Sep 12 This day in history, JFK gives 'Moon' speech .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%; } "We go to the Moon,… Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch How an Innovation by 9/11's First Victim Kept the Web Afloat Amid Catastrophe How an Innovation by 9/11's First Victim Kept the Web Afloat Amid Catastrophy… Continue watching
Sep 12 Watch What Happens to Traditional TV When Technology Creates New Ways to Watch? What Happens to Traditional TV When Technology Creates New Ways to Watch?… Continue watching
Sep 12 A word from the Poet Laureate "My own journey in becoming a poet began with memory -- with the need to record and hold on to what was being lost" Thursday on PBS NewsHour, Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey and the NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown launch "Where… Continue reading
Sep 12 Where Poetry Lives: Sharing Moments and Verse When Memory Fades By Molly Finnegan PBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown, right, and U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, center right, launch the series “Where Poetry Lives.” Their first stop: Brooklyn. Photo by Anne Davenport/NewsHour “A short walk in the park, a sax, a lot of poetry:… Continue reading
Sep 12 A new set of records to beat "Guinness World Records," the world's leading authority on record-breaking feats, released the 2014 edition of its popular book today. This latest installment features more than 3,000 new and updated achievements, including unusual accomplishments such as the fastest person… Continue reading
Sep 12 Maine man attempts first trans-Atlantic cluster-balloon flight Photo by Flickr user omnibus/Creative Commons Jonathan Trappe, 39, took off from Caribou, Maine early this morning on a planned 2500-mile non-traditional flight across the ocean to Europe, according to Britain's Daily Telegraph. He will be… Continue reading
Sep 12 #TWITTER tweets plans to go public We've confidentially submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a planned IPO. This Tweet does not constitute an offer of any securities for sale.— Twitter (@twitter) September 12, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 12 One ER doctor's view of drunken driving By News Desk "I've seen the worst tragedies." --Dr. Roy Purssell From inside the emergency room at Vancouver General Hospital, Dr. Roy Purssell has seen the damage caused by drunken driving firsthand. As heartbreaking as those tragedies were, Purssell was equally alarmed… Continue reading
Sep 12 After 32 years, White House peace vigil taken down... then put back up again Photo by Flickr user Elvert Barnes/Creative Commons For three decades a little white tent and two yellow signs calling for nuclear weapon ban have been one of the White House's closest neighbors. "Live by the bomb die… Continue reading