February 2011
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Three minutes and 51 seconds after Discovery... →
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From Short Films to Stuttering Research: Learn...
The Academy Awards are just hours away, and we’re looking back on a year of all of our arts-and sometimes science (stuttering research)- coverage of the nominees. Study up before watching with these links! (And follow @NewsHourArtBeat on Twitter for a digestible amount of live tweets during the event)
For a preview of the Oscars ceremony and a break down of the nominees, Jeffrey Brown...
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“It’s not our army. It’s Mr. Gadhafi’s army. We need help from...”
– Our online correspondent Hari Sreenivasan spoke by telephone to Mari Bourhi in Benghazi, Libya. Listen here.
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Poll: 1 in 5 Americans Believe Health Reform Was... →
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What would a government shutdown look like today?
Back in 1995, here are a few things that happened when the federal government shut down.
Over 1,000,000 federal employees were sent home during the combined 1995-96 shutdowns.
National museums and monuments closed down, resulting in an estimated loss of 2 million visitors.
20,000-30,000 foreign visa applications per day went unprocessed, as did an estimated total of 200,000 U.S. passport...
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“Doctors were billing Medicare $130 a week to visit my mom. I went to the nursing...”
– NewsHour Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reflects on her mother’s care in the Medicare system.
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“In a 2008 survey, 83 percent of Egyptian women in Cairo said they had been...”
– A look at the harassment and dangers facing many Egyptian women in their daily lives with the World Bank’s Nihal Elwan and American University’s Diane Singerman.
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“Writing is our cure for the disease of living.”
– Roger Rosenblatt shares his thoughts on writing.
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AI vs. IQ: IBM's Watson takes on the meatbags on... →
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“The No. 1 thing is when work starts Sunday morning — that’s when the...”
– Margaret Warner speaks via phone to Kwame Holman about the tone of confusion among people she’s spoken to in the Egyptian government. More
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WatchLive video of coverage and celebrations in Egypt
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National Journal: Statement of President Barack... →
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The Egyptian people have been told that there was a transition of authority, but it is not yet clear that this transition is immediate, meaningful or sufficient. Too many Egyptians remain unconvinced that the government is serious about a genuine transition to democracy, and it is the…
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WatchLive stream from Tahrir Square
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“For Americans to come and say ‘change is now,’ but already we are...”
– Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit told Margaret Warner Wednesday.
Transcript of the interview
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