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December 12th, 2008 at 9:11 pm

This week, NOW travels to the nation of Kiribati to see up close how global warming is affecting residents’ daily lives and how they are dealing with the reality that both their land and culture could disappear from the Earth. Watch. (Originally aired: 12/12/2008).

December 12th, 2008 at 12:37 pm

Reports emerged this week that the president-elect has decided to tap Nobel prize winner Steven Chu as his energy secretary, Democratic sources told several media organizations.

December 11th, 2008 at 12:18 pm

Denis Belliveau and Francis O’Donnell took a wild idea – retrace Marco Polo’s entire 25,000-mile, land-and-sea route from Venice to China and back – and spent two incredible years of their lives filming the trip. Watch full documentary.

December 11th, 2008 at 10:26 am

This four-hour documentary tells the epic story of the rise of Christianity, exploring the life and death of Jesus, and the men and women whose belief, conviction, and martyrdom created Christianity. The film covers how Judaism and Roman cultures shaped Jesus’ life, to the growth of the Christian religion from 100 to 300 A.D. Watch. (Originally aired: 4/6/1998)

December 10th, 2008 at 2:24 pm

Yellowstone…Yosemite…the Grand Canyon…remember those family trips to our National Parks? Maybe you packed up the family in the station wagon and drove for days - fighting with your brother and …

December 10th, 2008 at 1:25 pm

The first Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in the fields of chemistry, physics, medicine, literature and peace, on the 5th anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death, December 10, 1901. Nobel, who was a Swedish chemist and the inventor of dynamite, created a fund for the prizes in his will.

December 9th, 2008 at 10:56 am

After a decades-long comeback, the grizzly bears of Yellowstone appear to be thriving. Should they now be removed from the protection of the Endangered Species Act? Discover the complex issue of grizzly bear management and conservation from ranchers, conservationists, and government officials who share their stories and insights. Watch now.

December 8th, 2008 at 5:33 pm

On December 8, 1980, singer John Lennon was killed outside his New York apartment building, on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, opposite Central Park.

December 8th, 2008 at 4:54 pm

As one of the most progressive voices in the Senate who also campaigned for President-elect Obama, what does Russ Feingold (D-WI) expect of the next four years? Watch. (Originally aired: 12/5/2008).

December 5th, 2008 at 7:33 pm

The Emmy Awards for Business & Financial Reporting recognize outstanding achievement in business & financial reporting telecast or webcast. Watch some of the Emmy-nominated programs, online now.

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