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A mammographer prepares a screen-film mammography test for patient Alicia Maldonado at a hospital in Los Angeles.

With Routine Mammograms, Some Breast Cancers May Be Overtreated

The last three decades have seen a dramatic increase in early-stage, but not late-stage, breast cancers, as mammography has become routine. Some researchers are concerned that women are being treated for cancers that would never turn deadly.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., prepares to announce a debt ceiling deal in July 2011. That deal laid the foundation for the across-the-board spending cuts set to take effect on New Year's Day, 2013.

Before The Showdown: The Long Road To The Fiscal Cliff

References to the fiscal cliff, set for Jan. 1, have become ubiquitous in Washington. But many may have forgotten just how and when the looming tax increases and spending cuts were first devised.

President Nixon pardons a turkey in 1969. There's quite a celebratory banquet scene in the John Adams opera, <em>Nixon in China</em>.

'Don Giovanni' To 'Nixon In China': Holiday Feasts In Opera

As you prepare to feast upon cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie and your choice of entree this Thanksgiving, there's also an operatic feast to be had. Classical commentator Miles Hoffman joins NPR's Renee Montagne to take us through a five-course meal.

Hinkley, Calif., may soon become a ghost town as residents move away from contaminated water.

'Erin Brockovich' Town Faces New Threat

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. — blamed for the groundwater pollution case made famous in the movie -- is offering to buy homes in Hinkley, Calif., again, this time in areas previously believed to be unaffected by the contamination. Many families, some who have lived in the town for generations, are packing up.

Resolve Replaces Heartbreak On Coney Island

We revisit Coney Island to check in with those affected by Hurricane Sandy.

Maurice Geddie of Brooklyn's Red Hook neighborhood picks up a free turkey donated by a local grocery store. He's hoping his wife will be willing to cook it, though she's been stuck cooking for storm victims at shelters for weeks.

Sandy Victims Get Bird's-Eye View Of Homelessness

In New York City, Thanksgiving has been mass-produced in shelters, churches and community centers. But many of the storm victims are sharing their holiday meal with people who are hungry year-round.

A diamond prospector filters earth from a river in Koidu, the capital of diamond-rich Kono district in eastern Sierra Leone. Koidu suffered some of the worst ravages of Sierra Leone's war in the 1990s as rebels forced citizens to mine at gunpoint. Ten years after the conflict, diamonds remain a contentious issue.

Sierra Leone's Diamonds Still A Source Of Contention

Blood diamonds, as they were once known, helped fuel atrocities in both Sierra Leone and neighboring Liberia. While no longer termed "conflict diamonds," they remain a divisive issue for the small West African nation.

Thanksgiving Leftovers: Beyond Sandwiches

Katie Workman, author of the cookbook The Mom 100, returns to talk leftovers with Audie Cornish. Earlier in the week, Workman outlined how to pull off Thanksgiving dinner if you're time-crunched. Today, she's got some creative suggestions on what to do with the tasty remnants of the day.

Time For Airport Security To Relax?

Some 24 million people were expected to fly this Thanksgiving holiday. Audie Cornish talks with the head of the Transportation Security Administration, John Pistole, about what's new with airport security and what the TSA is doing about its image problem.

Fragile Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Holds

A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israel's armed forces Friday, but the details were in dispute. Despite the killing, the truce still stands.

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