Dec 07 Elizabeth Edwards Dies of Cancer at 61 File photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former presidential candidate John Edwards, died this morning, according to Associated Press reports quoting a family friend. Doctors advised against further treatment of her cancer, which had spread to… Continue reading
Dec 06 WikiLeaks Confronts More Legal, Funding and Hacker Challenges In the week since WikiLeaks began releasing a trove of diplomatic cables, the site has been attacked by hackers and senators, been kicked off Amazon's cloud-hosting… Continue reading
Dec 06 Monday’s NewsHour: How Sweet the Sound Performances by Greater Mount Calvary's Men of Valor and Greater Zion Church Family's Voices of Destiny at Verizon's How Sweet the Sound. Continue reading
Dec 06 Reporter’s Notebook: Lost in Havana By Ray Suarez Sometimes being a reporter is as complicated as just paying attention to where you are. New impressions stand on the shoulders of everything you've learned before and create something fresh. Between the interviews and appointments and places we had to… Continue reading
Dec 06 Dozens Die in Pakistan Suicide Attack; Talks Start on Iran’s Nuclear Program Pakistanis help an injured tribal elder upon his arrival at a hospital in Peshawar on Dec. 6, 2010, following a suicide blast attacking pro-government elders and members of an anti-Taliban militia in a key district on the Afghan border. Continue reading
Dec 03 Watch Military Commanders Show Split Over Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal The commanders of the U.S. armed forces sat side by side at a hearing on Capitol Hill Friday but they were split over repealing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding openly gay service members. Jim Lehrer reports. Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch Obama Surprises Troops in Afghanistan; Weather Scrubs Karzai Visit President Obama talked up military progress against the Taliban Friday during a surprise visit with troops in Afghanistan. Amid strains in the relationship between their two governments, he phoned Afghan leader Hamid Karzai after weather canceled a face-to-face meeting. Judy… Continue watching
Dec 03 One-Week Wonders: We Pay Attention So You Don’t Have To By Gwen Ifill I have a new theory. Let me know what you think about it. Has it occurred to anyone lately that so many of the things we obsess about turn out to be stories that last for - give or take… Continue reading
Dec 03 WikiLeaks Stays Visible, But Is Net Closing In? The cat-and-mouse game between WikiLeaks and its detractors continues. The site found itself without a domain name after its registrar, EveryDNS shut down WikiLeaks.org Thursday night, saying attacks on the site were threatening other customers. More… Continue reading
Dec 03 President Obama Makes Surprise Visit to Troops in Afghanistan President Obama made a surprise visit to Afghanistan Friday, telling U.S. troops they are making progress and that they will succeed in their mission. "Today we can be proud there are fewer areas under Taliban control," the president… Continue reading