Apr 05 Watch NCAA Women’s Tourney Slow to Gain Audience The Maryland Terrapins won the 2006 NCAA woman's basketball tournament in a dramatic comeback against the Duke Blue Devils but twenty-five years after the first women's tournament, women's basketball still trails men's in attendance, revenue and television coverage. Continue watching
Apr 05 Watch Couric To Anchor CBS Evening News Katie Couric, co-host of NBC's "Today" show, is leaving to become the anchor of CBS's "Evening News", making her the first woman to be sole anchor of a network nightly news broadcast. Continue watching
Apr 03 Watch Steroid Scandal Casts Shadow Over Baseball Season As Major League Baseball begins another season, more and more players have reportedly been using steroids. An analysis of the steroid problem in baseball and how it will effect the year. Continue watching
Mar 31 Watch Final Four Casts Spotlight on George Mason George Mason University was thrown into national prominence by making it to the NCAA men's basketball Final Four, but some argue that universities are chasing illusory athletic glory and, in the process, betraying their principle educational mission. Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch American Reporter Jim Carroll Released in Iraq American reporter Jill Carroll spoke today in Baghdad after she was released from nearly three months in captivity. Following a background report, two colleagues discuss Carroll's release. Continue watching
Mar 29 Security Council Calls for Iran to Stop Uranium Enrichment By PBS News Hour The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a statement Wednesday demanding that Iran suspend its uranium enrichment program, marking the first direct request from the Security Council concerning Iran's nuclear program. Continue reading
Mar 29 Christian Convert Flees Afghanistan, Arrives in Italy By PBS News Hour Abdul Rahman, the Afghan man who had faced the death penalty for converting to Christianity from Islam, arrived in Italy Wednesday after the cancellation of his trial, which had gained worldwide notice. Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch Buchwald on Choosing How to Live and Die Eighty-year-old humorist and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Art Buchwald is suffering from kidney failure. He recently made public his decision to forego dialysis that could possibly prolong his life, at what he considers too burdensome a cost. In the following interview,… Continue watching
Mar 23 Car Bombs in Iraq Kill At Least 56 By PBS News Hour At least 56 Iraqis died Thursday in attacks, including a suicide car bombing outside a police crimes unit headquarters in Baghdad in which 25 people, including at least 10 policemen, died. Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch Converted Christian Sentenced to Death in Afghanistan A 41-year-old Afghan, Abdul Rahman, was born a Muslim but was sentenced to death for converting to Christianity. Jeffrey Brown discusses the religious trial with Washington Post editor Pamela Constable. Continue watching