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Slate Video Channel - President-elect Barack Obama warned of dire and lasting consequences if Congress doesn't pump unprecedented dollars into the economy, making an urgent pitch Thursday for his mammoth spending proposal in his first speech since his election.

Slate Video Channel - President-elect Barack Obama met with President Bush, as well as other living presidents today in the White House to discuss transition plans, and current events.

Slate Video Channel - Want to spend a day of your vacation in India as an extra in a Bollywood movie? Casting agents troll the streets of Mumbai looking for Westerners. But Christopher Booker discovered it's more ordeal than adventure, plus it's nearly impossible to quit.

Slate Video Channel - In this episode of Interviews 50 Cents with Alex Chadwick, we meet Hakim, an Algerian man who just walked across the United States with nothing but $217 and a backpack. Even in the post-9/11 world, Hakim says American hospitality is alive and well.

Slate Video Channel - President-elect Barack Obama's two daughters have checked into their new school in Washington. Michelle Obama accompanied daughters Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10, to two separate campuses of Sidwell Friends school Monday morning

Slate Video Channel - In this animated editorial cartoon, Mark Fiore recalls the news stories that got all the attention in 2008 and gives a shout-out to what actually mattered.

Slate Video Channel - A woman whose fiance wants to invite friends on their honeymoon seeks guidance from Slate's advice columnist, Prudence.

Slate Video Channel - With the recent tumult on Wall Street, many investors have lost fortunes. But in the midst of this new volatility, the day trader has re-emerged, eager to capitalize on the ups and downs. Win Rosenfeld profiles one of them.

Slate Video Channel - Relive the nastiest economic days of the year.

Slate Video Channel - On this week's episode of Grand Unified Weekly, Slate V's science show, hosts John Pavlus and Christie Nicholson offer dispatches on dark energy, the potential benefits of medical jargon, and what space can teach us about stomach flu.

Slate Video Channel - Mark Jordan Legan sums up what critics are saying about the 2008 Christmas release movies: Marley & Me, Valkyrie, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Slate Video Channel - Slate's advice columnist, Prudence, counsels a woman who has become intimate with her clinically depressed sister's husband.

Slate Video Channel - This holiday season, Mark Jordan Legan combs through the bad-movie vault to bring you cinematic crap that will surely shrink your heart three sizes.

Slate Video Channel - President-elect Barack Obama defended his choice of Pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration. Obama told reporters in Chicago that America needs to 'come together, even when there's disagreement on social issues.

Slate Video Channel - Embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich quickly spoke to reporters after his daily run on Wednesday. The governor, who is accused of trying to sell Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat says he can't wait to tell his side of the story.

Slate Video Channel - Henry Kissinger on Charlie Rose, December 16, 2008

Slate Video Channel - President-elect Barack Obama has made two more cabinet appointments - Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar as interior secretary and former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as agriculture secretary.