Recently by Mike Melia
In Different College Basketball Bracket, Study Finds Gap in Graduation Rate
March 14, 2012 | Although the Syracuse men's basketball team received a No. 1 seed in this year's championship tournament, the program failed to meet NCAA graduation rate standards. Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images. Ahead of Thursday's tipoff of the NCAA men's basketball...
Small Particles Raise Big Questions About Foundations of Physics
September 23, 2011 | "May the book bring some one a few happy hours of suggestive thought!!" Albert Einstein wrote that in 1916 at the end of the preface to his groundbreaking book, "Relativity: The Special and General Theory." Scientists around the globe have...
How Will New Fuel Efficiency Rules Affect Consumers?
July 29, 2011 | President Obama, flanked on stage by executives from the country's leading automakers, announced new fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks Friday that would double the current requirement to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. The new rules...
CIA Employee Mistakes Preceded Promotions
February 9, 2011 | The CIA fails to hold agents and senior managers to consistent levels of accountability when they make mistakes, even in instances where people have been killed or wrongly imprisoned, according to an investigation by the Associated Press published Wednesday. Matt...
'A Big Pile of Cash' and Content: What's at Stake in Huffington Post Purchase
February 7, 2011 | AOL Inc. announced Sunday night its plan to buy The Huffington Post for $315 million. On Monday's NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown will discuss the details of the deal with AOL CEO Tim Armstrong, and Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of her...
Who Are the 'Anonymous' Hackers Supporting WikiLeaks?
December 8, 2010 | DetectFlashDecision_Blog; A group of hackers from around the globe has launched coordinated attacks in support of WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange. The attacks have targeted organizations, such as MasterCard, and individuals, including a Swedish prosecutor, who...
A Guide to Good Thanksgiving Reads
November 25, 2010 | As families and friends gather across the country to celebrate this Thanksgiving, we at the NewsHour have cooked up a small sampling of writings and stories for the holiday. Slate has put together a guide to each side of the...
Status Update: Facebook-Inspired Film 'The Social Network' Opens
October 1, 2010 | Last week, the NewsHour looked at "The Social Network", a film -- opening across the country on Friday -- about Facebook and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg. Much has been written about how true to life the film's...
Weighing the (Very Light) Nuts and Bolts of the X Prize's Edison2
September 16, 2010 | For even the biggest projects, the devil is always in the details. In late August, the NewsHour profiled a small group of race car enthusiasts in Lynchburg, Va., who have made what they say is a revolutionary new automobile....
CIA Tapes Found Beneath Desk Show Questioning of 9/11 Plotter
August 17, 2010 | The CIA has tapes of Yemeni national Ramzi Binalshibh, one of the 9/11 plotters being held in Guantanamo, being interrogated in a secret Moroccan prison in 2002, The Associated Press has reported. The tapes were discovered by a CIA employee...
U.S. Defeats Algeria in Closing Minutes to Advance at World Cup
June 23, 2010 | Landon Donovan scores past Algeria goalkeeper Raïs M'Bolhi and defender Madjid Bougherra in injury time. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. The U.S. men's national soccer team beat Algeria, 1-0, in dramatic fashion to advance to the next round of...
Genetics and Athletics: Is It in You?
May 12, 2010 | <!-- _pap_embeddable; //--><!]]> Great athletes are often referred to as "naturals" in their respective sports, but how much of their talent can be traced back to DNA is still uncertain to scientists. Are there genes that make some of...
Newly Orphaned Children Among Major Concerns in Haiti
January 20, 2010 | The earthquake that devastated Haiti last week has left thousands of children without parents in a country where there were already estimated to be hundreds of thousands of orphans before the quake. Orphanages that were already full to capacity before...
Exclusive | Haitian Presidential Adviser: 'The Damage is Enormous'
January 13, 2010 | The massive earthquake that struck Haiti Tuesday afternoon devastated the capital Port-au-Prince, crumbling buildings and leaving roads nearly impassable due to debris and people flooding the streets. "The damage is enormous," Gabriel Verret, an economic adviser to Haitian President Rene...
Stopping the Presses: Venerable Media-Watcher E&P to Cease Publication
December 10, 2009 | After more than a century of covering the journalism industry, Editor & Publisher magazine is stopping its presses. The chronicler of newspapers and journalism reported today that its print and online are both shutting down. Its parent company, Nielsen Business...
Comcast's NBC Deal Reshapes TV Landscape With 'Fat Pipes'
December 3, 2009 | The country's largest cable company announced today it plans to buy a controlling stake in one of the most venerable names in the nation's entertainment industry. Comcast Corp. is offering $13.75 billion for 51 percent of NBC Universal from General...
