One of the happiest traditions of the season is to go ice skating. Now we're learning it's an ancient tradition. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets details from Federico Fermenti, a professor of human locomotion and bio-mechanics at Oxford University. He co-authored a new study of the origins of skating.

A school in the San Francisco Bay Area is tapping into the booming interest in computer generated animation. Students from 54 countries take animation classes online. Graduates have gone on to work at top studios, and some want to start production houses in their home countries. The World's Clark Boyd has the story.

Bethlehem, known as the birthplace of Jesus, is in the West Bank. It used to be a major tourist destination, but security concerns have put a damper on the number of Christmas visitors. Few spend the night, or support the local businesses. The World's Quil Lawrence speaks with tourists who made the trip this year.

Not everyone's getting the message about the dangers of drinking and driving. Scotland's government is trying a new way to reach young drivers. It's embedding anti-drunken-driving messages in computer games. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets details from Scotland's Transport Minister, Stewart Stevenson.

A report today in the New York Times says more than five billion dollars in US aid to Pakistan has been squandered. The money was supposed be used in the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. But the report suggests it was diverted for other uses. Pakistan today denied the allegation. The World's Aaron Schachter reports.

Entire program - Dec 24