Jan 03 New South Korea Leader Offers to Mediate North Korea-U.S. Standoff Officials from incoming South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun's government said Roh would offer to help North Korea and the U.S. negotiate an end to their dispute over the North's efforts to restart its nuclear program. Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch Shields and Brooks on the Democratic Field With three candidates declared and another half dozen in the wings, the race for the Democratic nomination is already becoming a crowded affair. Mark Shields and David Brooks offer their takes on those bidding to take on the President Bush. Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch State Budget Crises With a slumping economy and a shrinking tax base, states are facing massive budget shortfalls and tough questions. Four governors discuss efforts to stave off a financial crisis in their state. Continue watching
Jan 01 Supreme Court History By Admin, PBS News Hour "It is relatively easy to describe in one or two sentences the role of the Supreme Court of the United States in our nation's system of government," Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote in his book, "The Supreme Court."… Continue reading
Jan 01 Brazil Inaugurates Leftist President "If at the end of my mandate all Brazilians have the possibility to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner, I will have fulfilled the mission of my life," Silva said. Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch A Look Back at 2002 As 2003 dawns, the NewsHour's panel of historians reflects on the year past, discussing scandals in the Catholic Church, Wall Street and the Senate as well as assessing President Bush's 2002. Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch Telemarketers: Hold That Call The federal and many state governments have begun to work to limit the 300 telemarketer calls that the average American receives each year. Margaret Warner discusses these efforts with Eileen Harrington of the Federal Trade Commission and Matt Mattingley of… Continue watching
Dec 31 U.N. Inspectors Leave North Korea, Pres. Bush Confident of Diplomatic Solution Expelled United Nations inspectors left North Korea Tuesday as the communist country accused the United States of planning an invasion and vowed to "fight to the last man" in its own defense. Continue reading
Dec 30 FBI Searches for Five Men Suspected of Illegally Entering U.S. The FBI has issued a call for assistance in locating and detaining five men who allegedly illegally entered the United States on Christmas Eve. Continue reading
Dec 30 Three U.S. Missionares Killed by Suspected Militant in Yemen A gunman shot and killed three American missionaries and seriously wounded a fourth at Jibla Baptist Hospital in Yemen Monday in an incident that Yemeni security officials are calling an "Islamic extremist" attack. Continue reading