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Despite a drizzle, crowds lined up early for the 73rd Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. New giant floats included the Millennium Snoopy and Blues Clues.

The great American Thanksgiving exodus is at its midpoint. CBS News Correspondent Jim Axelrod has the holiday travel story with all the trimmings.

Thanksgiving is often recalled as a peaceful gathering of thanks between Native Americans and the English settlers. But how is the holiday seen today by descendents of the tribe that lived where the Pilgrims settled?

One Michigan couple is helping a couple of gobblers give thanks in an unusual way. Instead of being the feast, they get a feast.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving issued a Thanksgiving report card on road safety, and finds that most states aren't making the grade - but California gets an A. CBS News' Diana Olick reports

This Thanksgiving more than 175,000 meals will be served to the nation's homeless, in the first ever "Great Thanksgiving Banquet." Miss America is the honorary national chairwoman of the event.

Greeting card manufacturers have a lot to be thankful for. Many businesses, seeking to impress their clients, are sending out Thanksgiving cards instead of Christmas or New Year's Cards.

Hurricane Floyd brought devastating floodwaters. This Thanksgiving weekend, hope is alive even as the community appeals for more help. Early Show Anchor Bryant Gumbel reports.

Entertainer Bob Hope, who has eaten turkey dinners in most of the world's hot spots over the last half century, turned on the holiday lights at Disneyland in what the theme park hopes will become a Thanksgiving week tradition.

In what has become an annual holiday tradition, President Clinton presented two Minnesota turkeys with presidential pardons.