Health Feb 12 Debating the value and effectiveness of mammograms A Canadian study conducted across more than two decades raises doubt that annual mammogram screenings reduce the risk of death among women between the ages of 40 and 59. What do the latest findings mean for women and their health?…
Episode Feb 12 Wednesday, February 12, 2014 Tonight on the program, we take a look at a new study that raises doubt on the effectiveness of mammograms. Also: A Newsmaker interview with Sen. Marco Rubio, how 3D printers can bring ideas into reality and how anti-immigration groups…
Education Feb 11 N.C. elementary schools promise arts education but access is far from equal North Carolina mandates that all elementary school students have equal access to art instruction, but enforcement of the law appears inconsistent across the state. Special correspondent for education John Merrow reports on two elementary schools' different approaches to arts education…
Arts Feb 11 Telling the story of 'Monuments Men,' soldiers who helped save Western civilization's treasures During World War II, the Nazis systematically looted art works from all over Europe, while combat and aerial bombing unintentionally destroyed major landmarks. The story of the quest to protect, rescue and restore Europe’s cultural treasures is told in a…
Nation Feb 11 Sniper attack sparks worry over security of nation's power grid An organized sniper attack on an electrical substation near San Jose, Calif., last April raises unsettling questions about the vulnerability of our nation’s power grid. Judy Woodruff talks to Jon Wellinghoff, former chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and…
Nation Feb 11 San Francisco's last working-class neighborhood gets left behind in boom times As a new wave of tech enterprises gentrify San Francisco’s older, modest neighborhoods, an area known as the Tenderloin, populated by the city’s poorer residents, remains in the grips of drugs and crime. Special correspondent Spencer Michels explores the dilemma…