METHUEN, Mass. - You'd think a turkey farmer would get a day off once the Thanksgiving bird reaches the table. Jim Rischer gets something far less - at best. "I try to work a half-day instead of a full day," said the patriarch of the family that owns Raymond's Turkey Farm. "Then I get ready for Christmas." ...more

November 28, 2008

The turkey to be pardoned by President Bush is going to Disney World. When the president performs the 60th annual "pardoning of the turkey" ritual today, the winning Thanksgiving bird will get a first-class flight to Orlando on a United Airlines jet and will have a red-carpet entry to Walt Disney World. Visitors to Magic Kingdom can see the bird on Thanksgiving Day. ...more

November 20, 2007