We talk with former foreign correspondent Barrie Dunsmore about his decades reporting for ABC News and about the changing role of international coverage following years of cuts to foreign bureaus by newsrooms dealing with shrinking budgets and amid the growing role of  citizen bloggers in spreading news of world events.  His new book is called "There and Back"

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Super designer and celebrity lifestyle expert Matthew Mead shares his ideas for Holiday entertaining. A vegan cookbook does its best to make Turkey Day yummy. P.J. O'Rourke shares tales from the lighter side of reporting. And why we should do a little better with that whole "listening" thing.

Ron Paul is in the midst of a two day campaign swing through the Granite State.

The Texas Congressman’s town hall meeting at Keene State College was briefly interrupted by a group of protesters affiliated with Occupy Wall Street.

The protesters used their call-and-response technique to say "there is something wrong with the system" and "we are the 99 percent." When they were done, Ron Paul said "I hope you feel better," and there was laughter and applause. And then he said when it came to the power of big banks, he agreed with the protesters.

State regulators and attorneys representing the Local Government Center argued over sharing documents today.

The Local Government Center faces charges that it violated multiple state laws and owes cities and towns upwards of $110 million.

To date, the Local Government Center, or LGC, has produced nearly 12,000 documents for state regulators.

Charges against LGC include overcharging municipalities for health insurance.

But lawyers with the state Bureau of Securities Regulation are frustrated by redactions between LGC and its former attorney Robert Lloyd.

The co-chairs of the Supercommittee made it official, minutes ago: They said they have failed to reach an agreement over a deficit reduction package.

The AP reports:

"Democratic Sen. Patty Murray and Republican Rep. Jeb Hensarling say that despite 'intense deliberations' the members of the panel have been unable 'to bridge the committee's significant differences.'

Why would a gun-wielding, tattoo-bearing "homie" trade in la vida loca for a Bible and the buttoned-down lifestyle of an evangelical hermano (brother in Christ)? To answer this question, Robert Brenneman interviewed sixty-three former gang members from the "Northern Triangle" of Central America--Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras--most of whom left their gang for evangelicalism.

Jay Wexler's new book and blog focus on the odd Constitutional clauses we should, maybe, focus on a little less...and those we should, perhaps, turn into awesome t-shirts.

A two-hour meeting for people who want to know more about jobs at the new federal prison in Berlin will be held Monday, November 28th.

The meeting will include presentations from officials the New Hampshire Employment Security, The Gorham Family Resource Center and the White Mountains Community College.

Those North-Country groups have also put together classes to help those who are interested with the somewhat complex application process.