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Lionel Ziprin is running out of time to make good on his promise to share his grandfather's traditional Jewish music with the world. Rabbi Nuftali Zvi Margolies Abulafia was recored by famed ethnomusicologist Harry Smith in the 1950s.

There are oh-so-many holiday songs, and yet really only one that's associated with the arrival of a new year. Composer Burt Bacharach fools around with the notion of a fresh alternative to "Auld Lang Syne."

Despite what his supporters say, President Bush has far more in common with Richard Nixon than Ronald Reagan. That's the idea put forth in economist and syndicated columnist Bruce Bartlett's new book, Impostor.

Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says the quarrel about port operations is a case of globalization meets xenophobia.

A New York hedge fund manager thinks McDonald's would be worth more if the company were split into separate parts. But the reorganization he's proposed doesn't make the fast food chain very happy.

Republican and Democrat lawmakers on Capitol Hill are calling for a halt to a deal that hands over operations at six U.S. ports to a company owned by Dubai. President Bush threatened to veto any legislation seeking to delay the $6.8 billion takeover. A look at why the transaction is so controversial.

The story of Danny and Annie Perasa — how they met, and how they've stayed in love — inspires many who hear it. At a recent ceremony to honor the couple, they gave new insights into their relationship.

Iraq's national security adviser, Moaffak al-Rubaie, talks to Melissa Block about the violence that has engulfed Iraq after yesterday's bombing of the Shiite Golden Mosque in Samarra.

The Canadian and United States hockey teams are heading home from the Turin Olympics after tough matches against rivals in Europe. Canada was beaten 2-0 by Russia in the quarterfinals and the Americans lost 4-3 to Finland.

For every Olympic event involving ice, there's a specialist to make sure the surface is just right. Jill Hunter Pellettieri, managing editor of Slate, tells Alex Chadwick about the experts managing Turin's ice show.