May 01 The Antarctic's Ice Paradox Scientists have been trying to create a clearer picture of how the Antarctic responds to climate change. Photo by Nerilie Abram. It's no secret that the ice sheet is melting in Greenland. Last year, the Arctic ice… Continue reading
May 01 The True Un-Hollywood Story of a Sisterhood's Hunt for Bin Laden The HBO documentary "Manhunt" details the grueling work by CIA agents in the search and capture of Osama bin Laden. Photo courtesy of HBO The second anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death brings a revealing new account of what… Continue reading
May 01 The Women Behind the 'Manhunt' for Osama Bin Laden By Larisa Epatko Cindy Storer and Nada Bakos were working for the CIA when the airplanes struck the World Trade Center and Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. But the hunt for terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden didn't start that day. Continue reading
Apr 30 Obama: US Still Not Sure Who Used Chemical Weapons in Syria EmbedVideo(6340, 482, 304); President Barack Obama fielded questions at a White House news briefing Tuesday. Members of the press asked him about Syria, health care, immigration, Guantanamo and Jason Collins. WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama strongly suggested Tuesday… Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch How a Bogus Tweet Can Wreak Financial Havoc When hackers sent out a bogus tweet from the Associated Press' Twitter account, the financial markets took a minutes-long nosedive. For more on how social media affects our world, NewsHour political editor Christina Bellantoni talks to Daily-Download.com's Lauren Ashburn and… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch At 20 Years, Holocaust Museum Ensures a Record Survives When Direct Memory Fades At 20 Years, Holocaust Museum Ensures a Record Survives When Direct Memory Fades… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch Jason Collins Is NBA's First Active Player to Say 'I'm Gay' Jason Collins, a 34-year-old veteran NBA player, has become the first male pro-athlete currently playing one of the four big sports to come out and say he's gay. Jeffrey Brown talks with LZ Granderson, sports writer and columnist for ESPN… Continue watching
Apr 29 After Coming Out, Jason Collins Gets Support from Across the NBA Sports Illustrated's May 6 cover features NBA center Jason Collins, who is openly gay. Jason Collins made headlines this morning as the first male athlete from a major U.S. professional league to announce that he is gay. The NBA… Continue reading
Apr 29 Runners Draw Strength from Each Other as They Honor Boston Bombings Victims The shock of the April 15 attacks at the Boston Marathon affected Americans nationwide, but runners couldn't sit still for long. By the next morning, runners in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Charleston and countless other cities all woke up with the… Continue reading
Apr 26 Shields and Brooks on Bush Legacy, NFL Draft By Hari Sreenivasan The musings of syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks return in this, another episode of the Doubleheader, where we tackle the sport of politics and the politics of sport. Our captains of civility… Continue reading