Oct 11 Fight of the Night: Happy Warrior vs. Likable Wonk By Christina Bellantoni Join us [online Thursday afternoon](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/) for a robust livestream and live blog, for the 6 p.m. NewsHour and on air at 9 p.m. for the PBS debate special with co-anchors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff and analysis from Mark Shields… Continue reading
Oct 11 Chinese Writer Mo Yan Wins Nobel Prize in Literature The Swedish Academy announced Thursday morning that it had awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2012 to Chinese writer Mo Yan. In its announcement the academy described Mo as a writer "who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history… Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch Report by U.S. Anti-Doping Agency Depicts Lance Armstrong as Ring Leader Report by U.S. Doping Agency Depicts Lance Armstrong as Ring Leader… Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch Pakistanis Protest in Support of Yousafzai, Defiance of Taliban Attack Pakastanis Protest in Support of Yousafzai, Defiance of Taliban Attack… Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch Supreme Court Hears Affirmative Action Challenges by Public College Applicants Supreme Court Hears Affirmative Action Challenges by Public College Applicants… Continue watching
Oct 10 Battleground Dispatches: Reporting from the Election’s Front Lines By Mike Melia Voting booths set up for early voting at the Black Hawk County Courthouse on September 27, 2012 in Waterloo, Iowa. In Iowa, 36 percent of voters cast an early ballot in 2008. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images. The presidential race… Continue reading
Oct 10 U.S. Scientists Win Nobel for Cell Receptor Research Pictures of US scientists Robert Lefkowitz (L) and Brian Kobilka who won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry are projected on a screen as the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces the laureates on October 10, 2012 in Stockholm. Continue reading
Oct 10 The Daily Frame People take in a preview of "Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective" at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The exhibition of the U.S. pop artist's work runs Sunday through Jan. 13, 2013. Continue reading
Oct 10 Fresh Batch of Polls Show Race Tightening in Battleground States By Christina Bellantoni President Obama speaks at a campaign event Tuesday at Ohio State University. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images. With each passing day since last week's presidential debate in Denver, there are growing signs that the race between President Obama and Mitt… Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch At Politically Charged Hearing, Congress Probes Security Failures in Libya The House Oversight Committee examined the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, at a hearing where several State Department staff and former members of the security team in Libya testified. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching