Jan 31 On Monday's NewsHour... EGYPT PROTESTS | Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News reports on the crowds of protesters gathered in Cairo despite an ongoing curfew and planned Tuesday demonstrations that organizers hope will bring more than a million people to the streets. Continue reading
Jan 31 'Revenge of the Electric Car' Director Paine Discusses Renewed Optimism for Vehicle By Paul Solman Filmmaker Chris Paine achieved notoriety with his 2006 documentary, "Who Killed the Electric Car?" Now he's back -- with a more sanguine sequel, "The Revenge of the Electric Car." Producing two stories about the electric car… Continue reading
Jan 31 New Government Guidelines on Salt Intake: Are They Achievable? Federal guidelines on what Americans should -- and should not -- be eating were released on Monday. Among them: reduce daily salt intake to less than 2,300 milligrams; less than 1,500 mg if you're 51 and older, according the… Continue reading
Jan 31 'Revenge of the Electric Car' Director Paine Discusses Renewed Optimism for Vehicle By Elizabeth Shell Filmmaker Chris Paine achieved notoriety with his 2006 documentary, "Who Killed the Electric Car?" Now he's back -- with a more sanguine sequel, "The Revenge of the Electric Car." Producing two stories about the electric car myself,… Continue reading
Jan 30 How Funny is the Chevy Volt? The Washington Post's Professional Skeptic Gives It a Going Over By Elizabeth Shell As a preview to our Tool$ Tuesday feature (spoiler alert: we'll be looking at your car's carbon emissions), here's a truly surprising "review" of the Chevy Volt, the electric darling of the Detroit Auto Show earlier this month and… Continue reading
Jan 28 Sources for Tracking Latest Egypt News As the political revolt in Egypt and elsewhere in the Arab world continues to gain momentum, we want to make sure you have the best resources for keeping up with the latest developments. The NewsHour staff compiled some of… Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch For New York Times, a Complex Relationship With WikiLeaks, Government Jeffrey Brown talks to Bill Keller, executive editor of The New York Times, about the decisions the newspaper faced in negotiating with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the U.S. government over publishing classified government information. Continue watching
Jan 27 Experimenting with the State of the Union and HTML5 By Hari Sreenivasan Part of the reason people join the PBS NewsHour for news events like the State of the Union is because we give you the primary source without too much clutter. There are no NFL-style dancing robots with whiz-bang sound effects. Continue reading
Jan 26 State of the Union Reactions From Public Media Stations Around U.S. Reactions continue to roll in regarding President Obama's latest State of the Union address (check out the NewsHour's complete coverage, if you haven't already), plus the pair of responses from the GOP. Here is a roundup of reaction… Continue reading
Jan 26 On Wednesday's NewsHour... STATE OF THE UNION REACTION | One day after his State of the Union speech that focused on job creation and innovation, President Obama toured an energy technology firm in Wisconsin. It was the first of several stops to promote… Continue reading