Oct 19 Watch Syrian Crisis Inflames Lebanon-Syria Tensions as Lebanese Blame Assad for Bomb Syrian Crisis Inflames Lebanon-Syria Tensions as Lebanese Blame Assad for Bomb… Continue watching
Oct 19 Obama or Romney? How Accurate Are Economic Models? Last week, Paul Solman examined how polls and election markets parse data to determine who will win an election, in this case, the 2012 presidential race between President Barack Obama and former Mass. governor Mitt Romney. One such pollster,… Continue reading
Oct 19 Get a Slice of New Hampshire's Political Mood at the Red Arrow Diner EmbedVideo(4771, 482, 304); Robert Birkett and Joshua Barajas shot this video. Barajas edited it. Mike Melia narrated the report MANCHESTER, N.H. -- With weeks to go before the presidential election, polls revealing a tightening race could mean that New… Continue reading
Oct 19 Political Checklist: Reaching Latino Voters EmbedVideo(4770, 482, 304); In this week's Political Checklist, I chatted with Ray Suarez about his piece on the NewsHour Friday about how the presidential campaigns are reaching out to Latino voters. From the more traditional Spanish-language television… Continue reading
Oct 19 Absorbent Nanomaterial Cleans up Toxic Water While researching ways to detect explosives at airports, Paul Edmiston, a chemist with the College of Wooster, made an unexpected discovery: a new spongelike material he calls "Osorb." The material soaks up oil and other contaminants from… Continue reading
Oct 19 Could Legalizing and Taxing Drugs Lower the Deficit? Photo by PhotoAlto/Ale Ventura via Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Friday's query: Meg Ford: Could legalized and taxed drugs provide… Continue reading
Oct 18 Watch New Collection Listens in on President Kennedy's Secret White House Tapes New Collection Listens in on President Kennedy's Secret White House Tapes… Continue watching
Oct 17 Independent Voters in Central Florida Want Answers, Not Ads EmbedVideo(4749, 514, 320); Cassie M. Chew shot and edited the video. What impact has the deluge of campaign ads made on independent and undecided voters in central Florida? As part of the NewsHour's partnership with NPR and CMAG, NPR… Continue reading
Oct 16 Watch Cuba Loosens Restrictions on Travel Abroad for Its Citizens Ray Suarez reports on Cuba's move to make foreign travel easier for its citizens. Starting in January, most Cubans will only need a passport and a visa from their destination country, though limitations will remain on professionals like doctors. While… Continue watching
Oct 16 The Tuesday Cutline...a Winner! This week was tough choice, as we we had several great Tuesday Cutline captions submitted for the photo below. Before we get to the winner, here's the original caption to the photograph taken by Michael Stewart of WireImage. Continue reading