• Olympic highlights from Day 5: Japan's 'Superman' is a legend, even if he won't admit it

    Olympic highlights from Day 5: Japan's 'Superman' is a legend, even if he won't admit it

    Aug 11, 2016 03:50 PM EST

    ... first since 2004. Uchimura is widely considered to be one of the greatest gymnasts of all time, an honor he has repeatedly rejected. When BBC interviewed him in 2013, Uchimura namedropped Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt as an inspiration. "[Bolt] comes across all cool and says, 'I am going to be ...

  • Racism, riots and economics: If history is the guide, why Baltimore won’t recover soon

    Racism, riots and economics: If history is the guide, why Baltimore won’t recover soon

    May 15, 2015 09:10 PM EST

    ... Solman: You studied the effects of the '60s riots on inner cities. What did you find? Robert Margo: Well, with my colleague at the time, Bill Collins of Vanderbilt, we looked at the effects of the 1960s riots on income and employment, focusing on African Americans, comparing outcomes in 1960 ...

  • NFL releases statement on underinflated footballs investigation

    NFL releases statement on underinflated footballs investigation

    Jan 23, 2015 09:26 PM EST

    ... football team "pledged their full cooperation and have made their personnel and other information available to us upon request." The statement says that almost 40 interviews, including those of Patriots staff, have been conducted in the past several days. Yesterday, both Patriots head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady ...

  • Half of Republicans back limits on carbon emissions, poll finds

    Half of Republicans back limits on carbon emissions, poll finds

    Dec 12, 2014 03:55 PM EST

    ... Mike McKenna, a GOP pollster and consultant. In recent weeks and months, the White House has announced a deal with China to curb the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming and pledged $3 billion to a fund that helps poor countries prepare for climate change, further irking Republicans after a ...

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    Combating Hardship in Rural Thailand

    May 17, 2012 10:39 PM EST

    ... in 1998. MECHAI VIRAVAIDYA: We said, look, one must not be embarrassed by the condom. It's just from a rubber tree, like a tennis ball. If you're embarrassed by a condom, you must be more embarrassed by the tennis ball. There's more rubber in it. FRED DE ...

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    Perry Pokes Fun at Flub on 'Late Show'

    Nov 11, 2011 01:54 PM EST

    Texas Gov. Rick Perry spent Thursday working feverishly to turn the corner on his much maligned brain freeze in Wednesday night's debate. He did no fewer than seven nationally televised interviews, additional radio interviews and ended the day at the Ed Sullivan theater doing David Letterman's Top Ten ...

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    'Baseball Gods' Wind Down Regular Season With Dramatic Twists

    Sep 29, 2011 10:50 PM EST

    Major League Baseball ended its regular season Wednesday with a dramatic series of games that left the Boston Red Sox and the Atlanta Braves out of the playoffs. Jeffrey Brown speaks with sportswriter John Feinstein about the season thus far, "Wild Card Wednesday" plus what to expect in the playoffs.

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    Authors Analyze, Criticize Foreign Aid Agencies in New Books

    Sep 21, 2006 10:30 PM EST

    The NewsHour's Economics Correspondent Paul Solman reports on the effectiveness of foreign aid in reducing proverty.

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    FCC Chairman Powell

    Aug 09, 2001 04:00 AM EST

    Media correspondent Terence Smith discusses the future of telecommunications with FCC Chairman Michael Powell.

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    Judge Orders Microsoft Breakup

    Jun 07, 2000 10:30 PM EST

    The Microsoft anti-trust case appears headed for the Supreme Court, just moments after U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson today ordered the software giant to split into two companies.