Dec 24 On Friday's NewsHour: Retail Sales; Korean Tensions; Shields and Gerson RETAIL ECONOMY | Retailers had high hopes for business on this Christmas Eve. Jeffrey Brown talks to Dana Telsey, a retail-industry watcher. RICHARDSON ON NORTH KOREA | New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is a former U.N. ambassador with extensive experience… Continue reading
Dec 24 A Christmas Reading List Workers in Santa Claus and reindeer costumes clean windows outside a building at the Odaiba shopping mall on Tokyo’s waterfront on December 23, 2010. The costumes were worn as part of a Christmas promotional event to attract shoppers. Continue reading
Dec 24 Watch Violence Against Iraqi Christians Escalates Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News reports on the rise of anti-Christian violence in Iraq. Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch Koreans Remain on Edge Over Military Tensions Margaret Warner has an update on tensions on the Korean peninsula after several incidents between North and South Korea in recent days. Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch News Wrap: Christmas Celebrations Around the World Christmas celebrations started around the world today. Continue watching
Dec 23 Hallelujah! A Global Mash-up of Handel's 'Messiah' The journalists who bring you The Rundown blog were debating last week what gift we could give you, our loyal readers, for the holidays. One thing sprang to mind that is almost universally enjoyed this time of year:… Continue reading
Dec 23 Watch Frustration, Resignation Apparent in Seoul Over Tensions With North Korea New tensions are rattling the Korean peninsula over South Korean military drills. Justin McCurry of GlobalPost samples public opinion in Seoul for some insight. Continue watching
Dec 23 Geeking Out on Words Just Got Easier ({ "base_state": {}, "video_url": "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBAvG6PZp5Y", video_config: { width: 480, height: 303} }) With the release of Google Books Ngram Viewer, diving through the rise and fall of a word's usage across 5.2 million books spanning several… Continue reading
Dec 22 With 'Don't Ask' Repeal, Military Again Poised to Be a Change Agent Almost half of my youth was spent in the South, where the civil rights movement played out in ways both peaceful and violent. My father was stationed in the Army in Taiwan, so when our family moved to Georgia I… Continue reading
Dec 22 UConn Women Win Place in College Basketball History The University of Connecticut women's team broke the record Tuesday for the longest NCAA Division I basketball winning streak, surpassing the John Wooden led-UCLA men's teams of 1971-74 . In front of a sold-out home crowd, the Huskies… Continue reading