Sep 25 Watch Death of Kofi Awoonor in Nairobi Attack Is 'Great Loss' for Ghana and Poetry Death of Kofi Awooner in Nairobi Attack Is 'Great Loss' for Ghana and Poetry… Continue watching
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Sep 25 Where's Lincoln? Spotted at the Gettysburg Address Portrait by Anthony Berger/Wikimedia Commons. Professor Christopher Oakley says he has spotted President Abraham Lincoln in a 150-year-old photograph of the crowd at the Gettysburg Address, a discovery that could be one of the most significant in recreating… Continue reading
Sep 25 Kwame Dawes Reads 'The Weaver Bird' by Kofi Awoonor .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Wednesday on the PBS NewsHour,… Continue reading
Sep 25 World Cup preparations forge ahead in the middle of the Amazon Photo by Getty Images. Building a stadium in the Amazon rainforest is no easy achievement; and as the start of the 2014 FIFA World Cup gets closer each day, construction crews in Manaus, Brazil are really beginning to… Continue reading
Sep 25 Poet Kwame Dawes Remembers Kofi Awoonor With Reading of 'The Weaver Bird' Wednesday on the PBS NewsHour, poet Kwame Dawes remembers his uncle, Ghanaian poet Kofi Awoonor, who was killed in the terrorist attack at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya. Dawes read one of his uncle's most famous works, "The Weaver… Continue reading
Sep 25 California "eraser law" lets minors remove embarrassing online content Photo by Gabriele Lopez/Flickr. Wish you could take back posting that embarrassing photo on Facebook? The one where you're dressed up as a Sith Lord for the midnight premiere of "Star Wars Episode III"? (No comment… Continue reading
Sep 25 UPDATE: Team USA executes greatest comeback in America's Cup history Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images Updated 4:45 p.m. EDT | Oracle Team USA beats Emirates Team New Zealand to keep America's Cup. 2:45 p.m. EDT | Think Game 7 of the World Series. Only the stadium is the San… Continue reading
Sep 25 Dept. of Ed awards green ribbons to environmentally friendly schools Photo by Justin Scuiletti/PBS NewsHour. Director of the U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Andrea Suarez Falken (third from left) experiences the forest park at Yu Ying Charter School in Washington, D.C. Continue reading