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Fresh Iran Protests Highlight Dormant Opposition
February 15, 2011 | The show of force by tens of thousands of Iranians on the streets of Tehran Monday and early Tuesday has demonstrated that the opposition movement is still alive, despite the government's violent efforts to suppress it over the last two...
Oakland Mayor-Elect Quan Vows to Take City Back, Block-by-Block
November 19, 2010 | DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s4591qfc4', 'W_ReresKWqc', '29'); In an interview with the NewsHour's Spencer Michels in Oakland's Diamond neighborhood, Oakland Mayor-elect Jean Quan outlines how she wants to revitalize the city. OAKLAND, Calif. | During the mayoral campaign in Oakland, cynics wondered why...
California's Central Valley Finds Itself on the Political Map
November 1, 2010 | Wheat crops near Bakersfield, Calif., in the state's Central Valley. When most people think of The Golden State, they tend to think of tourist destinations like Hollywood or the Golden Gate Bridge. But there is another swath of California...
Calif. Candidate Whitman, Former Housekeeper Trade More Accusations
September 30, 2010 | SAN FRANCISCO | Meg Whitman, the Republican candidate for governor of California, can't seem to shake charges that she knowingly employed an illegal immigrant in her home as a housekeeper and nanny for nine years. In a second day of...
Calif. Candidate Whitman Responds to Illegal Immigrant Hiring Revelation
September 29, 2010 | Updated 8:12 p.m. ET SAN JOSE, Calif. | Revelations that Meg Whitman, the Republican candidate for governor in California, employed an illegal alien as a housekeeper for nine years have made waves in a tight campaign here. At a news...
Online Fraudsters Increasingly Skilled at Hacking Bank Accounts
August 12, 2010 | All this week, we've been looking at the complexities of cybersecurity, including the potential for attacks on government computers and the views of former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden on the scope of the "cyber conflict." On Thursday's NewsHour,...
Oil-Covered Birds a Vivid Symbol of the Crisis in the Gulf
June 8, 2010 | Images of oil-covered birds are among the most vivid symbols of the wildlife damage wrought by the Deepwater Horizon spill. The brown pelican, which graces the Louisiana state flag and was just brought back from the brink of extinction last...
