Apr 15 World’s Oldest Man Dies at the Age of 114 By Lauren Knapp Walter Breuning, who for nearly two years was hailed as the world's oldest man, died of natural causes in his home in Great Falls, Mont. on Thursday. He was 114. In 2009, Montana PBS correspondent William Marcus interviewed the… Continue reading
Apr 14 Watch Pakistani Legislator Stands Up to Extremists Over Blasphemy Law In Pakistan, calls to reform a blasphemy law have resulted in the assassination of two key moderate politicians. Margaret Warner talks to Pakistani Parliament member Sherry Rehman, who has challenged the law and become the focus of several protests and… Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch ‘Brain Rattler’ Schedule Among Big Problems for Air-Traffic Controllers The Federal Aviation Administration's top air-traffic control official resigned Thursday following another report of a controller sleeping on the job, forcing a medical flight to land without tower guidance in Reno. Judy Woodruff discusses the safety concerns with Alan Levin,… Continue watching
Apr 13 Watch AETN Refelects on Civil War Through Documentary Watch a preview of AETN's Civil War documentary. Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch Civil War’s Causes: Historians Largely United on Slavery, But Public Divided The 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War at South Carolina's Fort Sumter. Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch Washington, Islamabad Clash Over U.S. Covert Activity in Pakistan Longtime anti-terrorism ally Pakistan demanded the U.S. limit covert activities inside the country. The escalating war of words comes after U.S. drone strikes killed 40 civilians and a CIA contractor who killed two Pakistanis was released. Gwen Ifill discusses the… Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch Civil War Enthusiasts Reenact the Opening Shots of the War Civil War enthusiasts repeated the opening shots of the war at Fort Sumter. Continue watching
Apr 12 Social Media Curation Tool Storyful Helps Separate News From Noise EmbedVideo(325, 482, 304); An average of 155 million tweets are posted on the social networking site Twitter each day, the social media giant tweeted last week. In just one minute, an average of 35 hours of… Continue reading
Apr 12 Quiz: NASA Announces New Homes for Space Shuttle Fleet By Larisa Epatko NASA marked the 30th anniversary of the first space shuttle launch and the 50th anniversary of the first human in space -- Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in 1961 -- by naming the final destinations of its retiring space shuttle fleet. Continue reading
Apr 11 Watch Social Media Curation Tool Separates News From Noise Startup Storyful explores how to separate the news from the noise in social media. Continue watching