Oct 20 6 Top Campaign Ads, Debunked Political ad-makers on both sides of the aisle are distorting the truth this campaign season. Nothing new there. But for voters looking for candidate information, political operatives are far from the only source available. There are several nonpartisan fact-checking groups… Continue reading
Oct 20 Reporter's Notebook: A Clinic's Strains in Mozambique MAPUTO, Mozambique | Heard much about Mozambique in the last 35 years? It's a country that doesn't get much attention in the United States. It's a big place, roughly the size of Pakistan, and sparsely populated by some 23… Continue reading
Oct 20 Brown, Whitman Compare Each Other to Unpopular Gov. Schwarzenegger Supporters of California gubernatorial candidates Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. After Tuesday, California gubernatorial candidates Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman shouldn't wait by the phone for an endorsement from the man they are… Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch Frontline's 'Death by Fire' Probes Legitimacy of Texas Man's Execution A new Frontline documentary revisits the evidence presented in the case of a deadly Texas house fire. Cameron Todd Willingham was charged with murdering his three daughters and executed in 2004, but some say that the state executed an innocent… Continue watching
Oct 19 Economy Divides Voters in Tight Nevada Senate Race LAS VEGAS | In the Silver State's closely watched Senate race between incumbent Harry Reid and Tea Party favorite Sharron Angle, supporters on both sides of the spectrum voice deep concern over the state's hard-hit economy. Continue reading
Oct 19 Tuesday: French Labor Strikes Create Havoc; Bank of America Records Big Loss Protesters in Lyon protect themselves from police tear gas during a demonstration against France's government pensions reform. Photo by Philippe Desmazes/AFP/Getty Images. Protesters clashed with police and set fires in cities across France on Tuesday as opposition to a… Continue reading
Oct 19 Angle Caught on Tape Again, Tells Latino Students They 'Look a Little More Asian' Republican Sharron Angle is running for the U.S. Senate seat in Nevada. Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images. For the second time in two days a controversial video has surfaced of Republican Senate nominee Sharron Angle addressing a… Continue reading
Oct 18 Watch Unemployment, Foreclosures Top Voter Concerns in Reid-Angle Showdown Political watchers are keeping an eye on the close Senate race in the Sliver State between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Tea Party candidate Sharron Angle. Judy Woodruff reports from Nevada on the neck-and-neck race. Continue watching
Oct 18 Watch As Election Nears, GOP Heavyweights Tout Message of Change With just 15 days until the midterm elections, candidates are pounding the campaign trail in hopes of getting voters to the polls on Nov. 2. Gwen Ifill talks to Stuart Rothenberg, editor and publisher of the Rothenberg Political Report, about… Continue watching
Oct 18 Students Explain Science to President They're too young to vote, but they're already designing cancer-fighting therapies, solar-powered cars and robots to combat distracted driving. One team of students cooked and sold tamales to raise enough money to build a better wheelchair for a classmate… Continue reading