Nov 11 Veterans Day Around the Nation Soldiers from Ft. Lee, Virginia help mark Veterans Day ceremonies at the World War II Memorial November 11, 2011 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) President Obama praised the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and impending handover in Afghanistan… Continue reading
Nov 10 Watch 'Shock' Continues Over Penn State Scandal, Paterno's Scarred Legacy Thursday was the first day of the post-Joe Paterno era at Penn State, after a whirlwind of events that stemmed from sexual abuse charges against a former football coach. Jeffrey Brown discusses the continuing fallout. Continue watching
Nov 10 'Where Soldiers Come From' Tracks Close-Knit Unit "We didn't think we had changed. We thought we were back from war and we were good to go," says 24-year-old combat veteran Dominic Fredianelli. Fredianelli is one of a tight-knit group of childhood friends from Michigan's Upper Peninsula… Continue reading
Nov 10 Watch Young Veterans Come of Age During Wartime For more on this story, go to http://www.pbs.org/newshour/… Continue watching
Nov 10 Penn State Ousts Paterno, Spanier 11:30 a.m. ET | Tom Bradley, a 33-year veteran of the Nittany Lions staff who was named as interim head coach, said Thursday morning in a new conference that he takes the helm from Paterno with "very mixed emotions." He… Continue reading
Nov 09 Watch Air Force Admits 'Gross Mismanagement' of Soldiers' Remains Dover Air Force base in Delaware receives America's war dead in solemn ceremonies, but after a year-long investigation, the Air Force acknowledged "gross mismanagement" of some remains within the base's mortuary. Margret Warner discusses the revelations with The Washington Post's… Continue watching
Nov 09 Watch As Paterno Leaves, Questions Remain on Penn State's Legal Obligations Legendary Penn State coach Joe Paterno announced he will retire at the end of the season after days of scrutiny over his handling of allegations of sexual abuse by his former coach Jerry Sandusky, who was arrested Saturday. Ray Suarez… Continue watching
Nov 09 Paterno Says He Will Retire as Penn State Head Coach at End of Season Joe Paterno receives a plaque celebrating his 409th career win on Oct. 29, 2011 at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania. Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images. Legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, in the middle of his… Continue reading
Nov 08 Politics, Democracy, Anarchy - Does the World Owe Greece? A national flag of Greece flies outside the Greek stock exchange in Athens. Photo by Kostas Tsironis/Bloomberg via Getty Images. In Greece last summer for the NewsHour, we interviewed a plain-spoken, candid economist named Manos Matsaganis. As… Continue reading
Nov 08 Politics, Democracy, Anarchy - Does the World Owe Greece? A national flag of Greece flies outside the Greek stock exchange in Athens. Photo by Kostas Tsironis/Bloomberg via Getty Images. In Greece last summer for the NewsHour, we interviewed a plain-spoken, candid economist named Manos Matsaganis. As… Continue reading