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2013-06-18 18:13:16 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

The pre-trial hearing on the five suspected 9/11 plotters continued today with a focus on why the International Red Cross opposes requests to disclose its confidential condition reports on Guantanamo detainees.

2013-06-18 15:15:14 (5 comments, 3 reshares, 24 +1s)

In an interview last night with Charlie Rose, the President #Obama   compared the "tradeoffs" from surveillance programs to airport security and checkpoints for drunk drivers. http://to.pbs.org/11MgsCi

2013-06-17 18:03:54 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

 Sen. Marco Rubio has been charting his own course to sell the immigration proposal and, in the process, has unnerved some of his fellow Gang of Eight members. Will Rubio's backdoor strategies pay off politically?

http://to.pbs.org/19JkvqY

2013-06-17 18:00:22 (2 comments, 6 reshares, 30 +1s)

There's a serious retirement crisis in America. Will you have to work your whole life? See the trends and find where you fit in our new interactive "New Adventures for Older Workers"

bit.ly/WorkAdventures

#notjustatvshow   #workadventures  

2013-06-17 13:30:04 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

Gitmo Hearing on Suspected 9/11 Mastermind, Co-conspirators

NewsHour reporter/producer Larisa Epatko live-blogs from Fort Meade, Md. on the hearings. http://to.pbs.org/ZXmSAZ

2013-06-14 23:14:14 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 11 +1s)

Friday's Doubleheader!

David Brooks: “Running for president is like sex, nobody ever just did it once and said, ‘OK, that's enough.’”

http://to.pbs.org/11NKvg1

2013-06-14 22:52:39 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Every week, Art Beat collects some the best posts and videos from public media partners. Check out this Blank on Blank animation of Maurice Sendak on being a kid.

http://to.pbs.org/17MVrPm

2013-06-14 22:42:05 (1 comments, 4 reshares, 38 +1s)

Do Dying Trees Lead to More Human Deaths: answers to your questions and responses

http://to.pbs.org/11MHa0E

2013-06-14 22:23:52 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

A primer to the Iranian presidential election: Khamenei 'Yes Men' Fill Iran's Ballot, Analysts Say http://to.pbs.org/153LWEW 

2013-06-13 22:19:57 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

Gullies on Mars Give Way to Dreams of Snowboarding in Space

At first glance, the channels look like riverbeds on Earth. But this is the red planet: http://to.pbs.org/173sxuQ

#Mars

2013-06-13 21:45:02 (9 comments, 6 reshares, 40 +1s)

Share Your Thoughts: #SCOTUS rules 'natural' DNA can't be patented. Do you agree? 

 http://to.pbs.org/14zuzPx 

2013-06-13 21:05:01 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 11 +1s)

In India, Farmers Pick Heartier Seeds Over Those With High Yields http://to.pbs.org/13Ffpal

2013-06-13 19:40:00 (8 comments, 3 reshares, 9 +1s)

Charles Smith III took an early retirement. But now he is back at work as a part-time produce clerk making $10 per hour. Learn why: http://to.pbs.org/1510khq

2013-06-13 12:43:17 (6 comments, 10 reshares, 42 +1s)

Next, we resume our weeklong look at #foodsecurity and how #climatechange is affecting what we produce and how we eat. As part of our "Food for 9 Billion" series, special correspondent Sam Eaton reports on #Singapore's vertical solution to the challenge of feeding a growing #population in an urban #environment. http://to.pbs.org/13GxKlS

2013-06-12 23:06:15 (11 comments, 16 reshares, 46 +1s)

92 percent of Americans think there’s a #retirement crisis.

And they’re right. http://bit.ly/WorkAdventures

After spending a year looking at the factors that help explain what’s happening to the American workforce as it ages -- from demography and economics to just plain personal preference, we're launching our newest interactive storytelling feature: New Adventures for Older Workers. #WorkAdventures

2013-06-12 22:14:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Two terminally ill children with end-stage cystic fibrosis are at the center of a battle about organ transplants. In Philadelphia, a federal judge decided that both kids, who are younger than 12, must be made more of a priority on a waiting list for adult lungs.
http://to.pbs.org/16d7vWW

2013-06-12 17:24:57 (4 comments, 6 reshares, 34 +1s)

In Singapore, When You Can't Grow Out, You Grow Up http://to.pbs.org/12GcT7c

2013-06-12 16:22:14 (14 comments, 2 reshares, 4 +1s)

Reinventing Old Age: The Good We Do When We Work Forever  http://to.pbs.org/11zlbXT

How Big a Boost Do Working Seniors Give the Economy?

2013-06-12 16:04:25 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 11 +1s)

Is Reliance on Intelligence Contractors Risky http://to.pbs.org/14Vb1lB

2013-06-11 22:59:33 (60 comments, 27 reshares, 44 +1s)

In his first U.S. television interview since the latest news broke of the government's surveillance program, #Google's chief legal officer David Drummond told #PBS #NewsHour senior correspondent Jeffrey Brown on Tuesday that the company has given the U.S. #government information on only a "tiny fraction" of its hundreds of millions of users. http://to.pbs.org/11dGNcE

( #FISA   #NSA   #prism   #surveillance  )

2013-06-11 18:57:01 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Instead of retiring, Prof. Ronald Stockton leads students on walking tours of historic graveyards: to.pbs.org/18tB0Yz 

2013-06-11 18:09:51 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 10 +1s)

A Bone to Pick With Genocide? Try a Million: http://to.pbs.org/11dBqdf

For 48 hours, the grass on the National Mall disappeared underneath a sea of white and grey "bones," a symbolic mass grave on the footsteps of the U.S. Capitol. 

2013-06-11 17:44:35 (1 comments, 10 reshares, 18 +1s)

Using 'Nature as an Asset' to Balance Costa Rica's Farming With Preservation: http://to.pbs.org/11F4z48

"Food for 9 Billion," special correspondent Sam Eaton reports on a push in Costa Rica to embrace forest preservation and biodiversity while keeping up with the demand for farming. Researchers are measuring the helpful roles of small animals like bats, birds and bees.

2013-06-11 18:50:20 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

New Adventures for Older Workers: When Your Body Tells You It's Time to Retire -- http://to.pbs.org/19YFepo

2013-06-10 17:54:06 (4 comments, 9 reshares, 20 +1s)

Can Lack of Trees Kill You Faster? 

A team of researchers with the U.S. Forest Services looked at data from 1,296 counties, accounted for the influence of other variables -- things like income, race, and education -- and came to a simple conclusion: Having fewer trees around may be bad for your health. Their findings, published recently in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, suggest an associative rather than a direct, causal link between the death of trees and the death of humans.

2013-06-10 17:20:42 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Before they won the #Tonys, JeffreyBrown spoke with winners about a new take on "Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf?" http://to.pbs.org/hiK7l1

2013-06-10 16:49:44 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

In May 2006, USA Today reported that the #NSA , under then- #CIA Nominee Gen. Michael Hayden's leadership, had, since 9/11, secretly collected tens of millions of phone call records from the nation's three largest telephone companies -- #Verizon , AT&T and BellSouth. On May 12, 2006, Ray Suarez held this conversation with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks. http://to.pbs.org/12fK7su

2013-06-07 19:02:39 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 9 +1s)

More than five million Americans now suffer from Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in the U.S., and that number could easily triple by 2050 as the population grays. Carol Steinberg, president of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, answers your questions about the disease, the latest research and what, if anything, can be done to prevent it.

2013-06-07 16:18:04 (34 comments, 11 reshares, 31 +1s)

The  National Security Agency has secretly collected data about millions of domestic and international calls by Verizon customers. Jeffrey Brown gets debate on the privacy and civil liberty concerns from Kate Martin of the Center for National Security Studies and former #NSA official Col. Cedric Leighton. http://to.pbs.org/17ufKRx

2013-06-06 22:38:56 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 13 +1s)

Myrlie #Evers -Williams,  Samantha #Power , Michelle #Obama and Susan #Rice : Four women who dominated headlines this week. http://to.pbs.org/18Sd1iH

2013-06-06 18:53:20 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 12 +1s)

Nearly half a century since his murder, civil rights activist Medgar #Evers was honored in a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Gwen Ifill talks to +Jerry Mitchell about Evers' life and legacy.

2013-06-06 15:15:26 (21 comments, 8 reshares, 31 +1s)

Reports that the +National Security Agency secretly collected phone records of millions of Americans have reignited a debate over civil liberties and how much power the government should be allowed for domestic spying. http://to.pbs.org/14AJQw4

2013-06-05 21:36:06 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 12 +1s)

Jamie Munkatchy, one of our "Super #STEM Teachers," gives her high school students a #chemistry lesson that connects to real world problems: how to ferment and distill #biofuel . http://to.pbs.org/14wf4EB

2013-06-05 14:58:47 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

Do you have questions for NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown? Leave them below and he'll answer today at 1:30 pm ET during a live chat-->http://bit.ly/jeffchat

2013-06-04 22:39:35 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 16 +1s)

#Military leaders said earlier today that sexual assault in the ranks is "like a cancer" that could destroy the force.

2013-06-04 17:11:30 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Syria's civil war reportedly has killed more than 90,000 people, and it looks like both sides are on the way to acquiring heavier weaponry. We asked several #Syria analysts what this would do to the conflict.

2013-06-04 14:32:14 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

Musician Billy Bragg talks about his latest recording, "Tooth & Nail," politics...and bacon. Watch below and learn more here: http://to.pbs.org/18NPrGn

#BillyBragg  

2013-06-03 17:50:06 (13 comments, 14 reshares, 24 +1s)

In a split 5-4 vote, the #SCOTUS justices ruled that it is constitutional for police to collect #DNA samples from individuals under arrest without a warrant without violating the Fourth Amendment.

2013-06-03 16:05:44 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 9 +1s)

U.S. Sen. Frank #Lautenberg , a multimillionaire New Jersey businessman and the last World War II veteran remaining in the Senate, has died at age 89.

2013-05-31 21:23:17 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Over the past 30 years, #China has quadrupled its meat consumption. The nation's increasing appetite for pork has led a Chinese company to bid to buy American pork producer Smithfield Farms.

2013-05-31 17:43:57 (3 comments, 5 reshares, 22 +1s)

In their new memoir "Brotherhood: Dharma, Destiny and the American Dream," Deepak and Sanjiv #Chopra tell their family story, first as immigrants, then as Americans and how they grew up to become physicians with expertise in very different fields. http://to.pbs.org/1435cFB

2013-05-31 15:09:18 (43 comments, 31 reshares, 230 +1s)

+Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has delivered nearly 50 million free books to children's homes across the country. Learn about her library below and learn more here: http://to.pbs.org/19py7pV

2013-05-30 20:31:26 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 8 +1s)

Mary Wyant spent years as a professional artist. But after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's, she slowly became unable to paint. Here is a look at her work through the years, and as the disease took hold: http://to.pbs.org/140V68f

#health  

2013-05-30 16:47:40 (7 comments, 11 reshares, 19 +1s)

Are faces the new fingerprints? Miles O'Brien reports on how a suspect is identified from a grainy surveillance camera image. http://to.pbs.org/15eXqZ1

#science  

2013-05-29 22:37:16 (0 comments, 5 reshares, 16 +1s)

Americans who develop #Alzheimer 's disease have usually done very little to plan for their long-term care. More than five million Americans now suffer from the disease and related dementia. Barring a breakthrough, the figure could triple by 2050. http://to.pbs.org/1azUpCR

2013-05-29 15:23:16 (6 comments, 7 reshares, 20 +1s)

How do scientists investigate bombings?

Science correspondent Miles O'Brien visits the nation's most active explosives testing facility in New Mexico where investigators recreate and explode bombs to learn about their inner workings and find new ways to defend against future attacks.

More here: http://to.pbs.org/18rEPwD

2013-05-28 21:44:54 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Do you have questions for NewsHour's Judy Woodruff? Leave them in the comments below and she'll answer tomorrow during a live chat at 1:30 pm ET.

2013-05-28 20:31:56 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +1s)

Have there ever been attempts to distinguish between high-skilled and low-skilled labor?  A look at #immigration reform. http://to.pbs.org/12ggLLQ

2013-05-28 16:29:16 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Dispatch from #Jordan :  Nadia Raja fled #Syria with her husband and five children. They remain at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan where 120,000 are currently residing while the conflict in Syria continues. Learn more here: http://to.pbs.org/19jqVLR

2013-05-27 17:19:30 (3 comments, 5 reshares, 27 +1s)

The non-profit Honor Flight gives veterans the opportunity to fly to Washington, D.C., to see the memorials dedicated to the wars in which they’ve served.

#MemorialDay