April 2011
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Watchusagov:
April 27 and 28, 2011 brought the deadliest tornado outbreak in the United States since 1974.
For the latest information on how to help tornado survivors and apply for assistance, please visit the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) blog.
The above animation is from from NASA Earth Observatory:
The animation starts on April 26 and runs through the morning of April 28. The...
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Royal Wedding Clips
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WatchRoyal Wedding live!
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“And I’m prepared to announce tonight that we have fired two controllers...”
– Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood tells Gwen Ifill that two of the nine air-traffic controllers under investigation by the FAA have been fired.
One controller even made a bed in the control tower and brought pillows and blankets to work.
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“I have always wanted to give a voice to my subjects. That’s really...”
– Tim Hetherington in an interview with NewsHour in 2010. There are several reports that the photographer and filmmaker has been killed in Libya
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Autism Now Live Chat
<a href=”http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=1869f54182” _mce_href=”http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=1869f54182” >Autism Now Live Chat</a>
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“When you’ve seen one child with autism, you’ve seen one child with...”
– Robert MacNeil reports: Autism Now: Exploring the ‘Phenomenal’ Increase in U.S. Prevalence
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Tonight on the PBS NewsHour
Douglas Holtz-Eakin...
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Welcome The Maine Public Broadcasting Network to Tumblr! Check them out at MPBNtech
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Tonight on the PBS NewsHour:
Jim Lehrer...
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Tonight on the NewsHour
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“It’s like people getting divorced because they disagree about the napkins.”
– David Brooks on a possible government shutdown. MORE
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Washington Waits: Shutdown Watch
Updated: Joint Reid, Boehner Statement On Budget Agreement http://1.usa.gov/dSji22
A second round up post of PBS NewsHour and other helpful resources.
Here’s the first.
PBS NewsHour Coverage:
Washington Waits: Liveblogging
Paul Solman speaks with two economists on the financial implications of the budget impasse
Health Care Issues Key in Budget Battle
Ideology vs Idiocy: The...
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Tonight on the NewsHour
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Shutdown Watch
Some PBS NewsHour coverage:
Shutdown Watch Liveblog: Boehner, Reid Less Optimistic on Agreement
What a Possible Government Shutdown Means Across the Nation-stories from public media stations
Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen, ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee: Tea Party has taken over House budget talks
Rep. Paul Ryan on Proposed Cuts: ‘Our Budget Literally Pays Off the Debt
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elizs asked: It says your Ustream channel is off air. =(
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Watchcheatsheet:
“This is a live video feed from the 12th floor of Bobst Library at New York University where a pair of red-tailed hawks — Violet and Bobby — have built a nest, stick by twig, outside the office of the university’s president, John E. Sexton, overlooking Washington Square Park.”
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Tonight on the NewsHour
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Tonight on the PBS NewsHour (4/5).
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