State facts about holiday foods. Also, a look at a food drive for poor families in Denver, Colorado | AGRICULTURE REPORT
Humans may have a biological urge to help others that is even stronger than the modern urge to avoid lawsuits | THIS IS AMERICA
Folk singers like Joan Baez and Bob Dylan helped give voice to a time of social rebellion | THE MAKING OF A NATION
The latest report shows big increases from China, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Iran and Venezuela | EDUCATION REPORT
Ten years after the anthrax attacks in the U.S., questions remain, including who was responsible | SCIENCE IN THE NEWS
A US judge blocks a new requirement for graphic warning images; Australia moves to limit cigarettes to plain packaging | HEALTH REPORT
Sam Houston was named the first president of the Republic of Texas in 1839 | PEOPLE IN AMERICA
How the symbol came to mean a doctor’s prescription | WORDS AND THEIR STORIES
India could be second to China in less than two years. Also, Africa is the fastest growing mobile market | TECHNOLOGY REPORT
Plus, music from the year-old band Blouse. And a question about the Virginia state motto | AMERICAN MOSAIC
A conference gathers experts to find ways to bring services to those left out of the financial system | ECONOMICS REPORT
Officials say the expanded cooperation is aimed at strengthening security in East Asia and the Pacific | IN THE NEWS
Darwin remains one of history’s most influential minds | EXPLORATIONS
