Feb 15 Watch Marines Forge Ahead as Taliban Offensive Narrows For a third day, American and British forces continued their push on the Taliban stronghold of Marjah in southern Afghanistan. Ray Suarez speaks to Rod Nordland of The New York Times who has been covering the story from Kabul. Continue watching
Feb 12 Olympic Snowboarding Coach on Training Challenges, Technology By Tom Bearden He bears little resemblance to Sir Walter Scott's Rob Roy and the cocktail isn't named after him. This Rob Roy's day job is building affordable housing projects for senior citizens in Oregon. But that's not all. He's also spent the… Continue reading
Feb 12 On Friday's NewsHour... POLITICS AND POLLS: We lead the broadcast tonight with an assessment of the latest opinion polls showing rising public anger at Washington. The numbers come as the mid-term election campaigns get underway all over the country. Judy Woodruff reports… Continue reading
Feb 12 Georgian Luger Dies in Practice Run in Vancouver Just hours ahead of the opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, a Georgian luger has died after flying off the track and crashing into a steel pole during a practice run. Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21, was traveling… Continue reading
Feb 12 Conversation: Ursula Le Guin By Arts Desk Ursula Le Guin, best for her works of science fiction and fantasy, has been writing and publishing novels, children's books, poetry and drama for over four decades. In December, she withdrew her membership from the Author's Guild because she disagreed… Continue reading
Feb 12 Olympics Open with 'Going Green' Debate and Medal Predictions The 2010 Winter Olympics kick off Friday night in Vancouver, British Columbia, where representatives from around the world set aside differences for a battle of athletics. But it's not all fun and games: Seattle's KCTS uncovers another side of… Continue reading
Feb 12 Watch Snowboarder Overcomes the Odds to Return to Olympic Games Chris Klug is back in pursuit of Olympic gold in Vancouver after receiving a life-saving liver transplant and winning the battle for qualification that kept him out of the 2006 games. The 37-year-old snowboarder took home the bronze in the… Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch Winter Olympics' Opening Day Marred by Luger's Death The 21st Olympic Winter Games kick off Friday in Vancouver with the lighting of the Olympic cauldron and the parade of nations, but hours before the opening ceremonies, Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed during a training run. Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching
Feb 11 On Thursday's NewsHour... IRAN: We lead the program tonight with a day of dramatic developments in Iran. On a day that marks the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Republic's founding, thousands of Government supporters turned out in a show-of-strength for the country's ruling… Continue reading
Feb 10 On Wednesday's NewsHour... From the snowbound headquarters of the PBS NewsHour, a look ahead to tonight's broadcast: HISTORIC STORM: We'll have full coverage of the historic winter storm that is paralyzing the nation's capital, and causing chaos throughout the NorthEast and the… Continue reading