Dec 8th, 2008 · NBC has announced that White House correspondent David Gregory will be the new host of Meet the Press. Tom Brokaw has been filling in as moderator since Tim Russert died last June. The show dominates the Sunday morning political landscape. It premiered in November 1947.
Nov 19th, 2008 · The drop in inflation in October reflects a huge fall in gasoline prices and widespread decline in other areas. Consumer prices fell by 1 percent in October, the biggest one-month decline on records that go back to February 1947.
Sep 25th, 2008 · In the 1947 film, It Happened In Brooklyn, Frank Sinatra plays a soldier who returns after four years at war and decides to pursue a singing career with some friends from the old neighborhood. Classical music critic reviews the recently-released DVD version of the film.
Mar 26th, 2008 · Hollywood actor Richard Widmark, who often portrayed killers, cops and Western gunslingers, died after a long illness. He was 93. Widmark made his film debut in 1947 as a giggling killer in "Kiss of Death." David Thompson, author of the Biographical Dictionary of Film, discusses Widmark's career in film.
Mar 26th, 2008 · The actor made a sensational, Oscar-nominated 1947 film debut as a giggling killer in Kiss of Death and became a Hollywood leading man in Broken Lance, Two Rode Together and 40 other films. Death came after a long illness.
Mar 7th, 2008 · Poet Robert Frost gave a series of informal lectures at Dartmouth College in 1947. Transcripts are now being published, using recordings that were in college's archives for decades.
Dec 16th, 2007 · In the Indian state of Gujarat, Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his government are up for re-election. Modi is the face of hardline Hindu nationalism. His administration is believed to have instigated some of the worst communal violence in India since the 1947 partition -- the killing of 2,000 Muslims in 2002.
Nov 25th, 2007 · Need ideas for a holiday dress? London's Victoria and Albert Museum is displaying the ultimate in high-end festive wear. The exhibition is called "The Golden Age of Couture, 1947-1957."