Dec 09 Weather’s Dozen: 2011 Breaks U.S. Billion-Dollar Disaster Record An evacuation sign asks residents to leave Eagar, Ariz. as the Wallow Fire swept through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images. Between fires, twisters, hurricanes, droughts and floods, 2011 has been Mother Nature's most continuously… Continue reading
Dec 09 Weather’s Dozen: 2011 Breaks U.S. Billion-Dollar Disaster Record An evacuation sign asks residents to leave Eagar, Ariz. as the Wallow Fire swept through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images. Between fires, twisters, hurricanes, droughts and floods, 2011 has been Mother Nature's most continuously… Continue reading
Dec 09 Weather’s Dozen: 2011 Breaks U.S. Billion-Dollar Disaster Record By Elizabeth Shell Between fires, twisters, hurricanes, droughts and floods, 2011 has been Mother Nature's most continuously whopping year for the United States. Data released by NOAA now counts a record of 12 disasters passing the $1 billion mark in 2011 -- smashing… Continue reading
Dec 09 Britain Refuses to Join Euro Pact British Prime Minister David Cameron. File photo by Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images. In one of their most famous clashes during World War II, Winston Churchill told Charles de Gaulle, "Each time [Britain] must choose between Europe and the open sea,… Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch On Dec. 14, Join Secretary Clinton, Jim Lehrer for Live Talk About Jobs, Trade For more information on this go to: http://to.pbs.org/tZsvqU… Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch Occupy Movements in San Diego, Oklahoma City, Boise Dig in The Occupy Movement stayed in the headlines this week as police broke up the San Francisco camp, but groups are digging in and holding up in many other places around the country. KPBS San Diego, OETA Oklahoma and Idaho Public… Continue watching
Dec 08 What Happens To China if the U.S. Defaults on Its Debt? A security guard patrols outside the headquarters of the Bank of China in the Xidan shopping area of Beijing. Photo by Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic… Continue reading
Dec 08 What Happens To China if the U.S. Defaults on Its Debt? A security guard patrols outside the headquarters of the Bank of China in the Xidan shopping area of Beijing. Photo by Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and… Continue reading
Dec 07 Fed Disputes Bloomberg Claims on Lending to Big Banks File photo of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke by Peter Larson/Medill News Service. In an unusual public response to recent news reports, the Federal Reserve posted a memo on its website Tuesday, refuting claims by some news… Continue reading
Dec 07 President Obama’s 2012 Pitch: ‘Everyone Gets a Fair Shot’ By Terence Burlij President Obama speaks about economic struggles of the middle class Tuesday in Osawatomie, Kan. Photo by Julie Denesha/Getty Images. On Tuesday, President Obama called the debate about restoring fairness the "defining issue of our time." And, if the president has… Continue reading