Feb 15 Arm Teachers or Ban Video Games? Students Debate in Google Hangout By Leah Clapman, Hari Sreenivasan The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., has made many schools rethink their safety procedures. It has also sparked emotional debates about the roots of violence. To find out how the tragedy has affected young people, we… Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch Double Jeopardy and the Constitution Students investigate the Double Jeopardy clause in the Fifth Amendment. Continue watching
Feb 15 Video Games: Violent, Yes. But Do They Make Us Violent? EmbedVideo(5745, 482, 304); Psychologist Brad Bushman and public health expert Cheryl Olson weigh in on the impact of violent video games on behavior. Watch the full report on PBS NewsHour Tuesday. I remember some years back when I… Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch Calories and the Constitution Students investigate the connection between the U.S. Constitution and school lunches. Continue watching
Feb 15 On the PBS NewsHour Tonight By News Desk On Friday's NewsHour: A meteor rains havoc on a city in Russia, while a huge asteroid rockets past our planet The president campaigns to reduce gun violence We ask Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano about threats… Continue reading
Feb 14 When Searching for Love, Is Online Dating the Place to Look? EmbedVideo(5720, 482, 304); For a special Valentine's Day segment, NewsHour Political Editor Christina Bellantoni talked with Daily-Download.com's Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz about sites like Match.com, eHarmony and OK Cupid, and what we can learn about online dating and… Continue reading
Feb 13 Watch News Wrap: Treasury Nominee Lew Defends Citigroup Tenure at Confirmation In other news Wednesday, Jack Lew, nominee for Treasury Secretary, defended his time as CEO of Citigroup, during which he invested in a Citi fund registered in the Cayman Islands. Also, the Obama administration called for Congress to close gaps… Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch What's Not to Like? Using the Facebook 'Like' to Connect, Commune, Endorse What's Not to Like? Using the Facebook 'Like' to Connect, Commune, Endorse… Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch Manhunt Continues for Fugitive Cop Wanted for Murder in California Manhunt Continues for Fugitive Cop Wanted for Murder in California… Continue watching
Feb 11 Have You Given Up On Facebook? Updated, Feb. 12 7:33 a.m. Monday's Daily Download segment explored what it means to "like" something on Facebook, and the trend of people who choose to ditch using Facebook altogether. Howard Kurtz and Lauren Ashburn of Daily Download joined… Continue reading