Apr 04 Watch Pulitzer Winner: Ted Kooser Ted Kooser, National Poet Laureate of the United States, won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry Monday for his collection of work called "Delights and Shadows."… Continue watching
Mar 31 Terri Schiavo Dies 13 Days After Feeding Tube Removed By PBS News Hour Terri Schiavo, 41, died Thursday in a Florida hospice 13 days after her feeding tube was removed -- a decision allowed by the courts after years of legal wrangling between Schiavo's husband and parents. Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch NewsHour Remembers Time Magazine Editor Henry Grunwald Essayist Roger Rosenblatt has some words of appreciation for Henry A. Grunwald, a Time magazine editor who changed the magazine world. Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch Anne Taylor Fleming Remembers Author Hunter S. Thompson Essayist Anne Taylor Fleming looks at the life of Hunter S. Thompson. Continue watching
Mar 24 Supreme Court Rejects Schiavo Parents' Appeal By Admin, PBS News Hour The Supreme Court in a one-page order on Thursday refused Terri Schiavo's parents' request to reinsert their severely brain-damaged daughter's feeding tube. The order ends a four-day rush to get her case reviewed by federal courts. Continue reading
Mar 24 Watch Red Lake Community Searches For Warning Signs Following the teen shootings in Minnesota, Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television visits the Red Lake Indian Reservation to see how the community is coping. Then, two school safety analysts discuss detecting warning signs of teen violence. Continue watching
Mar 23 U.S. Court Rejects Appeal in Schiavo Case By PBS News Hour A federal appeals court refused early Wednesday to order the reinsertion of a feeding tube into the brain-damaged woman, Terri Schiavo, rejecting the request of her parents and their supporters who have battled to keep the Florida woman alive. Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch Faces of the Fallen Arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown looks at how an Arlington National Cemetery exhibit pays tribute to U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq. Continue watching
Mar 22 Teen Opens Fire in Minnesota High School By PBS News Hour A high school student on an Indian reservation in northern Minnesota went on a shooting rampage Monday, killing nine people including five students, before turning the gun on himself in the worst U.S. school shooting since Columbine. Continue reading
Mar 22 U.S. Judge Refuses to Have Woman's Feeding Tube Reinserted By PBS News Hour A federal judge in Florida refused Tuesday to resume tube feeding of brain-damaged Florida woman Terri Schiavo. Her parents have said they would appeal the decision. Continue reading