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Flat-screen televisions, iPods and the Internet are radically changing how viewers consume video programming. In the first of a three-part series of reports on the future of television, Rick Karr looks at the ways technology is changing how viewers watch TV.

Farai Chideya talks to Slate contributor Jude Stewart, reporting from Berlin, about an unexpected New Year's Eve tradition in Germany. Every year, tens of millions watch an old British television comedy sketch called "Dinner for One."

The year 2005 saw World Music grow in two directions: by exploring its most basic roots, and by exploring new areas, through technology and collaboration. Marco Werman give us a glimpse of his top picks of the year.

Turkey hosts the longest stretch of a new transnational pipeline that will carry oil from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean. Construction is nearly a year behind schedule and financial disagreements over the project may cause further delays.

In North Carolina, tobacco auctions were once festive occasions, where the smell of money competed with the scent of newly dried tobacco. But those days are over. And once-busy auctioneers like Gregg Goins and Steve Nelms are left to adapt to what's next.

Millions of people enter the United States by avoiding inhabited areas, crossing fragile desert and mountain ecosystems. Often, they burn wood, leave trash and create trails. And pursuing them, the Border Patrol chews up the landscape with motorcycles, ATVs and SUVs.

Brazilian Bossa Nova legend Sergio Mendes teams up with Black Eyed Peas front man Will.i.am to make hip-hop with a Brazilian flavor. Renee Montagne interviews Mendes and Will.i.am about the album Timeless.

A new year dawns in New Orleans and along the Gulf coast after a 2005 that residents would rather forget for all the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina.

For workers with traditional pension plans, this was the year many had to face a harsh reality. About a quarter of a million people saw their pensions turned over to a government corporation, meaning lower benefits in the future.

Twelve of 13 men are dead in one of the worst mining accidents in years. The White House has promised a full investigation of the disaster. Major questions remain: What sparked the blast that trapped the miners? And why weren't mistaken reports of a miracle rescue corrected more quickly?