For British Press
    On Thursday, Lord Justice Leveson released his report on regulating the British press, following phone hacking and other abuses by the tabloids. For more details on what's in the report, David Greene speaks to reporter Vicki Barker in London.
  • Flags from nations around the world fly outside the U.N. building in New York City. The challenges facing President Obama's foreign policy team will be among the topics of today's national conversation, hosted by <em>Talk of the Nation</em> and the Wilson Center.
    Webcast: NPR & Wilson Center Host National Conversation On Foreign Policy
    Talk of the Nation and the Wilson Center are teaming up Thursday afternoon for a live conversation with experts and NPR correspondents. They'll also discuss how the U.S. can avoid getting into another Cold War and the possibility of a world where there are as many women leaders as men.
  • Datebook: November 29 - Pong Turns 40
    The cultural influence of a simple electronic version of table tennis announced on this day in 1972 is virtually "mind-blowing." Allan Alcorn and Atari…
  • Will Payroll Tax Cut Survive Fiscal Talks?
    The Bush-era tax cuts are taking center stage on discussions about deficit reduction. But the payroll tax holiday is also at risk, which could cost the typical family $1,000 a year. Host Michel Martin talks with The Wall Street Journal's Sudeep Reddy about the fiscal cliff and how the outcome could affect consumers.
  • NYPD officer Lawrence DePrimo gives a pair of boots to a barefoot man in Manhattan.
    An Act Of Kindness: Photo Of NYPD Officer Giving Barefoot Man Boots Goes Viral
    On a frigid November day, the 25-year-old officer bought new boots for the barefoot man. A tourist captured the moment on camera and it's become an Internet sensation.
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