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Watch "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams," providing reports and analysis of the day's most newsworthy national and international events. This video podcast, updated each weekday evening by MSNBC.com, brings you the day's show in its entirety. For more from "Nightly News", visit http://nightly.msnbc.com

Listen to "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams," providing reports and analysis of the day's most newsworthy national and international events. This audio podcast, updated each weekday evening by MSNBC.com, brings you the day's show in its entirety. For more from "Nightly News", visit http://nightly.msnbc.com

Watch MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann." Veteran television journalist, sportscaster, columnist, author and radio host Keith Olbermann delivers news every night that is designed for the modern viewer. Olbermann takes a fast-paced look at the top five news stories of the day, from politics to pop culture and from the mainstream to the oddball, and offers hard-hitting editorial commentary that most news organizations have become afraid to practice. This video podcast, updated each weekday evening by msnbc.com, brings you the day's show in its entirety. For the audio-only version of this podcast, or more podcasts from NBC News and MSNBC, please visit http://podcasts.msnbc.com

SwineCast 0481 Show Notes:  Agriculture Secretary Vilsack visited with Farm Broadcasters at the recent NAFB convention in Kansas City.  Sit in on the conference.

David A. Hyman, J.D., M.D., Richard W. and Marie L. Corman Professor of Law, and Director of the Epstein Program in Health Law and Policy, University of IllinoisJames L. Milam, M.D., President, Illinois State Medical Society

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Watch "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams," providing reports and analysis of the day's most newsworthy national and international events. This video podcast, updated each weekday evening by MSNBC.com, brings you the day's show in its entirety. For more from "Nightly News", visit http://nightly.msnbc.com

Speech by Alexander Graf Lambsdorff MEP (ALDE-ADLE) on : Outcome of the European Council on 29 and 30 October 2009 including the mandate and attributions of the President of the European Council and of the High Representative of the Union for the foreign and security policy/vice-president of the Commission, as well as the structure of the new Commission [MEP Speech] [Language DE original] Lambsdorff_091111_172128_mesp_de

Speech by Anneli J tteenm ki MEP (ALDE-ADLE) on : Outcome of the European Council on 29 and 30 October 2009 including the mandate and attributions of the President of the European Council and of the High Representative of the Union for the foreign and security policy/vice-president of the Commission, as well as the structure of the new Commission [MEP Speech] [Language FI original] Ja a tteenma ki_091111_173555_mesp_fi

Speech by Andrew Duff MEP (ALDE-ADLE) on : Outcome of the European Council on 29 and 30 October 2009 including the mandate and attributions of the President of the European Council and of the High Representative of the Union for the foreign and security policy/vice-president of the Commission, as well as the structure of the new Commission [MEP Speech] [Language EN original] Duff_091111_174541_mesp_en

Speech by Louis Michel MEP (ALDE-ADLE) on : Outcome of the European Council on 29 and 30 October 2009 including the mandate and attributions of the President of the European Council and of the High Representative of the Union for the foreign and security policy/vice-president of the Commission, as well as the structure of the new Commission [MEP Speech] [Language FR original] Michel_091111_175315_mesp_fr

Speech by Lena Ek MEP (ALDE-ADLE) on : Outcome of the European Council on 29 and 30 October 2009 including the mandate and attributions of the President of the European Council and of the High Representative of the Union for the foreign and security policy/vice-president of the Commission, as well as the structure of the new Commission [MEP Speech] [Language SV original] Ek_091111_175938_mesp_sv

Speech by Olle Schmidt MEP (ALDE-ADLE) on : Outcome of the European Council on 29 and 30 October 2009 including the mandate and attributions of the President of the European Council and of the High Representative of the Union for the foreign and security policy/vice-president of the Commission, as well as the structure of the new Commission [MEP Speech] [Language SV original] Schmidt_091111_180516_mesp_sv

Five years ago, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his vision for the Hydrogen Highway, a bold and ambitious program that promised to launch an alternative energy revolution in California. Right now, that highway is not as smooth as its planners had hoped and government funding is in danger of drying up. In the midst of the pile-up of bad news, the California hydrogen fuel cell program keeps chugging along.

How would you like the government to help you buy a newer, more fuel-efficient set of wheels? That's the idea behind a so-called Cash for Clunkers program that Congress is considering. But is this a boon for the environment, or just a hand-out to Detroit automakers? The plan, which has become mired in Beltway politics, is not so novel. California has had a similar program for a decade.

President Obama's stimulus plan set aside billions for clean energy. Funding will go to some familiar projects – like wind and solar power – and to some not so familiar ones, like the smart grid. So what is the smart grid? And how will it affect your home energy use?

Proposition 7 is all about renewable energy generation. The initiative requires all utilities to generate 20 percent of their power from renewable energy by 2010 and 50 percent by 2025 and speeds up approval of renewable energy plants. You would think most leading environmental groups would be on board -- but many are not.