Here & Now

Senator Jim DeMint Resigns To Head Conservative Group; CIA, Pentagon Missions Increasingly Blurred; Chinese Telecom Giant Hits Back At Critics; Controversial Photos Prompt Ethics Questions; Words We 'Literally' Want Out Of The Dictionary;

Obama Hardens On Raising Tax Rates, Divided Republicans Plan Next Move; Hotel Confidential: An Industry Insider Tells All; Hazardous Materials Plague Two U.S. Towns; After Gaza Ceasefire, A Stronger But Divided Hamas; Reporting The Revolutionary War;

What Raising Taxes, Avoiding Fiscal Cliff Mean For Average Investors; Understanding A Son With Asperger's, With Help From Clinton And Bush; Superstorm Sandy Could Mean More Premature Births; What Gets Cut In Sequestration; Wine Questions? A Top Critic Has Answers;

What 85 Donated Brains Reveal About Sports Concussions; A Parents' Guide To Finding A Runaway Child; Survivors Recall Massacre Against Iraqi Kurds; Economic Growth Leaves More Indians Hungry; Stravinsky's 'Rite Of Spring' Turns 100;

Supreme Court Weighs Gay Marriage Cases; Mexico's President-Elect Vows To Change Drug War Strategy; Conservative Bishops Embrace Hero Of Catholic Left For Sainthood; Penn State Ethics Class Takes On Sandusky Scandal; Musicians, Poets Collaborate At Famous Cemetery; Civil Rights Activist Lawrence Guyot Spent A Lifetime Fighting For Voters' Rights;

What U.N. Recognition Means To Palestinians, Israelis; Should Supermarket Plastic Bags Be Banned?; White House, Congress Talk As 'Fiscal Cliff' Nears; Tony Bennett On Zen, Art And His Prolific Music Career;

BP Suspended From New U.S. Government Contracts; How To Prepare For The Next Superstorm Sandy; Syrian Refugees Put Strain On Lebanon; Pediatricians: Teen Girls Should Have Access To Emergency Contraception; DIY Website For Kids Is A Gallery Of Ideas; Listener Letters: Doctors' Fees And Twinkies;

BP Suspended From New U.S. Government Contracts; How To Prepare For The Next Superstorm Sandy; Syrian Refugees Put Strain On Lebanon; Pediatricians: Teen Girls Should Have Access To Emergency Contraception; DIY Website For Kids Is A Gallery Of Ideas;

GOP Senators More Troubled After Rice Meeting; Top Neurosurgeon Claims 'Proof Of Heaven'; The Once-Promising Political Career Of Jesse Jackson Jr.; Are Profits Driving Treatments For Prostate Cancer?; A Sit-Down With Alexander McCall Smith;

Retailers Fight Back Against Smartphone-Armed Shoppers; Egyptians Protest Over Presidential Power Grab; JFK's Hometown Marks Anniversary; Is It A Drone? A Swarm Of Bees? A UFO?; Fighting Irish Return To The Top; Teen Detective 'Colin Fischer' Explores The Autistic Mind;

Will Schwalbe: 'The End Of Your Life Book Club'; After Sandy, Crab Shack Serves Turkey Dinner; 'Native Advertising' Disguises Ads As News Stories;

Israel And Hamas Agree To Gaza Cease-Fire; A Feast of Family Drama Films; Wal-Mart Braces For Black Friday Walkouts; What If Kids Ask About Elmo?; Brian McGrory: How A Rooster Made Me A (Family) Man;

Cease-Fire Between Israel, Hamas May Be Close; A Fiscal Cliff Fix: What It Means For Your Wallet; Is The Secession Movement Succeeding?; Picking Up The Pieces In Sandy-Devastated Towns; Philadelphia Singer Melody Gardot Goes Global;

Gaza Death Toll Rises, Diplomats Try To Avoid Ground War; Syrian Americans Press For Regime Change; What Really Killed Hostess Brands?; Athletes Find Quick, Easy College Credits Online; 'Daddy, What's Polysorbate 60?';

Petraeus Testifies, Lawmakers Talk Fiscal Cliff; Analyst: David Petraeus Is No General Patton; FEMA Responds To Accusations It 'Abandoned' The Rockaways; What Pres. Obama Learns From Lincoln; Kathy Gunst's Guide To A Low-Stress Thanksgiving;