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POLITICAL WRAP | ANALYSIS

Shields and Brooks Examine Security Debate, Politics in 2010

Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the stories of the week, including the political fallout from the failed attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day and the prospects for politics in 2010.

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Economy May Hold Hopeful Signals for New Year

In terms of the economy, it's good riddance to 2009. As for 2010, Ray Suarez speaks with a panel of experts about reasons for hopes and fears in the new year.

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Generation Next

Judy Woodruff explores how young people are handling the economic downturn.

 

WORLD -- Jan. 1, 2010

Foreign Affairs: Stories We're Watching in 2010

Afghan soldiers. Photo: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images The United States is heading into a deeper war in Afghanistan/Pakistan and toward a confrontation with Iran, two stories that will likely top the international news agenda for the NewsHour in 2010.

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ECONOMY -- Jan. 1, 2010

WSJ's David Wessel on the Shape of the Economy in 2010

Wall Street Journal economics editor and Fed watcher David Wessel stopped by the Rundown to talk shop on different parts of the economy and what to expect in 2010.

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GLOBAL HEALTH -- Jan. 1, 2010

Eye Hospital in India Restores Sight With Free Surgeries

On Friday's NewsHour, there's a second look at a Fred de Sam Lazaro report from India on the Aravind system of eye hospitals and clinics, the largest such system in the world. These clinics subsidize sight-restoring surgery for impoverished patients and provide top-of-the-line care for patients who can pay.

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POPULATION -- Jan. 1, 2010

Census: 308,400,408 Americans at Start of 2010

Another year, another few million Americans. There are 2,606,181 more Americans today than there were on Dec. 31, 2008, according to the Census Bureau's annual year-end projections. That's about 0.9 percent growth for the year.

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SECURITY -- Jan. 1, 2010

Friday's Headlines: TSA Nominee Under New Scrutiny

In New Year's Day headlines, the TSA nominee is under new scrutiny amid reports that he misled Congress about accessing confidential records of his estranged wife's boyfriend and the fallout continues from a judge's decision to drop charges against five Blackwater guards accused of killing Iraqi civilians in 2007.

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ECONOMY -- Dec. 31, 2009

Year in Review: Reporting on the Ranks of the Unemployed

2009 was an odd year for anyone who makes a living in and around economics. Odd because there's a version of survivor guilt: The worse the world has gotten, the more interest there's been in what economics reporters have to say. I said to a finance professor friend not long ago, somewhat sheepishly: "We're counter-cyclical."

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The Missing Stories of 2009

From new global alliances to simmering conflicts, explore some of the stories not widely covered by mainstream media in 2009.

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Construction site in the Bowery; Photo Stephen Nessen

Main Street NYC: Lessons from the Downturn

As the first bank bailouts hit, one big question was what does this mean for Main Street? Over the past year, WNYC reporters have made repeated visits to six area neighborhoods, talking to local businesses and residents about how the economic downturn is experienced at street level.

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Challenge Your Economic Assumptions

Is now a good time to buy a home? Should you spend more money to help boost the economy? Challenge your point of view on current economic issues with the online tool "You Decide."

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