Feb 11 Timeline: A Modern History of Iran By PBS News Hour Key Events in Iran Since 1921… Continue reading
Feb 11 Watch Tensions Arise Anew Around Iran's Nuclear, Political Goals As government backers and opposition protesters rallied in Iran Thursday to mark the 31st anniversary of the country's Islamic Revolution, tensions continued to rise between Tehran and Washington over Iran's nuclear ambitions. Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch Iran Marks Revolution Anniversary With Nuclear Announcement On the 31st anniversary of Iran's Islamic Revolution, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared his nation had the capacity to produce weapons-grade nuclear fuel. Margaret Warner reports. Continue watching
Feb 10 Blizzard Forces Gridlocked Congress into Complete Stop Washington, D.C., has a chance to break its record for the most snow in a season as the second crippling snowstorm in a week descended on the capital Tuesday into Wednesday. The blowing winds have forced the U.S. Congress,… Continue reading
Feb 10 Bernanke Outlines Plan to Unwind Fed's Crisis Policies Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke outlined plans Wednesday to dismantle some of the central bank's policies put in place during the height of the financial crisis. The Fed, in the future, could sell some of the assets on its balance sheet,… Continue reading
Feb 10 Wednesday's Headlines: Snowstorms Pound the East; Greek Workers Strike -- A plow removes snow in front of the News Corp building in Manhattan during a snowstorm Wednesday. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images.) The second powerful snowstorm to hit the mid-Atlantic and Northeast in less than a week has,… Continue reading
Feb 10 Watch Should the U.S. Be Talking to the Taliban? Even as the U.S. ramps up its military campaign in Afghanistan, American and Afghan officials are pursuing political solutions to reconcile with the Taliban and end eight years of violence. Though Taliban leaders say they aren't open to negotiation, Afghan… Continue watching
Feb 09 Excerpts: Michelle Obama on Why She Chose Childhood Obesity as Her Major Project By News Desk _pap_embed_custom('news01s3accqde2',482,304,""); _pap_embed_custom('news01s3acdqde2',482,304,""); First lady Michelle Obama launched a nationwide campaign Tuesday to fight childhood obesity, part of her effort to encourage healthier habits and exercise in America's young people. In an interview with Jim Lehrer at the White House,… Continue reading
Feb 09 Politico Reporter: Obama Seeking Visual Proof of Bipartisan Efforts By Hari Sreenivasan President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he would be open to starting over on health care reform and incorporating ideas from the Republican minority -- as long as the final bill fulfills his goals of extending coverage, ending insurance company… Continue reading
Feb 09 Getting Government Data Out to the Public: Data.gov Getting data out of government agencies can be difficult. It can involve FOIA requests and weeks -- sometimes months -- of waiting for a response, along with fees starting at $25. As it stands, there is a "presumption of needing… Continue reading