Sep 17 Watch News Wrap: United, Continental Closer to Creating World's Biggest Airline In other news Friday, Wall Street ended the week in positive territory, and shareholders of United and Continental airlines voted to merge as part of a $3 billion stock swap deal that could be finalized within two weeks. Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch News Wrap: Pope Begins U.K. Visit Amid Uproar Over Abuse Scandal In other news Thursday, the Pope began a visit to Britain with his strongest admission about how the Catholic Church failed to deal decisively with sexual abuse by priests. Continue watching
Sep 16 Thursday: Warren to Lead Consumer Protection Bureau; Pope Visits Britain President Obama is expected to name Elizabeth Warren as a special adviser to oversee the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau set up under the financial reform law, avoiding a potentially contentious Senate confirmation hearing. Warren is… Continue reading
Sep 13 Despite Fiscal Concerns, Cultural Issues Still Resonate in Evangelical Epicenters By Dante Chinni The discussion about Islam in America has grown more heated - and ugly - in recent weeks, but the debate is not the same in every community. In some places the talk is concrete - there are diverse populations and… Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch Shields and Brooks Examine 'Islamaphobia,' Obama's Midterm Tax Cut Debate Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks analyze this week's top political stories, including recent anti-Muslim rhetoric in the U.S. and the debate over extending Bush-era tax cuts. Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch Meeting Between Florida Pastor, NYC Imam Still Unclear There were more developments on the Quran burning story Friday. Meanwhile in Afghanistan, thousands of protesters took to the streets against the possible Quran burning. Continue watching
Sep 10 Friday: New Head of Economic Council; Pastor Rethinks Quran-Burning Plans Austan Goolsbee is expected to be named chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg. President Obama is expected to choose one of his longtime economic advisers, Austan Goolsbee, to be the chairman of his… Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch 9 Years After 9/11, Has Religious Tolerance Changed in America? Jeffrey Brown moderates a conversation among four religious leaders and experts on the tolerance -- or intolerance -- of different religions and cultures in America, nine years after the Sept. 11 attacks. Continue watching
Sep 09 Watch Florida Pastor Suspends Quran-Burning Plans on 9/11 Anniversary Florida Pastor Terry Jones announced plans Thursday to cancel his church's much-derided plans to burn Qurans on the 9/11 anniversary should a planned Islamic community center be moved further away from Ground Zero in New York. But the center's developer… Continue watching
Sep 09 Developing: Pastor Suspends Quran Burn; Park 51 Imam, Developer Deny Deal By Dave Gustafson Updated 9:25 p.m. ET | Late Thursday, Pastor Terry Jones told news agencies he was rethinking his decision to cancel the burning of Qurans to mark the 9/11 anniversary because he believes he was lied to about the relocating… Continue reading