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Nearly a month after the earthquake in Haiti, the government in Port-au-Prince remains tattered. Ray Suarez takes a closer look at the state of Haiti's government and what it means for rebuilding efforts.
Paul Solman explains how the U.S. economy might be affected if countries like Greece default on their debt obligations.
New Orleans is riding high on the momentum of Sunday's Super Bowl upset by the hometown Saints over the Indianapolis Colts. And for a city still rebuilding from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the championship signifies the spirit of survival in the Big Easy.
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Track how 12 different U.S. communities adapt to changing economic times.
Profiles, readings and conversations with contemporary American poets.
Betty Ann Bowser helps decode the debate over health care reform.
Paul Solman explains the ins and outs of the global economy.
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Judy Woodruff explores how young people are handling the economic downturn.
Iran began producing higher-grade enriched uranium on Tuesday, its state television reported, defying international efforts to curb its nuclear activity. In other news, Toyota said it's recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles to fix brake problems.
With almost all of the votes tallied, opposition candidate Viktor Yanukovych claimed a victory over Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko by a slim margin in Sunday's presidential runoff in Ukraine, although Tymoshenko refused to concede defeat by Monday evening local time.
Dr. Atul Gawande's new book, "The Checklist Manifesto," grew out of research on ways to reduce surgical deaths worldwide. Gawande's solution was to expand the use of a remarkably low-tech idea: require all doctors, nurses and other operating room staff to run through a 2-minute surgical safety checklist before, during and after each surgery.
Nineteen-term U.S. Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania died Monday, according to a statement from his office. Murtha had been in intensive care in a Washington-area hospital after suffering from an infection following gallbladder surgery. He was 77.
As the mid-Atlantic region was hunkering down for a massive winter storm Friday afternoon, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase ended weeks of speculation on Wall Street and announced their CEOs' bonuses: $9 million in stock for Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein and $16.6 million in restricted stock and options for JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon.
In the 1940s, Detroit became the Arsenal of Democracy and produced 92% of the vehicles, 56% of the tanks and 50% of the engines needed to fight World War II. But can the Motor City retool for the more efficient transportation industry of the 21st Century?
[WNET and the PBS NewsHour]
Under the stimulus bill, Washington dangled more than $7 billion to expand internet broadband in every state. In New Hampshire, a variety of organizations from libraries, to the university system to private companies separately applied for some $83 million worth of projects.
[New Hampshire Public Radio]
Whistler residents criticize the deforestation, wetland disruption, energy use, and local laws against speaking out that have been part of the city's preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
[KCTS]
Feb. 8, 2010
A new study shows that abstinence-focused sexual education programs encourage a significant number of people to delay sexual activity. The findings could influence President Obama's decision about how to spend money allotted for pregnancy-prevention programs.
