Apr 30 A Downbeat Derby Weekend: Writer Trots Out Horse Racing's Money Woes By Jeffrey Brown This annual running of the Kentucky Derby -- this weekend marks the 136th running -- is meant to mark a joyous time of the year, with its frilly hats, mint juleps, betting slips, and of course, the horses. Continue reading
Apr 30 Senate Primary Heats Up in Arkansas By Spencer Michels _pap_embed_custom('news01s3f05qe7c',482,304,""); One of the things U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln told me that irks her the most about Washington is the fact that she can't get a direct, non-stop flight from the capital to Little Rock. She's the senator from… Continue reading
Apr 30 On Friday's NewsHour... GULF OIL SPILL CRISIS CONTINUES | Tom Bearden reports from Louisiana as high winds and waves push oil ashore and into sensitive wetland areas. Then, Jeffrey Brown talks to Admiral Thad Allen, head of the Coast Guard, and professor… Continue reading
Apr 30 A Return to Vietnam and Reflections on a Divisive War By Larisa Epatko This week marks 35 years since the end of the conflict in Vietnam. Throughout the week, we've talked to authors, a photographer who covered the war, and Vietnamese-Americans who recently returned to their country of birth. Continue reading
Apr 30 Conversation: Peter Berg, Creator and Executive Producer of 'Friday Night Lights' By Molly Finnegan NBC's television drama "Friday Night Lights," shows football as the raison d'etre for the small, fictional community of Dillon, Tx., but its residents also learn that life is about much more than touchdowns. Continue reading
Apr 30 Witness to the End, Photographer Reflects on Vietnam By Mike Fritz Thirty-five years ago, White House photographer David Hume Kennerly knew he was on the verge of capturing a historic moment. President Gerald Ford had convened an emergency meeting of the National Security Council in the Roosevelt Room and was poised… Continue reading
Apr 30 Jim Lehrer on the Road: A Dispatch From Kansas City All of those great lines from the musical "Oklahoma" leapt into -- and remained -- in my mind the whole time I was in Kansas City. Yes, everything is up to date... etc., etc. It's a… Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch Book Examines Vietnam War from Viet Cong's Point of View On the 35th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, Ray Suarez talks to retired Marine Corps Lt. Col. James Zumwalt about his new book on the Vietnam War, as seen through the eyes of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong veterans. Continue watching
Apr 29 On Thursday's NewsHour... STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED IN THE GULF | Crews in the Gulf of Mexico continued attempts to contain a massive oil slick, now growing five times faster than expected because of an additional leak. Jeffrey Brown talks to correspondent Tom… Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch Scandals Place Catholic Church Between Ancient Traditions, Modern Faith Crisis As part of a weeklong series of reports from the Vatican, Margaret Warner reports on the impact of the child sex abuse scandals on the faithful in Rome and on Pope Benedict XVI and his advisers. Continue watching