Dec 14 NewsHour High-Definition Broadcast FAQ By PBS News Hour Editor's note: On Dec. 17, 2007, the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer will become one of the first television news programs to broadcast in high definition. Continue reading
Dec 10 U.S., China Reject Emission Caps at Bali Summit By Admin, PBS News Hour Both the United States and China -- the world's biggest polluters -- have rejected the idea of including specific emissions limits in the final document that will come out of the talks at the United Nations climate change conference in… Continue reading
Dec 10 Crack Sentences Can Be Lowered, Justices Rule By Admin, PBS News Hour Judges who disagree with federal sentencing guidelines can issue lighter sentences for defendants in crack cocaine cases, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in two cases that will provide judges more leeway in determining punishments for drug violations. Continue reading
Nov 28 Breast Cancer Risk Underestimated for Black Women, Experts Find By PBS News Hour The calculator that doctors have used for nearly 20 years to predict women's risk of breast cancer underestimates the risk for black women, according to a reassessment of the tool published Tuesday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Continue reading
Nov 27 Watch Philadelphia Makes New Effort to Combat Urban Violence Rising murder rates in Philadelphia have led community activists to organize efforts to curb the city's crime. Kwame Holman talks to local activists about their fight against violent crime. Continue watching
Nov 22 Watch Laptops Offer High-tech Hope in Developing Countries The goal of the One Laptop per Child organization is to provide specially designed, low-cost laptops to children in the developing world. Organization founder Nicholas Negroponte details the campaign and the "Give One Get One" effort in the United States… Continue watching
Nov 21 Watch West Point Professor Seeks Paths to a 'Soldier's Heart' At the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Professor Elizabeth Samet's upper level poetry seminar unearths the creative side of soldiers-in-training. Jeffrey Brown looks at Samet's use of poetry and her new book entitled "Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace… Continue watching
Nov 14 Spitzer Drops Immigrant Driver's License Plan By Admin, PBS News Hour New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer said Wednesday he was abandoning a bid to issue driver's licenses to illegal immigrants amid strong opposition to the plan. The controversial proposal stirred national debate over U.S. immigration policies. Continue reading
Nov 13 Study: Income Gap Grows Between Black, White Families By PBS News Hour Black children born to middle-class parents in the 1960s are far more likely than whites to have slipped down the socioeconomic ladder into poverty, according to a study published Tuesday. Continue reading
Nov 06 Mukasey Nomination Advances to Full Senate Vote By PBS News Hour The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday voted 11-8 in favor of Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey, sending his nomination to the Senate floor and virtually ensuring his confirmation. Continue reading