Aug 25 Watch Mexican Media Face Perils Reporting on Drug War Ioan Grillo of GlobalPost reports on the dangers journalists face in Mexico reporting on the country's violent drug war. Continue watching
Aug 25 Law & Disorder: The Missteps of NOPD After Katrina By Hari Sreenivasan We talked this week with A.C. Thompson, one of the reporters from ProPublica who has been investigating the New Orleans Police Department in the years since Hurricane Katrina. He has been exploring reports of specific acts of excessive force… Continue reading
Aug 24 Tuesday: Scientists Scramble After Stem Cell Ruling; Carter Heading to N. Korea As reported Monday evening, a federal judge has temporarily blocked the Obama administration's guidelines expanding embryonic stem cell research. U.S. Chief District Court Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that government funding of embryonic stem-cell research violates the Dickey Wicker Amendment,… Continue reading
Aug 23 Judge Temporarily Blocks Federally Funded Embroynic Stem Cell Research A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Obama administration's guidelines expanding embryonic stem cell research. U.S. Chief District Court Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that government funding of embryonic stem-cell research violates a law -- known as the Dickey… Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch Roger Clemens Latest Sports Star to Face Steroid Charges Seven-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Rodger Clemens has been indicted on six counts for allegedly lying to Congress about steroid use. David Epstein of Sports Illustrated gives some perspective on the charges Clemens is facing and the issue of steroid… Continue watching
Aug 20 BP Set to Hand Over Control of $20B Gulf Coast Oil Claims Fund On Monday, residents and businesses affected by the Gulf Coast oil leak will begin submitting their damage claims to the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, the new independent group that will take over the administration of BP's $20 billion compensation… Continue reading
Aug 20 ‘Merchant of Death’ to Stand Trial A Thai appeals court ruled Friday to extradite Russian businessman Victor Bout, one of the world's most prolific arms dealers, to the U.S. to stand trial. Bout, 43, has been in the custody of the Thai government since… 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 18 Watch Blagojevich Trial Puts Dynamics of a Jury Back in View Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was found guilty on one of 24 charges Tuesday, but the jury was just one vote shy of convicting him on some of the more serious charges. Jim Lehrer talks to law professor Valerie Hans,… Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch Blagojevich Guilty on 1 Count, Judge Sets Hearing for Retrial Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was found guilty Tuesday on one charge of lying to federal agents, but prosecutors have pledged a speedy retrial on 23 other counts. Political Editor David Chalian discusses the verdict and pending retrial with Jim… Continue watching