Feb 12 Obama: Nation Stronger, GOP Should Back His Plans Vice President Joe Biden, left, House Speaker John Boehner, right, listen as President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech. Photo by Jim Bourg/Reuters WASHINGTON (AP) -- Uncompromising and politically emboldened, President Barack Obama urged a deeply divided… Continue reading
Feb 12 Google Earth Keeps Watch on World's Nuclear Sites North Korea tested its third nuclear device Tuesday at its Punggye-Ri site, the same location of its first two tests in 2006 and 2009. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded an artificial, or manmade, 5.1 magnitude earthquake. The Institute… Continue reading
Feb 12 Watch Shields and Brooks: Using SOTU to Set Agenda, Tackle 'New Budget Reality' Shields and Brooks: Using SOTU to Set Agenda, Tackle 'New Budget Reality'… Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch Growing Demand for Palm Oil Drives Malaysia to Employ Child Migrant Workers Growing Demand for Palm Oil Drives Malaysia to Employ Child Migrant Workers… Continue watching
Feb 12 Volunteer Translators Give Obama's State of the Union Global Reach Two years ago, PBS NewsHour partnered with the Participatory Culture Foundation to launch a captioning and translation team of volunteers to subtitle and translate President Barack Obama's 2011 State of the Union address. Powered through the translation… Continue reading
Feb 12 North Korea Admits to Carrying Out Third Nuclear Test By News Desk An official points to North Korea's Kilju, where the North conducted a nuclear test, on a map on a screen at the Korea Meteorological Agency in Seoul on Feb. 12. Photo by Lee Ji-Eun/Yonhap/Reuters. By Geoffrey Cain and Faine… Continue reading
Feb 12 Obama to Focus on Economy in State of the Union Address President Obama will deliver his fourth State of the Union address Tuesday evening. Photo by Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama will deliver his fourth State of the Union address Tuesday evening, laying out the policy pieces to fill… Continue reading
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 Examining Pope Benedict's Legacy, Leadership Challenges and Unprecedented Exit Examining Pope Benedict's Legacy, Leadership Challenges and Unprecedented Exit… 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