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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is holding its annual meeting on the safety performance of New York’s Indian Point nuclear power plant tonight. The…

An average of 44,000 people were displaced every day, or one person every two seconds, according to a United Nations report. Conflict is the biggest factor driving displacement.

Officials have a better understanding of the creative economy in Saratoga County, thanks to a new report that shows the region’s arts and cultural…

Fourteen others are injured after a collision in the western province of Saskatchewan. Authorities have not released the names and ages of the victims, as condolences poured in from across the nation.

The Burlington City Council has approved the city’s roughly $79 million 2020 budget, but not before a new member of the panel attempted to delay the…

1: Actor CHARLTON HESTON. A consistent lead in the biblical epics of the 1950's and 1960's, HESTON had starring roles in " The Greatest Story Ever Told" and "The Ten Commandments"; HESTON also covered the Roman era in epics like "Ben Hur", "Julius Cesar", and "Antony & Cleopatra." Medieval Spain was not beyond his ken: HESTON had the lead as well in "El Cid." (REBROADCAST FROM 11/30/90). Film Director, MARTIN SCORCESE. He directed "The Last Temptation of Christ" in 1988. In June of 1993, as part of a retrospective of his work by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the Department of Cinema Studies at NYU presented "An Evening With Martin Scorcese": a wide ranging question and answer session taped live before an audience at New York University. Scorcese explores some of the special difficulties involved in shooting a biblical epic in the desert with very little money. (REBROADCAST FROM 6/11/93). Composer ELMER BERNSTEIN. He's composed the scores for almost 80 films, including "The Man With the Golden Arm," "The Magnificent Seven," and "The Ten Commandments". Lately he's done the scores for "The Field" and "The Grifters." (REBROADCAST FROM 1/10/91) INT. 2: Actor KIRK DOUGLAS. The star of "Lust for Life," "Paths of Glory," "Champion" and Stanley Kubrick's epic, "Spartacus," the story of a slave uprising during the Roman Empire. (REBROADCAST FROM 8/22/88). Actor TONY CURTIS. In 1960 he starred in the film, "Spartacus" about a leader of slaves revolting against Republican Rome. A restored version of the film has been released that includes previously cut scenes, including one where Laurence Olivier --as a general-- tries to seduce his slave, played by CURTIS. (REBROADCAST FROM 4-19-91).

The Boston Beer Co., which brews Sam Adams, has seen its stock soar. The brewer reported net revenue of $181.3 million in the second quarter of 2013.

The latest ADP National Employment Report says private employers added 215,000 jobs last month, making it the strongest month for job growth since a year ago. And in October, America's trade gap narrowed on the strength of record exports to China, Canada and Mexico.

The U.S. lost an average of 80,000 acres of coastal wetlands from 2004 to 2009, according to recent government data. In a recent period, more than 70 percent of the estimated loss came in the Gulf of Mexico.

This year many retailers were open for business on Thanksgiving Day. Spending this year is expected to be up from last year's $810 million — but not sharply.