Nov 23 From Lincoln to Obama: The White House Celebrates Thanksgiving By Jason Kane A meal shared by Pilgrims and American Indians might get most of the credit for the creation of Thanksgiving, but it was Abraham Lincoln who officially proclaimed the last Thursday in November a holiday, back in 1864. This slide show… Continue reading
Oct 26 Watch Super Committee Considers Spending Cuts, Tax Hikes as Deadline Looms With its Thanksgiving deadline drawing ever closer, the congressional deficit "super committee" held a rare public hearing Wednesday over its debt negotiations, but there have been few signs of progress in the members' efforts to cut more than $1 trillion… Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch America’s Cornucopia of Recipes Food columnist and cookbook author Molly O'Neill has spent the past decade traveling cross-country in search of America's recipes. Jeffrey Brown talks to O'Neill about the result of her travels: a cookbook. Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch Thanksgiving Celebrations Worldwide As tradition goes, Americans celebrated Thanksgiving with a big meal, football and parades. U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan took a brief pause to recognize the holiday and some were lucky enough to return home to see their families. Ray… Continue watching
Nov 25 Economic Justice for Struggling Homeowners – And The Rest Of Us? By Elizabeth Shell Is it just to bail out homeowners? Mortgage modifications help homeowners stay put. But is that fair to those of us who bought when the market was high, and yet continue to meet our contractual obligations? Paul Solman… Continue reading
Nov 25 Economic Justice for Struggling Homeowners – And The Rest Of Us? By Elizabeth Shell Editor's Note: Is it JUST to bail out homeowners? Mortgage modifications help homeowners stay put. But is that fair to those of us who bought when the market was high, and yet continue to meet our contractual obligations? Paul Solman… Continue reading
Nov 25 A Guide to Good Thanksgiving Reads As families and friends gather across the country to celebrate this Thanksgiving, we at the NewsHour have cooked up a small sampling of writings and stories for the holiday. Slate has put together a guide to each side of… Continue reading
Nov 24 Track #TSATime at Your Airport From Your Phone We have enabled our #TSATime tracker to work on most smartphones. You can use our web app to track wait times at 52 major airports across the U.S. Supported Phones include: Blackberries with 6 OS including the BlackBerry®… Continue reading
Nov 24 President Obama Pardons Turkeys Named Apple, Cider An annual Thanksgiving tradition, now in its 63rd year, continued Wednesday when President Obama pardoned "the National Thanksgiving Turkey" from the Thanksgiving table in a Rose Garden ceremony. Click here for some history on the event. Here's footage… Continue reading
Nov 27 Watch ‘Black Friday’ Has New Tone Amid Recession Kwame Holman has a look at how consumers are changing their shopping habits during this year's Black Friday because of the financial crisis. Continue watching