Dec 12 Watch As Syrian Rebels Receive Endorsement, Will They Also Get Military Assistance? As Syrian Rebels Receive Endorsement, Will They Also Get Military Assistance?… Continue watching
Dec 12 Judy’s Notebook: Engaging Women and Young Voters Was Key for Obama Camp Elections are endlessly fascinating because of the questions they pose about why voters vote the way they do. In one of this season's numerous post-election analyses, President Obama's campaign pollster Joel Benenson makes it sound as if -- for… Continue reading
Dec 12 In Tanzania, Powering Cell Phones and Shelling Corn with a Bicycle By David Pelcyger EmbedVideo(5187, 482, 304); Jodie Wu's path to helping people in Tanzania started when she was nine years old. At that young age, the Conyers, Ga., native started working as a cashier and hostess in her parents' Chinese restaurant. Continue reading
Dec 12 In Cosmic Game of Billiards, What Are the Chances of an Asteroid Collision? This image obtained by the framing camera on NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the south pole of the giant asteroid Vesta. Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA. There's been buzz in the news this week about two asteroids nearly sideswiping us. Boston Globe… Continue reading
Dec 12 In ‘Pullman Porter Blues,’ a Family’s Train Trip Through Time By Tom LeGro Art Beat talks to playwright Cheryl L. West and actor Cleavant Derricks after opening night at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., where her play "Pullman Porter Blues" is enjoying strong reviews. Continue reading
Dec 12 Fighting Cholera, a Dose at a Time By Cat Wise As the death toll from cholera continues to mount in Haiti nearly three years after the tragic earthquake, results from a successful vaccine pilot project earlier this year are providing some hope for Haitians and international health officials. The story… Continue reading
Dec 12 What’s Wrong with a Municipal Bond Fund? By Paul Solman Photo by Peter Dazeley via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Wednesday's query: Peter Stratton: I'm interested in current income only. Why… Continue reading
Dec 12 Ravi Shankar Dies at Age 92 By Tom LeGro Ravi Shankar, the Indian musical icon who made the sitar famous, played with the Beatles and helped introduce "world music" to the masses, died Tuesday at age 92 in a San Diego hospital. Continue reading
Dec 12 In India, A Secret Weapon Against Cancer: Vinegar This story is part of a series, Cancer's New Battleground: the Developing World. Above: Indian women participate in a women's march in Mumbai on Monday. Photo by Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images. Cervical cancer used to kill more women… Continue reading
Dec 12 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro People attend the 34th Transmusicales festival in Rennes, France, last week. Continue reading