Mar 16 Fourth American Missionary Dies After Car Ambush in Iraq A fourth American missionary died of his wounds Tuesday from an ambush in northern Iraq that killed three others who worked for a Southern Baptist missionary organization, one of the latest in a string of attacks on foreign civilians. Continue reading
Mar 11 House Approves Tougher Broadcast Indecency Measures By Admin By a 391-22 vote, the House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation significantly raising fines for the airing of television and radio broadcasts deemed indecent. Continue reading
Mar 10 Watch Back from Iraq Some 130,000 U.S. soldiers are returning from service in Iraq as part of the largest troop rotation since World War II. Betty Ann Bowser talks to some of those soldiers about the challenges they faced in the war-torn nation. Continue watching
Mar 05 Bush Campaign Ads Featuring 9/11 Come Under Fire By Admin President Bush's reelection campaign came under fire Friday, as some families of Sept. 11 victims and firefighters protested that the new TV commercials using images from the terror attacks were exploiting the tragedy for political gain. Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch General John Abizaid The head of U.S. Central Command General John Abizaid speaks with Jim Lehrer about the American military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan and about efforts to hunt and capture key terror network figures, including Osama bin Laden. Continue watching
Mar 03 U.S. Intelligence Links Jordanian Militant to Iraq Attacks By Admin Top U.S. military commander Army Gen. John Abizaid said Wednesday the United States has intelligence linking fugitive Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab Zarqawi to Tuesday's deadly attacks on Shiite Muslim shrines in Iraq. Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch Walt Disney Shareholders Meet Walt Disney Company shareholders cast the future of its longtime chief executive, Michael Eisner, into some doubt on Wednesday when more than 40 percent voted against his re-election to the company's board. After a background report, Terence Smith discusses Disney's… Continue watching
Mar 02 Attacks Kill Worshippers At Shiite Religious Ceremonies A series of coordinated suicide attacks and mortars killed at least 145 people and wounded hundreds of others at major Shiite Muslim shrines in the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Karbala Tuesday. Continue reading
Mar 02 Watch Growing Grassroots While the national media have concentrated on the Democratic presidential candidates, the Bush campaign has been quietly working on building a sophisticated database of supporters to assist the campaign in finely targeting issue-based appeals. Continue watching
Mar 01 Watch In Memoriam: Daniel Boorstin Historian, author and frequent NewsHour guest Daniel Boorstin died last weekend in Washington, D.C. The NewsHour remembers Boorstin with a look at the interview he gave Jim Lehrer in 1987, when he retired as librarian of Congress. Continue watching