Oct 11 2012 Vice Presidential Debate Live Blog Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan met Thursday night for the only vice presidential debate of the 2012 campaign. We began coverage on our live blog in the afternoon, continued through the debate and even stayed a bit… Continue reading
Oct 11 Two Takes: Showdown in Little Danville We solicited two takes on the vice presidential debate -- one from the right and one from the left of the political spectrum. Photo by Jonathan Palmer/The Lexington Herald-Leader Last week we asked our NewsHour friends Rick Davis and Mo… Continue reading
Oct 11 Chinese Writer Mo Yan Wins Nobel Prize in Literature The Swedish Academy announced Thursday morning that it had awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2012 to Chinese writer Mo Yan. In its announcement the academy described Mo as a writer "who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history… Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch Report by U.S. Anti-Doping Agency Depicts Lance Armstrong as Ring Leader Report by U.S. Doping Agency Depicts Lance Armstrong as Ring Leader… Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch Pakistanis Protest in Support of Yousafzai, Defiance of Taliban Attack Pakastanis Protest in Support of Yousafzai, Defiance of Taliban Attack… Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch Supreme Court Hears Affirmative Action Challenges by Public College Applicants Supreme Court Hears Affirmative Action Challenges by Public College Applicants… Continue watching
Oct 10 U.S. Scientists Win Nobel for Cell Receptor Research Pictures of US scientists Robert Lefkowitz (L) and Brian Kobilka who won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry are projected on a screen as the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces the laureates on October 10, 2012 in Stockholm. Continue reading
Oct 10 The Daily Frame People take in a preview of "Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective" at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The exhibition of the U.S. pop artist's work runs Sunday through Jan. 13, 2013. Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch At Politically Charged Hearing, Congress Probes Security Failures in Libya The House Oversight Committee examined the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, at a hearing where several State Department staff and former members of the security team in Libya testified. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Oct 09 U.S. and French Scientists Win Nobel Prize for Quantum Optics Pictures of Serge Haroche of France and David Wineland of the U.S. are projected on a screen as the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announces the winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics on October 9, 2012 at the… Continue reading