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NewsHour Connect: The Drug War North of the Border

Hari Sreenivasan talks to journalists covering the connections between the United States and the drug war in Mexico.

The Palin Emails: 5 Places to Dig In

A reading frenzy has begun after the release of a collection of emails between Sarah Palin and her staff, officials and family.

Iranian Women Prisoners Detail Torture: 'Death Was Like a Desire'

Thousands of Iranians took to the streets in 2009 as part of the Green Movement to protest a disputed presidential election. The government crackdown that followed included some women being imprisoned, tortured and raped. This report shares some of their…

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Gwen's Take: Washington Follies, June Edition

Gwen Ifill looks back at the week that was in politics and media in Gwen's Take.

30 Years of HIV/AIDS: Progress, but No Answer

By Maureen Hoch

This week marks 30 years that the HIV virus has been with us.

New York Times' Abramson on Role as First Female Top Editor, Challenges Ahead

New York Times Names First Woman to Executive Editor Job…

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Woodruff: Calculating the Cost of an Attempt to Silence the Press

By PBS News Hour

Senior correspondent Judy Woodruff writes about this week's hacking attacks on PBS websites and overcoming efforts to silence a free press.

PBS Sites Hacked; Readers' Data Not Compromised

Late Sunday, hackers gained access to several areas of PBS' web servers and published a fake news story on the PBS NewsHour's news blog, The Rundown, about late rapper Tupac Shakur being spotted alive in New Zealand.

Journalist Foley Details 6 Weeks of Captivity in Libya: 'I Could Make it'

GlobalPost correspondent and producer James Foley was captured and imprisoned for six weeks by Moammar Gadhafi's forces while reporting in Libya. Foley discusses his experiences in captivity and his take on the Libyan uprising with Ray Suarez.

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The Oprah Effect, by the Numbers

As Oprah wraps up her daily talk show Wednesday, it's tough to overstate the cultural force known as the Oprah Effect, permeating everything from the TV business to books and magazines to charity to outright promotion of commercial products.