Aug 19 Gulf Relief Well Completion Delayed to Mid-September The government and BP have pushed back to mid-September the completion of a relief well that will permanently kill the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Thursday. The delay will give engineers… Continue reading
Aug 18 Radio Frequency Identification Tags: Identity Theft Danger or Modern Aid? By Spencer Michels In a recent NewsHour report on cybersecurity, we showed security expert Chris Paget, shown above, climbing on a 29th floor hotel balcony in Las Vegas to demonstrate how he could read radio frequency identification tags at… Continue reading
Aug 17 Oil Well Is Almost Dead, but Legal Wrangling Just Beginning for BP In the coming years, BP will face a complex stew of litigation, fines and penalties stemming from the Gulf oil spill. Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch Author Disconnects From Communication Devices to Reconnect With Life In this day and age, much communication is done by e-mail, text messages, Twitter and other forms of digital communication. William Powers, author of "Hamlet's Blackberry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age," explains how… Continue watching
Aug 16 What’s Behind This Summer’s Severe Weather Around the World? By Talea Miller It's been a summer of extreme weather: monsoon flooding is wreaking havoc in Pakistan and a persistent heat wave is fueling wildfires and creating health hazards in Russia. The United States has also not been immune, as sweltering… Continue reading
Aug 16 Monday on the NewsHour: William Powers By Tom LeGro Williams Powers' book, "Hamlet's Blackberry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age," looks to what Powers calls the "best place to find sanity": the past. Continue reading
Aug 16 Monday: Karzai Sets Exit Deadline for Contractors; Gulf Shrimp Season Opens Afghan President Hamid Karzai is setting a four-month deadline for private security companies to cease operations in the country, a government spokesman said Monday. The Associated Press reports that the Interior Ministry has 52 security firms licensed, but some… Continue reading
Aug 13 Allen: Well Not Yet Killed, BP Will Move Forward With Relief Well Updated 3:34 p.m. National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen said Friday that the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is not yet dead, and that BP will proceed with a relief well to permanently kill it. Continue reading
Aug 13 Study: Early Puberty in Girls on the Rise By Talea Miller A growing body of research indicates puberty is starting earlier among girls in the United States and Europe, raising new questions about the roles of obesity and exposure to chemicals in accelerating development. More girls in the United States are… Continue reading
Aug 13 Debate Over Reopening Gulf Fishing Grounds Falls Along Surprising Lines By Tom Bearden The state of Louisiana is about to reopen several state-controlled fishing grounds that were closed because of the Macondo oil well disaster. You'd think that fishermen would be thrilled with that idea. You'd be wrong. A couple of dozen… Continue reading