Jan 23 European Orbiter Confirms Ice in Mars Polar Cap Europe's Mars orbiter has found the most direct evidence yet of water in the form of ice in the south polar cap of Mars, the European Space Agency announced Friday. Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch Political Theater Essayist Roger Mudd looks at how the presidential State of the Union address has evolved from the modest written document that it was in the 19th century to the spectacle of political showmanship that it has become for presidents in… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch Democratic Campaign Analysis NewsHour analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks analyze the strategy of each Democratic campaign in the final days before the New Hampshire primary. Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch New Hampshire Debate Analysis NewsHour analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the performance of the candidates in Friday's New Hampshire debate. Continue watching
Jan 22 NASA Rover Stops Transmitting Data From Mars NASA's rover Spirit has failed to transmit data from Mars for more than 24 hours in what mission scientists thought at first was a weather-related interruption but now believe could be a serious hardware or software problem. Continue reading
Jan 22 Congress Approves Massive Spending Bill By PBS News Hour Congress approved a giant $373 billion federal spending bill Thursday for fiscal year 2004 that had been delayed for months by lawmakers concerned with issues ranging from overtime rules to food labeling. Continue reading
Jan 22 Candidates Deluge New Hampshire Voters With Campaign Ads Ahead of Primary Democratic presidential candidates have deluged New Hampshire's TV outlets to appeal to voters by distinguishing themselves from their rivals as independent, not beholden to Washington-based interest groups and capable of beating President Bush. Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch War Without End Russia has fought a long civil war against the separation of its republic of Chechnya, but allegations of human-rights abuses are leading Moscow to increasingly transfer control to local authorities. Special correspondent Simon Marks looks at the war and the… Continue watching
Jan 21 Democratic Contenders Weigh in on President Bush’s Speech By PBS News Hour The Democratic candidates for president, busy stumping for votes ahead of next week's New Hampshire primary, criticized President Bush's Tuesday State of the Union speech, attacking the president's record as well as his new proposals. Continue reading
Jan 21 Recording Industry Files 532 Music-Sharing Lawsuits The Recording Industry Association of America on Wednesday filed a new round of lawsuits against "John Doe" defendants for allegedly sharing hundreds of copyrighted songs over the Internet without permission. Continue reading