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Pub-goers in London cheer Queen Elizabeth II's announcement that Parliament will soon consider allowing pubs to stay open 24 hours. Currently, pubs must close at 11 p.m. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with London pub manager Charlotte Renick. (This story was corrected on air on Nov. 14, 2002: "It's Thursday, the day we read from your letters, and we start with a correction to yesterday's program. I said that Britain's pubs have closed early, ever since World War II. Our thanks to Charles Day in Bozeman, Montana, Marc James Small in Roanoke, Virginia and Peg Willingham in Arlington, Virginia. All pointed out that closing the pubs early was a World War I innovation, part of the Defence of the Realm Act. Mr. Day notes that the law was "affectionately known to the British' by its acronym 'DORA.' The logic of the pub closings was, he writes, 'to keep factory production levels high. Factory workers, particularly the ammunition factory workers, would be home from the pubs at a reasonable hour so that they would show up well rested on the factory floor the next morning.'"

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) bids to become House minority leader. Pelosi is competing against Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and Rep. Harold Ford Jr. (D-TN). Pelosi speaks to NPR's Alex Chadwick. Morning Edition interviewed Ford on Nov. 13.

Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) mounts a late challenge to become House minority leader. She's competing against Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. (D-TN). Kaptur speaks to NPR's Bob Edwards. Morning Edition interviewed Rep. Ford (D-KY) on Nov. 13.

Commentator Amity Shlaes takes a look at the foods we eat, and how the European Union is challenging what we call those foods.

The Republican-controlled House approves the creation of a Homeland Security Department in a 299-121 vote. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) predicts the bill will pass in the Senate by next week. NPR's David Welna reports.

The FBI says hospitals in four major U.S. cities might be the target of terrorists. Authorities say threats indicate that attacks could occur between December and April in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Houston and Chicago. Jason Lopez reports.

Congress passes a stop-gap spending measure to take the nation past the lame-duck legislative session and fund government agencies through Jan. 11. The new Congress will take up much-delayed budget bills. NPR's Bob Edwards discusses the move with economist Robert Reischauer.

Pollsters find that negative advertising during this fall's campaigns displeased prospective voters more than ever. But while complaints about attack ads persist, the strategy is not likely to disappear. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops votes to approve a revised charter for policy on priests accused of sex abuse. The Vatican felt a charter bishops approved months earlier was at odds with church law. NPR's Duncan Moon reports.

As a new generation of leaders takes power in China, many young people don't care deeply about the Communist Party. Some say joining the party amounts to little more than a prudent career move. NPR's Rob Gifford reports.