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On Morning Edition hear about the perfect accompaniment for preparing the holiday turkey. Music commentator Miles Hoffman joins the show to discuss pizzicato and the joys of plucking stringed instruments.

Host Bob Edwards talks with two Democratic strategists about how the party should position itself to win back the White House in 2004. Centrist Democrat Al From, founder and CEO of the Democratic Leadership Council, says the party should reach out beyond the Democratic faithful. Liberal Democrat Bob Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America's future, says the party should focus its message on the faithful. There is no consensus yet among Democrats about how to get a Democrat in the White House, and painful losses in the recent midterm elections have made the discussion all the more contentious.

Stanislaus, Calif., 911 Dispatch Director Jeanne Hardin tells how a local police officer and part-time dispatch operator's words of Thanksgiving ring true this holiday. Modesto, Calif., police Sgt. Steve May expressed thanks for his family three years ago on a company-sponsored bulletin board. Last summer, Sgt. May was injured in a car chase and is still in a coma.

President Bush approves a proposal from the Pentagon and other federal agencies to vaccinate for smallpox about 1 million U.S. military personnel and civilian medical workers. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

School children spent the last week learning about the Pilgrims' settlement in Plymouth, Mass. Jill Kaufman of member station WGBH reports on what they probably didn't learn: 13 years before the Mayflower arrived, another English colony was founded on the rugged coast of Maine. The Popham Colony didn't last, but without it, the Pilgrims might not have succeeded.

A grass-roots organization lobbies Congress to provide funding for tuberculosis treatments around the world. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

NPR's Greg Allen reports from Kearney, Neb., on the financial problems facing The Great Platte River Road Archway Monument. Like many other tourist attractions around the country, the monument is hurting from a slump in visitors and a soft economy. The archway was constructed to commemorate many of the important historical events as early settlers migrated to the West.

Commentator Baxter Black, always sympathetic to the concerns of barnyard animals, has some Turkey thoughts for this Thanksgiving Day.

Retailers welcome the tentative labor agreement between union dockworkers and West Coast ports. But some merchants worry there is not enough time to properly stock shelves for the holiday shopping season. NPR's Elaine Korry reports.

The leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers made the clearest statement yet that the rebels had given up their demand for a separate state, saying he was willing to settle for regional autonomy. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports.