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Shirley Corriher, who wrote Bakewise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking, gives tips to avoid baking cookies that turn out crumbly, pitifully pale or flat. She also shares her favorite recipe: the chocolate crinkle cookie.

President-elect Barack Obama is still filling Cabinet positions, but he also has been forced to address the continuing controversy surrounding Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Obama says a review by his own lawyer shows he had no direct contact with Blagojevich about the appointment of a Senate replacement, and transition aides did nothing inappropriate.

President-elect Barack Obama named Dr. Steven Chu as energy secretary and filled other key environmental posts Monday. Environmental activists say Obama's picks show a greater commitment to improving the environment than his predecessor, President Bush.

In 1896, a small copper box filled with items of the day was placed in the foundation of a church in Novato, Calif. The box was opened Monday. Its damp contents included newspapers and a Bible.

President-elect Barack Obama is expected to announce his picks for his energy and environment team at a Chicago news conference. Nobel laureate Steven Chu is expected to be Obama's energy secretary; Lisa Jackson is likely to be named the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

President-elect Barack Obama has vowed to adopt an aggressive approach to global warming and the environment. At a news conference Monday in Chicago, Obama will announce his team to deal with the nation's energy and environmental future. The industrial world is looking to the Obama administration to help get other countries to make environmental changes.

Historian Karl Jacoby tells the story of an 1871 Indian massacre from four different perspectives in his new book, Shadows at Dawn. Jacoby talks with Jacki Lyden about the tragic event and its legacy.

President-elect Barack Obama was among those calling for the resignation of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a day after the governor was arrested on federal corruption charges. Blagojevich is accused of seeking money or other favors to influence his choice in picking Obama's replacement to the U.S. Senate.

The CEOs of the Big Three automakers are headed back to Washington to renew their calls for a bailout. Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, offers his insight into what Detroit needs to do to get in the good graces of Congress and stay out of bankruptcy.

Writer Junot Diaz was born in the Dominican Republic, spent his early childhood there, then his family immigrated to the United States. He spoke to Steve Inskeep as part of the Thanksgiving series on immigration and identity. Diaz remembers some of his early Thanksgiving celebrations when he was a kid.