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The National Western Stock Show going on this month in the Mile High City is now in its 106th year. The show is considered the marquee event for all things livestock. But every year, thousands of people flock to an old coliseum on the outskirts of town to see a lot more than just cows.

The University of California, Berkeley, has made it a practice to offer its Nobel laureates an extra-special perk: a free lifetime permit to park in the highly coveted spaces near the central campus. The spots would normally cost about $1,500 a year.

Airs Wednesdays, January 18 - February 1, 2012 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Some Unconventional Film Choices To Watch In Honor Of MLK

Elinor Ostrom, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Economics, speaks to host Michele Norris. Ostrom, a 76-year-old professor of political science at Indiana University, shares the $1.4 million prize with another American — Oliver Williamson of the University of California, Berkeley — for their work on economic governance. Ostrum was cited by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for her research into how natural resources or "common property can be successfully managed by user associations."

The Nobel prize in Economics was awarded Monday to two Americans, Elinor Ostrom — the first female winner — and Oliver Williamson. The committee said the prestigious award was for their work in economic governance.

The most anticipated collections of the year revisit the past and take us to the frontiers of language, borrowing from Twitter memes and overheard conversation, from the classics and bad movies.

'The Artist' Takes Top Prize

The Nobel Committee recognized Obama for changing the tenor abroad. But it's unlikely to change it at home.

The Nobel Committee's decision to award Obama the prize is primarily for changing the tone of American policy, but real accomplishments are yet to come, several foreign policy observers said.