Aug 03 In Honduras, Whispers of Political Unrest Remain Amid Mayan Beauty SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras | Within an hour after landing here in Honduras's second largest city, I had my picture snapped three times -- at immigration, a record of my arrival, then before boarding the airport bus to the downtown… Continue reading
Aug 03 Tuesday: BP to Attempt 'Static Kill'; Floods Spreading in Pakistan Crews hoped to begin pumping mud and cement into the blown-out oil well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday in what BP officials said could be the permanent fix to the spill. Engineers planned to… Continue reading
Aug 02 Why Can't the Government Resurrect 'Workfare' Programs Like the WPA? Question: Some of FDR’s Great Depression financial recovery and unemployment strategies included the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration, both of which left important legacies evident still today. There is great dignity… Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch News Wrap: Six Children Killed in Afghan Car Bombing In other news Monday, a car bomb went of in a market area and killed six children in Afghanistan. Also, the Netherlands became the first NATO country to pull troops out of the Afghan war. Continue watching
Aug 02 Going Aboard the Drillship Discoverer Enterprise in the Gulf By Tom Bearden For months, the eyes of the world were focused on the images coming from the drillship Discoverer Enterprise. Cameras aboard the ship's ROVs, or remotely operated vehicles, provided part of the video stream from the blown out well,… Continue reading
Aug 02 Monday: BP Set for 'Static Kill' on Well Updated 11:30 a.m. EST BP's President Kent Wells said Monday that crews will likely start the so-called "static kill" attempt Tuesday if tests Monday determine the well can withstand the mud, the AP reports. Posted 9:15 a.m. EST BP… Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch New England Fisheries Build New Business Model Commercial fishing, one of northern New England's iconic industries, is threatened. There are fewer boats on the water, more regulations and declining markets. How are the men and women who catch fish reacting to the challenges? New Hampshire Public TV… Continue watching
Jul 30 Brooks and Marcus Talk Bush Tax Cuts and WikiLeaks By Quinn Bowman New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus -- who's sitting in for Mark Shields this week -- stopped by The Rundown Friday to discuss the debate over the expiring Bush tax cuts… Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch Will U.S. Auto Industry Manage to Survive Recession? On a day that President Obama touted his administration's efforts to save the U.S. auto industry, Judy Woodruff assesses the state of the industry with Micheline Maynard, senior editor of Changing Gears, a new public media project focusing on the… Continue watching
Jul 30 President Obama Takes Chevy Volt Electric Car for a Test Drive By Terence Burlij _pap_embed_custom('news01s41f3qf06',482,304,""); It might go down as the shortest joyride in history. President Obama got behind the wheel of a black Chevrolet Volt, GM's new electric car, and drove it a distance of about 10 feet, topping out at… Continue reading