May 09 New York Times Panel Issues Recommendations to Boost Credibility By PBS News Hour An internal committee at The New York Times has recommended a number of steps to improve readers' trust in the newspaper. Continue reading
May 09 U.S. Forces Launch Major Operation Against Foreign Insurgents By PBS News Hour In one of its largest ground operations since the taking of Fallujah six months ago, U.S. Marines and other American forces launched a major operation targeting insurgents operating in Western Iraq, near the Syrian border. Continue reading
May 09 Watch NewsHour Remembers White House Counsel Cutler and Lawyer John Pickering Stuart Taylor, columnist for the Legal Times and senior writer for National Journal magazine, joins Jim Lehrer to remember former White House counsel Lloyd Cutler and lawyer John Pickering. Continue watching
May 06 Watch U.S. Army Plans to Demote General in Connection to Prisoner Abuse Investigation The U.S. Army announced Friday it will demote Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Janis L. Karpinski in connection to detainee abuse investigations. Continue watching
May 06 Watch S&P Lowers Credit Rating for U.S. Automakers General Motors and Ford Standard and Poor's downgraded debt ratings for American automakers General Motors and Ford. The lowered credit rating, now at "junk bond" status, is expected to increase borrowing expenses. Continue watching
May 05 Insurgents Strike Iraqi Security Forces By PBS News Hour Insurgents continued a bloody series of assaults Thursday, targeting Iraq's security forces and recruits in four separate attacks in Baghdad that killed at least 21 people and wounded another 26. Continue reading
May 04 U.S. Broadcast Industry By PBS News Hour On Christmas Eve 1906, Canadian inventor Reginald Fessenden conducted the first radio broadcast in history, sending a recording of Handel's Largo, Christian hymns and a "Merry Christmas" to United Fruit Co. boats in the Atlantic Ocean. Continue reading
May 04 The Future and Past of Broadcast Radio By PBS News Hour Spanish talk shows, eclectic music mixes, and entertaining ads were not the common fare on American broadcast radio just a few years ago. Continue reading
May 04 Suicide Bomber Kills Dozens in Northern Iraq By PBS News Hour A suicide bomber posing as a job applicant at a police recruiting center in the city of Irbil blew himself up Wednesday, killing at least 50 people and wounding some 100 others. An Iraqi militant group claimed responsibility for the… Continue reading
May 04 Watch Military Judge Declares a Mistrial in Iraq Prison Abuse Scandal Case A military judge on Wednesday declared a mistrial in the case of Lynndie England, a key figure in the Iraq prisoner abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib. Continue watching