Nov 11 Will the Real Author (Bill Wyman) Please Stand Up? By Molly Finnegan A (creative nonfiction) review of Keith Richard's new book, supposedly written by Mick Jagger, is mistaken for the real thing… Continue reading
Nov 11 Honor Flight Program Helps Vets Visit WWII Memorial On a beautiful fall day in Washington, D.C., children from a Virginia elementary school lined the path leading to the World War II Memorial waving flags and chanting "USA! USA!" They were there to welcome World War II veterans… Continue reading
Nov 11 Both Sides Unhappy with Debt Commission's Proposals National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform co-chairmen Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson. Photo by Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images. Voters sent a clear message in this month's midterm elections: They want their elected officials to do something… Continue reading
Nov 11 Iraqis Reach Tentative Deal on Power-sharing Government; U.S., South Korea Fail to Reach Trade Agreement After eight months of gridlock, Iraq's leaders reached an agreement that would keep Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in power but give Sunnis and Kurds leadership blocs in the government, including a prominent role for Ayad Allawi. The deal comes… Continue reading
Nov 10 Watch Should Journalists Be Allowed to Make Campaign Contributions? The brief suspension of MSNBC's Keith Olbermann reignited an ethical debate over whether journalists, commentators and news organizations should be allowed to make contributions to political candidates. Jeffrey Brown gets two perspectives on the matter. Continue watching
Nov 10 Afghan Poll Shows Persistent Worries Over Security, Corruption The headlines from an extensive poll of Afghans released yesterday were all-but-unanimous: "Afghans are more optimistic than last year." They were drawn from the results to the famous "right track-wrong track" question widely used here and abroad to… Continue reading
Nov 10 Stranded Cruise Ship Slowly Towed to Shore; Navy Airlifts Spam to Passengers Passengers aboard the Carnival Splendor are headed, slowly, in the direction of San Diego after a fire onboard Monday, facing another uncomfortable day without air conditioning or hot food aboard the 113,000-ton ship. The Coast Guard and… Continue reading
Nov 10 Obama Lauds Indonesia's Democracy, Lands in Seoul for G20 Summit Wrapping up his brief stop in the nation he once lived in as a boy, President Obama delivered a speech in which he held Indonesia up as a model for other nations. President Obama told the crowd… Continue reading
Nov 09 Watch News Wrap: U.S. Open to Delay Iraq Troop Drawdown, Gates Says In other news Tuesday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates suggested the U.S. would be open to delaying the troop withdrawal from Iraq past the 2011 deadline, but only if Iraqis take that initiative. Continue watching
Nov 09 On Tuesday's NewsHour ... Obama Back in Indonesia, Bush Memoir Released OBAMA BACK IN INDONESIA | As President Obama's tour through Asia continues, Margaret Warner reports on his abbreviated stop in Indonesia, where he spent four years of his childhood. Later in the show, we'll revisit some sites from… Continue reading