Nov 24 President Obama Pardons Turkeys Named Apple, Cider An annual Thanksgiving tradition, now in its 63rd year, continued Wednesday when President Obama pardoned "the National Thanksgiving Turkey" from the Thanksgiving table in a Rose Garden ceremony. Click here for some history on the event. Here's footage… Continue reading
Nov 23 Poll Shows Americans Divided Over Who Should Take the Lead in 2011 President Obama on the South Lawn of the White House. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. When it comes to who they want setting the agenda next year in the 112th Congress, Americans are just about evenly split… Continue reading
Nov 23 North, South Korea Exchange Fire; Taliban Negotiator Was an Impostor In this image provided by a local resident, smoke rises from South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island near the border with North Korea on Tuesday. South Korea said two of its marines were killed after North Korea unleashed a barrage… Continue reading
Nov 22 Under New Rules, Insurers Will Spend More on Patient Care Beginning next year, health insurers will have to follow a new set of rules that details how much money they must spend on patients' medical care, according to guidelines the Obama administration released Monday. The rules are part of… Continue reading
Nov 22 Dinner, Road Trip, Turkey Pardoning Planned for Obama, Biden This Week Last year, President Obama pardoned a turkey named Courage, above, who got a trip to Disneyland. This year's turkey will go to George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate in Virginia. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. This holiday week seems… Continue reading
Nov 20 NATO Dispatch: Cautionary Thoughts on the Summit President Obama at press conference in Portugal (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) LISBON, Portugal | White House aides are touting this NATO summit trip as a huge win for President Obama. And so is he. "We've just concluded an incredibly… Continue reading
Nov 19 Senate OKs $4.6 Billion Bill for American Indians, Black Farmers Late Friday afternoon in an almost empty U.S. Capitol, the Senate passed by a voice vote approximately $4.6 billion in payments for black farmers and American Indian tribes who claimed discrimination by the federal government. Included was a $1.25… Continue reading
Nov 19 Oakland Mayor-Elect Quan Vows to Take City Back, Block-by-Block DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s4591qfc4', 'W_ReresKWqc', '29'); In an interview with the NewsHour's Spencer Michels in Oakland's Diamond neighborhood, Oakland Mayor-elect Jean Quan outlines how she wants to revitalize the city. OAKLAND, Calif. | During the mayoral campaign in Oakland, cynics wondered… Continue reading
Nov 19 Watch Oakland Election System Allows Mayoral Runner-Up to Make a Surprise Win Jean Quan may have come in second place in the Oakland mayoral race, but she ended up taking out first-place finisher Don Perata thanks to an election system called ranked-choice voting. Spencer Michels has the story. Continue watching
Nov 19 Secession in ... Belgium? Imagine if the leaders of the Confederacy had appeared on South Carolina Public Television in late 1860 to lay out plans for seceding from the Union and attacking Fort Sumpter. A peaceful version of that scenario may be playing out… Continue reading