• Former House Speaker Jim Wright dies at age 92

    Former House Speaker Jim Wright dies at age 92

    May 06, 2015 04:09 PM EDT

    ... when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. "To describe the depth of sadness that engulfed us that day defies vocabulary," he once said, recalling how the friendly mood of the Dallas crowds turned to "sheer terror and horror." His friend Johnson became president that day. In his long ...

  • Two Listeria recalls raise questions about ice cream manufacturing

    Two Listeria recalls raise questions about ice cream manufacturing

    Apr 24, 2015 03:16 PM EDT

    ... working with its suppliers to determine if the listeria was introduced by one of the ingredients the company uses. The company said Thursday it is recalling all ice creams, frozen yogurts, sorbets and ice cream sandwiches and temporarily closing retail stores. "We will not reopen the kitchen until we can ...

  • Jeni's ice cream recalls all products for possible listeria contamination

    Jeni's ice cream recalls all products for possible listeria contamination

    Apr 23, 2015 09:43 PM EDT

    ... for Disease Control and Prevention said there are no known illnesses linked to Jeni's products. In an online statement, the company said it is recalling all ice creams, frozen yogurts, sorbets, and ice cream sandwiches and closing retail stores until its products are "ensured to be 100 percent safe ...

  • The Fed's dual mandate in song: it's 'harder than you'll ever know'

    The Fed's dual mandate in song: it's 'harder than you'll ever know'

    Oct 29, 2014 04:13 PM EDT

    ... last summer, when Merle put out the chart-topping "The Great Unwind." But we, and Merle, think this new music video is his best yet. Later on this page, we'll hear from economists like Paul Krugman, Justin Wolfers and Arthur Laffer for their reactions. And Wednesday on the NewsHour ...

  • Obama honors U.S. D-Day vets at Normandy

    Obama honors U.S. D-Day vets at Normandy

    Jun 06, 2014 12:43 PM EDT

    ... the site of the June 6, 1944, battle's most violent fighting at Omaha Beach. He described D-Day's violent scene in vivid terms, recalling that "by daybreak, blood soaked the water" and "thousands of rounds bit into flesh and sand." Veterans of that fierce battle traveled long distances ...

  • Shields and Gerson on Cold War echoes, campaign financing

    Shields and Gerson on Cold War echoes, campaign financing

    Mar 08, 2014 01:24 AM EDT

    ... a change in this country. The reality is this. There is minimal enthusiasm for another war in this country. I mean, we went through -- without recycling, we went through a war where we were told we were going to be greeted as liberators, that was false intelligence that the other ...

  • Why economists take out their own trash before the monthly jobs report

    Why economists take out their own trash before the monthly jobs report

    Mar 07, 2014 08:51 PM EDT

    ... the week of the 19th, generally, and ask people questions about the 12th of the month. And we report the data just a few weeks later. Julie Hatch Maxfield: For the establishment survey, the biggest change has been in data collection. It used to be a mail survey exclusively, and ...

  • Why would someone eat 50 hot dogs?

    Why would someone eat 50 hot dogs?

    Feb 27, 2014 10:48 PM EDT

    ... be eating oysters in a contest in Colorado...,” Lee said, in slightly broken English. She immigrated to the U.S. from China 25 years ago. Recalling the memory from a dimly lit corner of a Mexican restaurant just outside Washington D.C., the 46-year-old former chemistry professor-turned ...

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    How to save a dying heart

    Dec 03, 2013 04:50 PM EDT

    In a monthly column for PBS NewsHour, Dr. Howard Markel revisits moments that changed the course of modern health and medicine on their anniversaries, like the world's first human heart transplant on Dec. 3, 1967. In the photo above, Amy DeStefano of Portsmouth, N.H., recovers after a transplant in 2012. Photo by Wendy Maeda/The Boston...

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    Seven Tips for the Reluctant Senior Entrepreneur

    May 09, 2013 06:28 PM EDT

    Two "senior" entrepreneurs (women in their 50s) explain how to overcome the reluctance to start your own business when you're older. These days, entrepreneurship is simply self-reliance, they explain. // NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on late bloomers who decided to take the plunge into self-employment. Read the full transcript. A note from Paul...