REPORT | May 14, 2013
Justice Department Seized AP Phone Records to Track Government Leaks

The Justice Department secretly subpoenaed phone records of Associated Press journalists during two months in 2012. The AP was notified that records had been secretly seized for more than 20 of its phone lines, possibly to track government leaks of classified information about a foiled terror plot. Judy Woodruff reports.
THE RUNDOWN BLOG | May 10, 2013
On the PBS NewsHour Tonight

Tonight on the program, a discussion on what is being done about safety standards and working conditions in Bangladesh. Also: how computer experts and common criminals stole $45 million from ATMs around the world, a preview of elections in Pakistan and political analysis from Mark Shields and Michael Gerson.
THE RUNDOWN BLOG | May 6, 2013
How Did Watergate Affect You?

In the summer of 1973, Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer led PBS's gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings -- co-anchoring all 250 hours of the proceedings, launching the beginnings of what the PBS NewsHour is today. On May 17, the NewsHour will look back at the scandal that transformed American politics.
CONVERSATION | May 2, 2013
Google's Schmidt and Cohen Discuss Promise and Pitfalls of the Digital Future
THE RUNDOWN BLOG | May 2, 2013
On the PBS NewsHour Tonight
On Thursday's NewsHour, the major news of the day, plus context and analysis.
ANALYSIS | April 29, 2013
How a Bogus Tweet Can Wreak Financial Havoc

When hackers sent out a bogus tweet from the Associated Press' Twitter account, the financial markets took a minutes-long nosedive. For more on how social media affects our world, NewsHour political editor Christina Bellantoni talks to Daily-Download.com's Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz of Newsweek and CNN.
THE RUNDOWN BLOG | April 26, 2013
Judy Woodruff Recounts Day President Reagan Was Shot

March 30, 1981 was a routine day for Judy Woodruff as she traveled with the press pool to cover a speech by President Ronald Reagan at the Washington Hilton. But the events of that day would lead to one of America's longstanding and contentious policy debates -- how much should the country regulate firearms.
THE RUNDOWN BLOG | April 19, 2013
One Year Later: What Happened to #stopKony?

The Kony 2012 video skyrocketed to almost 100 million views on YouTube in the course of one year. But was a nonprofit group's attempt to make the African warlord a household name effective if he's still in power? A key question -- one year after activists promised that the world would know Joseph Kony's name -- did it work?
THE RUNDOWN BLOG | April 19, 2013
Boston Bombing Suspects' Uncle: 'Turn Yourself In'

The uncle of the two men suspected in Monday's Boston bombings appeared overwhelmed with anger and emotion in front of reporters who were gathered outside his home in Montgomery Village, Md., Friday. Ruslan Tsarni urged his 19-year-old nephew, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is still at large, to turn himself in and ask for forgiveness.
THE RUNDOWN BLOG | April 17, 2013











