Dec 22 Watch Photographers Lend a Hand With Portraits of Military Families For troops in the field, few things are more important than reminders of their families -- particularly photos. Tom Bearden reports on how some photographers are lending a helping hand. Continue watching
Dec 21 On Monday's NewsHour... Tonight's program looks at changes in store for the American health care system, protests in Iran, school reform in Washington, D.C., and a behind-the-scenes look at the Copenhagen climate agreement. HEALTH CARE - With the stage now set for a… Continue reading
Dec 21 U.S. Threatens Airlines With Fines for Long Tarmac Waits Updated: Dec. 22, 2009, 12:35pm ET Score one for airline passengers: The Obama administration said Monday it will begin penalizing air carriers for leaving passengers stuck on a tarmac for more than three hours. Under the new guidelines,… Continue reading
Dec 21 Mauna Loa Birthplace of Global CO2 Monitoring By Larisa Epatko As nations move forward with managing carbon dioxide emissions, how will they track their progress? The answer comes in part from a global network of CO2 sampling sites that was born decades ago at Mauna Loa in Hawaii. Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch News Wrap: East Coast Digs Out From Wintry Deluge In other news, states in the Mid-Atlantic spend the first official day of winter digging out from a record weekend blizzard, and the Obama administration announced new rules for tarmac delays. Continue watching
Dec 18 On Friday's NewsHour... The agreement reached at the Copenhagen Climate Summit is our lead story tonight, followed by an interview with Barry Scheck of the "Innocence Project" about the release of a wrongly-convicted man after 35 years, a Paul Solman conversation about the… Continue reading
Dec 17 On Thursday's NewsHour... Diplomatic machinations at the Climate Summit are our lead tonight, then it's on to health care, an interview with presidential adviser David Axelrod, "black carbon" in India, the recession's toll on Arizona schools and the drug war in Mexico. CLIMATE… Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch Mexican Drug Lord Killed in Bloody Shootout The Mexican government claimed a major victory in the war against drug cartels: kingpin Arturo Beltran Leyva was killed Thursday in a shoot out with a Mexican navy unit. Global Post correspondent Ioan Grillo reports. Continue watching
Dec 16 Taliban 'Protection Money': Supply Line Strategy or Stability Underminer? By Dan Sagalyn When President Obama announced he was sending more troops to Afghanistan, he said he wanted them there as quickly as possible. The challenges to moving troops and supplies into a rugged country in such a tight timeframe soon became apparent. Continue reading
Dec 16 Wealthier Counties Drove Off With More 'Clunkers' Cash By Hari Sreenivasan The government's $3 billion "cash for clunkers" program encouraged consumers this summer to trade in their gas-guzzling vehicles for more fuel-efficient ones. A county-by-county breakdown of the government's "clunkers" spending reveals that residents of wealthier counties took more advantage… Continue reading