Mar 30 Watch Colleges Need to Improve Academic Success of Athletes, Studies Show Recent studies of NCAA programs suggest that colleges need to do more to ensure their student-athletes graduate, rather than simply generate revenue and attention for their schools. The NewsHour takes a closer look at the issue. Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch President Bush Vows to Fix Conditions at Walter Reed Hospital During a visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Friday, President Bush said bureaucratic failures caused poor conditions for veterans there and that steps for improvement have been taken. The NewsHour looks at the quality of care veterans are… Continue watching
Mar 30 Somali Rebels Shoot Down Ethiopian Helicopter as Clashes Worsen By PBS News Hour In Somalia's most violent clashes in months, Islamic insurgents and clan militias battled Ethiopian and Somali government forces, hitting an Ethiopian helicopter with a rocket-propelled grenade on Friday. Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch Change in U.S. Policy Toward Cuba Could Be on Horizon Americans with family in Cuba have long struggled with restrictions that limit travel back home, among other issues. With Democrats in charge of Congress and Fidel Castro relinquishing power to his brother, a change in U.S. policy toward Cuba could… Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch Tuskegee Airmen Awarded Congressional Gold Medal The Tuskegee Airmen, America's first black military airmen, were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on Thursday, 60 years after their participation in World War II. Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch Britain Asks U.N. for Help in Releasing Sailors from Iran The U.N. on Thursday adopted a version of a British statement calling for the release of 15 sailors and marines who are being held in Iran, while Iran wants Britain to admit its sailors entered Iranian waters. Three analysts discuss… Continue watching
Mar 28 Video Shows British Sailors, Marines Seized by Iran By PBS News Hour Iranian state TV aired footage Wednesday of 15 British sailors and marines who were captured last week. It is still in dispute whether the boats' crews were seized in Iranian or Iraqi waters. Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch Police and Militants Gun Down Sunnis in Revenge Attacks Shiite militants and police killed as many as 60 people in revenge shootings against Sunni residents of Tall Afar, Iraq, on Wednesday. Two regional experts discuss the violence and the repercussions. Continue watching
Mar 26 Watch President Urges Automakers to Ramp Up Production of Ethanol-fueled Cars President Bush pressed major U.S. automakers Monday to increase production of vehicles capable of running on ethanol and other biofuel blends as part of his proposal to reduce gas use. Robert Dinneen of the Renewable Fuels Association and Energy Tribune's… Continue watching
Mar 26 Watch Prisoner Faces New Tribunal Process at Guantanamo Bay Australian prisoner David Hicks faced charges of providing material support for terrorism before a revamped military tribunal system at Guantanamo Bay on Monday. Miami Herald reporter Carol Rosenberg, who was in the courtroom, talks about the case, then analysts Neal… Continue watching