Nation Feb 14 Valentine’s Day takes to the Internet Love is all around, from Google to Facebook to the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Nation Feb 12 PBS Digital Studios launches ‘Everything But the News’ What would Jim Lehrer do? That’s Steve Goldbloom’s mantra in PBS Digital Studios’ latest creation, “Everything But the News” -- the show that gives you a real (or is it fake? No, it’s real. But wait, is it really?) behind-the-scenes…
Nation Feb 10 Parody coffee shop ‘Dumb Starbucks’ is a prank A coffee shop using the Starbucks logo and has managed to stay open in Los Angeles for three days before getting shut down.
Arts Feb 07 Fifty years after the Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan, how well do you know Fab Four history? The Beatles made their live U.S. television debut 50 years ago Sunday when they paraded onto Ed Sullivan’s stage and caused a national eruption of Beatlemania.
Nation Jan 23 Hari Sreenivasan discusses public media values on ‘The Daily Show’ PBS NewsHour Weekend anchor Hari Sreenivasan spilled some public media secrets on “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart Wednesday night. We missed twerking. Hari Sreenivasan came clean Wednesday night about the NewsHour’s lack of twerking coverage when he joined Jon…
World Jan 17 Pope Benedict defrocked nearly 400 priests for child abuse BREAKING: Document obtained by AP shows pope defrocked nearly 400 priests in 2 years for molesting kids. — The Associated Press (@AP) January 17, 2014 Pope Benedict XVI defrocked nearly 400 priests for molesting…
Politics Jan 13 PHOTO: Potato diplomacy in Paris Secretary of State John Kerry gave Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov two Idaho potatoes at a meeting in Paris on Monday. Kerry and Lavrov are meeting in preparation for Geneva II peace talks over Syria next week.
Science Jan 13 West Virginia begins to lift water ban following chemical spill A ban on tap water was lifted Monday in West Virginia after a chemical spill left 300,000 residents in nine counties with a contaminated water supply for five days, the Associated Press reports. In a news conference Monday, W.Va.
Arts Jan 13 Foundations pledge $330 million to spare Detroit art collection The Detroit Institute of the Arts holds several thousand works of art valued at hundreds of millions of dollars…
World Jan 13 Nigeria signs anti-gay bill into law The Associated Press reported that the Nigerian president sight an anti-gay bill into law.