Feb 16 Hundreds of Stations Proceeding With Transition From Analog to Digital TV By PBS News Hour Despite the passing of a bill by Congress to delay the transition from analog to digital television until June, hundreds of stations across the United States have decided to stick with the original deadline of Feb. 17. Continue reading
Feb 16 Obama to Drop Plan for Auto Industry ‘Car Czar’ By Admin, PBS News Hour One day before General Motors and Chrysler are required to submit restructuring plans to Congress, it was widely reported that President Barack Obama has decided to scrap plans to appoint a "car czar" who would oversee the automakers' restructuring. Continue reading
Feb 13 Watch Other News: New York Plane Crash Kills 50, Markets Fall on Economic Doubts In Friday's other news, a commuter plane crash killed 50 near Buffalo, New York and the Dow Jones Industrial Average had its lowest finish since last November. Continue watching
Feb 13 Iraq Suicide Bombing Part of Effort to Stoke Sectarian Violence, Officials Say By PBS News Hour A suicide bomber detonated her explosives Friday among a crowd of mostly women and children on a Shiite religious pilgrimage in Iraq, killing at least 30 people and injuring scores more. Continue reading
Feb 13 Plane Plunges Into Home in New York, Killing 50 By PBS News Hour Federal investigators are sifting through the debris of a deadly plane crash near Buffalo, N.Y., in hopes of finding the "black boxes" and clues about the cause of the accident. Continue reading
Feb 12 More Satellite Collisions Could Occur, Experts Say By PBS News Hour As space officials continued to track the debris fields created by Tuesday's collision of two satellites, experts warned that more crashes will inevitably occur in the increasingly crowded orbits above Earth. Continue reading
Feb 11 Taliban Attack in Kabul Leaves at Least 19 Dead By PBS News Hour Taliban insurgents with assault rifles and suicide vests stormed two government buildings and killed at least 19 people Wednesday, Afghan officials said, in one of the most audacious attacks on the capital by the Islamist group since its 2001 ouster. Continue reading
Feb 10 Watch New Steroid Revelations Cast Fresh Scrutiny on Baseball Yankees star Alex Rodriguez recently admitted to using steroids early in his career and Miguel Tejada of the Houston Astros is now charged with lying to Congress about steroid use in professional baseball. Sports writers discuss the "steroids era" of… Continue watching
Feb 10 Rekindling the Electronic Book’s Future: Amazon Unveils Updated Reading Device By PBS News Hour Despite Amazon's unveiling of the latest version of its electronic reading device, the Kindle, to the delight of many bookworms Monday, it appears that bookshelves, libraries and backpacks have not been rendered obsolete -- at least not yet. Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch Munich Security Summit Focuses on Combating Afghan Insurgency A security conference held in Munich, Germany, over the weekend focused on NATO efforts to help Afghanistan quell a Taliban resurgence and allow redevelopment to proceed. Tom Bearden reports, followed by analysts examining the options for better securing Afghanistan. Continue watching