Jan 08 High-Definition DVD Wars Take Shape By PBS News Hour In a competition reminiscent of the Betamax/VHS battle 20 years ago, two new high-definition DVD formats are set for a high-stakes showdown in 2006. Continue reading
Jan 04 Attacks Across Iraq Kill At Least 53, Damage Oil Convoy By PBS News Hour A wave of attacks across Iraq Wednesday killed at least 53 people and wounded more than 40 others in the country's deadliest day of violence since elections on Dec. 15. Continue reading
Jan 03 Rescue Teams Struggle to Reach Trapped Miners in West Virginia By PBS News Hour Rescue workers continued Tuesday evening to dig into the mine shaft in Tallmansville, W.Va., where 13 coal miners have been trapped since Monday morning when an explosion blocked their path. Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch Enron Plea Deal Former Enron chief accounting officer Richard Causey pleaded guilty Wednesday to a security fraud charge. A reporter discusses the plea deal and how this development will affect the upcoming Enron trial. Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch Hired for a Day A report examines the tensions of hiring day laborers that may be illegal immigrants with a focus on Herndon, a city in Northern Virginia that just opened a city-funded day laborer site. Continue watching
Dec 21 Senate Republicans Win Budget Battle, Lose ANWR Bid By PBS News Hour The Bush administration and GOP allies in the Senate on Wednesday successfully passed a bill they said would trim federal deficits by $39.7 billion over five years. Continue reading
Dec 20 New York Transit System Grinds to a Halt By PBS News Hour New York City's transit union workers went on strike in the pre-dawn hours Tuesday, causing thousands of New Yorkers to find a different means of getting to work. Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch A World Without Borders As rapid advances in technology occur, some experts say globalization has created a new, border-free world that gives more power to individuals and also allows for illicit trafficking. Two authors discuss globalization, and the resulting new world economy. Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch Wal-Mart’s Public Image Campaign Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, rolled out a campaign to combat negative publicity and restore confidence in the chain's heavily criticized business practices. Continue watching
Dec 09 Impasse Over Agriculture Threatens WTO’s Hong Kong Meeting Trade representatives from 149 nations will converge in Hong Kong at the World Trade Organization's ministerial meeting in an attempt to revive the Doha Development Agenda to lower trade barriers in farm and manufacturing goods and services. Continue reading