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Film Tells Story of Warlord-Turned-Evangelist Known as General Butt Naked The film "The Redemption of General Butt Naked" follows a brutal African warlord who has renounced his violent past and reinvented himself as a Christian evangelist. This excerpt is part of The Economist Film Project series of independently produced films aired in partnership between The Economist and the NewsHour. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How Does North Korea Stay So Secretive? The fact that U.S. intelligence apparently didn't notice the death of Kim Jong-il for 48 hours is a demonstration of how impenetrable North Korea continues to be. Margaret Warner discusses the mysterious nation with former senior CIA and State Department intelligence analyst Robert Carlin, now at Stanford University. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Amid Public Mourning for Kim Jong-il, 'Truth About North Korea Is Hard to See' The leadership of North Korea wants the rest of the world to see its citizens' mourning of Kim Jong-il's death, but much else remains a mystery. Independent Television News' Angus Walker reports from South Korea. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Does Maliki Want to Become Unchallenged Ruler of Iraq? The last U.S. convoy had hardly crossed into Kuwait on Sunday when Iraq was thrust into new and potentially dangerous political turmoil. Judy Woodruff discusses the country's latest political crisis with the Naval Postgraduate School's Abbas Kadhim and Feisal Istrabadi of Indiana University. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website After U.S. Pull-Out, Tensions Escalate in Iraq With VP Sought on Charges After the last U.S. convoy crossed into Kuwait, Iraq has been thrust into new and potentially dangerous turmoil with an arrest warrant issued for Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi on charges that he had run death squads during the sectarian bloodbath of 2006 and 2007. Judy Woodruff reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ahead of Iowa Caucuses, Gingrich's Momentum Fades as Criticism Mounts The Republican presidential race has turned into a national dead heat, especially in Iowa where the first votes will be cast in two weeks. Gwen Ifill discusses the candidates' momentum with Stuart Rothenberg of the Rothenberg Political Report and USA Today's Susan Page. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Great Plains Snowstorm Kills at Least 6, Closes Major Highways In other news Tuesday, a snowstorm howled across the Great Plains for a second day, killing at least six people. High winds and heavy snow closed major highways in five states. Also, Egyptian troops and riot police raided Cairo's Tahrir Square in a new bid to evict people protesting military control. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In Washington, a Familiar Showdown, but 'People Are Dug in Much Deeper' President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner dug in their heels Tuesday and refused to break a stalemate over extending a payroll tax cut after the House balked at approving a two-month extension. Jeffrey Brown discusses the latest back-and-forth between Democrats and Republicans with Todd Zwillich of WYNC's "The Takeaway." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Madeleine Albright on Vaclav Havel's 'Massive Moral Authority, Great Courage' Thousands of Czechs braved the freezing cold Monday in Prague to pay their respects to former President Vaclav Havel, who died Sunday at age 75. Judy Woodruff discusses the extraordinary life of the writer, dissident and president with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website California Hospital Chain Eyed for Possibly Bilking Medicare for Millions Americans spends more than $500 billion every year on Medicare, and as the cost of health care rises, many are examining how that money is spent. NewsHour's partner The Center for Investigative Reporting conducted a year-long probe into one prominent hospital chain's bills to Medicare. California Watch's Lance Williams reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website White House, GOP Ratchet Up Rhetoric on 'Responsible' Deal for Payroll Tax Cut The way forward on extending the payroll tax cut remained murky Monday as House Republicans vowed to turn back a compromise measure passed by the Senate over the weekend. Gwen Ifill discusses the stalemate with Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and Gene Sperling, a senior economic adviser to President Obama. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: 1,000 People Die in Severe Flooding in Philippines In other news Monday, nearly 1,000 people have died in severe flooding in the Philippines. The flooding hit late Friday night after a tropical storm dumped 12 hours of heavy rain. Also, AT&T announced it was dropping a $39 billion bid to buy T-Mobile, and troops in Egypt opened fire on protesters in a fourth day of violence. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website If Kim Jong-un Fails to Control Arsenal, North Korea Could Be 'Truly Terrifying' Longtime North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died early Saturday after reportedly suffering a heart attack as he toured the country. Jeffrey Brown discusses Kim's reign and what his son, Kim Jong-un, will face as its new leader with Dartmouth College's Jennifer Lind and the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Victor Cha. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website After Kim Jong-il's Death, North Korea Marks Hereditary Passage of Power North Korea marked the passing of power Monday to a scion of the same family that's ruled unchallenged since World War II. Jeffrey Brown reports on Kim Jong-il's 17-year reign and the political expectations for Kim Jong-un, his third son. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In Anthology, Rita Dove Connects American Poets' Intergenerational Conversations Former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove was recently given what may be the biggest honor -- and challenge -- of her career: sorting through poems from the last 100 years to create "The Penguin Anthology of 20th Century American Poetry." Jeffrey Brown and Dove discuss the task that took more than four years. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shield, Brooks on Iowa Debate, 'Rattling Sabers' Over Iran, Iraq War's Legacy Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including the latest GOP presidential debate in Iowa, candidates' views on how the U.S. should deal with Iran, more brinksmanship in Congress and the formal end of the American involvement in the Iraq War. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ahead of Iowa Caucuses, it Could Still Be Anyone's Game in GOP On the heels of Thursday night's Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney scored an endorsement from South Carolina's governor. Hari Sreenivasan reports on the latest in the race for the GOP nomination. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In Manning Trial, Tracing WikiLeaks Files to Harm May Be 'Extremely Complicated' Friday was the first court appearance for Army Pvt. Bradley Manning, accused as the prime source for the WikiLeaks document dumps. Ray Suarez discusses the day's proceedings with Arun Rath of PBS' "Frontline." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alleged WikiLeaks Source Manning Faces First Court Appearance Army Pvt. Bradley Manning made his first court appearance Friday, accused as the prime source in the WikiLeaks document dumps. Ray Suarez reports on the investigation, stemming from the largest leak of classified information in U.S. history. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website GOP Insistence on Pipeline Provision Could Derail Spending Bill The House passed a $1 trillion spending bill Friday to fund much of the government through next September and avoid a federal shutdown this weekend, but both parties remain split over how to extend a payroll tax cut. Jim Lehrer reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Judge Orders Trial for 2 Penn State Officials In other news Friday, a judge ordered trials for two Penn State University officials accused of lying to a grand jury. The decision stems from a probe of sexual-abuse charges against Jerry Sandusky. Also, a panel found that up to 20,000 children were sexually abused in Roman Catholic institutions in The Netherlands since 1945. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Former Fannie, Freddie Officials Face 'Significant' Fraud, Lying Charges The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged six former Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac officials with misleading investors about risky loans. Judy Woodruff discusses how the alleged wrongdoings may have contributed to the mortgage meltdown with Edward Pinto of the American Enterprise Institute and Lynn Turner of LitiNomics. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Book Tells How Iconic Civil Rights Era Photo Changed Lives of 2 Women The story of how one iconic civil rights era photograph changed the lives of two women is the subject of David Margolick's new book, "Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock." Ray Suarez and the Vanity Fair editor discuss the not-yet-finished story. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Spare Parts for Humans: Tissue Engineers Aim for Lab-Grown Limbs, Lungs and More A new research breakthrough has enabled scientists to grow human tissue to repair or replace organs, and someday, maybe even limbs. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'Disturbing Signs' of Armed Clashes in Syria Suggest Death Toll Will Grow In an effort to stop Syria's rising death toll and human rights abuses, the U.S., European Union, Arab League and Turkey have tightened sanctions on the country and its president, Bashar al-Assad. Margaret Warner discusses the growing violence with Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Syria's Alleged Human Rights Violations Push World Leaders to Tighten Sanctions The U.S., European Union, Arab League and Turkey have tightened sanctions on Syria for the violent crackdown that has the country's death toll rising rapidly. Margaret Warner reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Film, Music Industries Battle Leading Internet Companies Over Online Piracy U.S. film, TV and music producers are taking aim at leading Internet companies for allowing Web users to easily search and access pirated media. Jeffrey Brown explores options for policing pirated media with the Open Internet Coalition's Markham Erickson and the Motion Picture Association of America's Michael O'Leary. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Nearly Half of Americans in Poverty or Low-Income, Census Says In other news Thursday, a new look at U.S. Census data painted a stark picture of poverty. It showed nearly one in two Americans are now in poverty, or classified as low-income. Also, the war in Iraq officially ended after nearly nine years. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Members of Congress 'Seem Unable to Help Themselves' in Face of Disapproval Thursday was a day of behind-the-scenes maneuvering and bargaining in Congress, as party leaders moved to avert a government shutdown and possibly end the impasse over extending a payroll tax cut. Judy Woodruff discusses the Senate's progress and Congress' sagging approval rating with The Wall Street Journal's Naftali Bendavid. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In Egypt, Signs of Heavy Turnout as Second Round of Voting Begins In three separate waves of voting across the country, Egyptians are choosing a new Parliament, which in turn will draft the country's constitution. Ray Suarez discusses the second round of voting with GlobalPost's Charles Sennott in Cairo. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How Will New Voter Registration Laws Affect 2012 Election? Millions of potential voters may not be able to cast votes in 2012 after a dozen states put new restrictions in place this year. Gwen Ifill discusses the impact the new restrictions could have on the upcoming elections with New York University's Keesha Gaskins and Hans von Spakovsky of the Heritage Foundation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Army Program Aims to Build Troops' Mental Resilience to Stress In 2009, the Army launched a program designed to help the country's 1.4 million people in uniform cope after tours in Iraq or Afghanistan. Betty Ann Bowser reports on the goals of the $140 million Comprehensive Soldier Fitness initiative, and the controversy it has created. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Secretary Clinton: Democracies Must Have 'Habits of the Heart' On Wednesday, Secretary of State Clinton spoke with Jim Lehrer about how foreign policy decisions can tie into economic and job growth. Their discussion was part of the "Innovation and the Global Marketplace" symposium in Washington, hosted in partnership with Intel, The Innovation Economy and The Aspen Institute. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Democrats Vow to Block GOP Payroll Tax Cut Bill In other news Wednesday, the stalemate in Congress over extending the payroll tax cut continued as Senate Democrats said they will reject a House GOP bill that would extend it, but includes a mandate that work will begin on the Keystone XL pipeline. Also, the House debated a defense spending bill worth more than $660 billion. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website As Troops Leave Iraq, What Happens to Military Bases, Equipment? President Obama hailed the end of the war in Iraq on Wednesday, with all U.S. troops due to return home before month's end. Judy Woodruff discusses what will happen to the military equipment and bases left behind with retired Army Lt. Gen. Gus Pagonis and Elizabeth Dwoskin of Bloomberg Businessweek. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Supreme Court Lines up Potentially 'Explosive' Election Year Docket Supreme Court justices agreed Monday to take up a tough immigration law from Arizona that would, among other things, punish illegal immigrants who apply for work in the state. Gwen Ifill discuses this and other controversial cases with the National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle and author Jeff Shesol. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Literacy Project Trains Young People to Be Skeptical Media Consumers A program called the News Literacy Project is training young people in several major cities how to separate fact from fiction in the news they consume. Jeffrey Brown reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In Wake of Disputed Election, Russian Middle Class 'Finding its Voice' In Russia Tuesday, Vladimir Putin faces political turmoil as vote fraud protests become more widespread. Margaret Warner discusses the country's changing political landscape with Matthew Murray of The Center for Business Ethics and Corporate Governance and the Brookings Institution's Fiona Hill. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website As Protests Spread, Putin Faces Potential Competition for Presidency Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin faces more political turmoil as protests over alleged vote fraud become more widespread. Margaret Warner reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Proposed Cell Phone Ban for Drivers: What Do You Think? A Q&A with NTSB Chief Deborah Herman and a Storify of thoughts from members of the NewsHour audience on how they feel about the new recommendations for a ban on all personal electronic devices while driving. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Corzine Testifies Before Former Senate Colleagues on Missing MF Global Funds Former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine was back at the U.S. Capitol Tuesday, for the second time in two weeks, facing a committee of former Senate colleagues. Judy Woodruff discusses the congressional investigation into the collapsed firm with The New York Times' Azam Ahmed and Shulman Rogers' Jacob Frenkel. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: NTSB Urges Ban on Cell Phone Use While Driving In other news Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended a ban on using a cell phone while driving. It said the ban should apply to both hands-free and hand-held phones. Also, at least 28 people were killed in violence across Syria. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Obama, Senate Democrats Balk at House GOP's Version of Payroll Tax Extension The Republican-led House passed legislation Tuesday to continue a payroll tax cut extension that affects 160 million workers, but Democrats balked at a separate provision that would force federal approval of the hotly debated Keystone oil pipeline to run from Canada to Texas. Jeffrey Brown reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website British Foreign Secretary: 'We Should Be in Europe but Not Taken Over by Europe' In an interview with Jeff Brown, British Foreign Secretary William Hague discusses his country's decision last week to reject an agreement aimed at fixing Europe's debt crisis. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website After Rejecting Euro Deal, Cameron Defends Decision Before Parliament Stock sell-offs were widespread Monday after markets had a weekend to ponder Europe's new fiscal deal and the U.K.'s rejection of it. Jeffrey Brown reports on the political and financial reverberations. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website After Durban, What Comes Next for Climate Policy? At the 17th U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in South Africa, leaders from around the world came to a broad last-minute compromise, but details were scarce. Ray Suarez discusses what comes next after the Durban summit with the University of Maryland's Nathan Hultman and the Clean Air Task Force's Samuel Thernstorm. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What Do Tax Rates' Ups and Downs Mean for Economic Growth? Do higher tax rates slow economic growth? As part of his reporting on Making Sen$e of financial news, economics correspondent Paul Solman takes a look at the history of taxes. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ahead of Iowa Caucuses, GOP Candidates Engaging in 'a Nationalized Race' Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich remained the front-runner in the Republican presidential race Monday, with three weeks to go until Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses. Judy Woodruff discusses the 2012 GOP campaign with Susan Page of USA Today and Stuart Rothenberg of The Rothenberg Political Report. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Occupy Protesters Block Busy Portland Port In other news Monday, Occupy Wall Street protesters tried to blockade some of the West Coast's busiest ports. Hundreds of people gathered at the port of Portland, Ore., blocking trucks from entering two terminals. Also, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin got some competition in the country's presidential race. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Obama Marks Troop Withdrawal: U.S. Will Be 'Enduring Partner' for Iraq President Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki held a final summit Monday before the last American troops withdraw from Iraq. Jeffrey Brown reports on the Dec. 31 deadline that comes after 8 years of war and nearly 4,500 Americans killed. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Britain's Foreign Secretary: 'Further Sanctions' on Iran to Come In an interview with Jeffrey Brown -- airing in full on Monday's NewsHour -- British Foreign Secretary William Hague said the UK will issue further sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, and that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should step down because of the government's bloody crackdown on protesters. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Why Are Conservatives Happier Than Liberals? How do feelings about ideology and economic inequality affect a person's happiness? As part of his reporting of Making Sen$e of financial news, economics correspondent Paul Solman explores the connection and asks some liberals at Occupy DC and conservatives at the American Enterprise Institute to grade their own happiness. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Take a Look Behind the Scenes at St. Paul's Storied Penumbra Theatre In Minnesota, St. Paul's Penumbra Theatre Company is putting on a production of "I Wish You Love," on the life and times of Nat King Cole. Twin Cities Public Television takes a look behind the scenes of the production and the company's history of fighting marginalization and producing productions to raise social consciousness. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shields, Brooks on Obama's 2012 Strategy, Cordray's Rejection, Gingrich's Surge Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including President Obama's re-election strategy, Newt Gingrich's poll surge in swing states and the Republican-led effort to block Consumer Financial Protection Bureau nominee Richard Cordray from confirmation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website At Va. Tech, a Sense of Bewilderment, Sadness as Shooting Motive Remains Unclear The Virginia Tech community was terrorized by another deadly shooting attack Thursday that left a police officer dead, but the response this time by the university and police was much different than the 2007 massacre on campus. Hari Sreenivasan reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Missing Ex-FBI Agent Appears in Hostage Video In other news Friday, the family of missing retired FBI agent Robert Levinson has released a video sent by his unidentified captors, in hopes of helping to free him. Levinson vanished in 2007 in Iran. Also, Iranian state television showed pictures of what it said was a largely intact U.S. drone in its possession. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What Would Debt Deal Mean for Euro, European Union, U.K.? After marathon talks, the European Union moved closer to a deal to solve the debt crisis. Jeffrey Brown discusses what the agreement might mean for Europe with the EU's Deputy Chief of Mission Francois Rivasseau and Dan McCrum of The Financial Times. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website European Leaders Agree to Closer Financial Ties, but Cameron Holds out Most European leaders agreed Friday to link their national budgets ever closer and force fiscal discipline on individual nations. Jeffrey Brown reports on the "historic" deal to save the euro that may also lead to Britain breaking from the European Union. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Report Raises New Concerns About Air Force's Disposal of Remains The Washington Post reported Thursday that incinerated partial remains of 274 troops had been taken from Dover Air Force Base in Delaware and disposed of in a landfill in Virginia. Jeffrey Brown discusses the new concerns with The Post's Craig Whitlock, who broke the story. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Seattleites Construct Rain Gardens to Curb Pollution From Stormwater Runoff In an effort to curb pollution from stormwater runoff, Seattle residents have begun a campaign to build 12,000 rain gardens around the Puget Sound. Katie Campbell of KCTS 9 reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Vote-Fraud Protests Could Mean 'Unpalatable Dilemma' for Kremlin Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday of encouraging protesters demonstrating against election fraud. Jeffrey Brown reports on Putin's protest problems. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Occupy Movements in San Diego, Oklahoma City, Boise Dig in The Occupy Movement stayed in the headlines this week as police broke up the San Francisco camp, but groups are digging in and holding up in many other places around the country. KPBS San Diego, OETA Oklahoma and Idaho Public Television report. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Obama Back in Campaign Mode as White House Sizes up Gingrich, Romney President Obama is still waiting for Republicans to pick a nominee to challenge him in next year's election, but that hasn't stopped him from entering the campaign fray. Judy Woodruff discusses the state of Mr. Obama's re-election campaign with The Washington Post's Anne Kornblut and The New York Times' Jeff Zeleny. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: European Leaders Meet Again to Save Euro From Collapse In other news Thursday, European leaders gathered in Brussels to discuss how to save the euro from collapse. The German and French leaders went to Marseille to press European conservatives to agree to closer economic ties. Also, former Sen. and Gov. Jon Corzine testified before Congress over his role in MF Global's downfall. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Deadly Virginia Tech Shootings Bring Back Fears, Memories Shootings Thursday on the campus of Virginia Tech left two people dead, and roused fears and memories of the tragedy that occurred there four years ago. Jeffrey Brown reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Possible Second Home for Humanity Found, but the Commute's Brutal Scientists have discovered a so-called "Goldilocks" planet with a temperature that is not too hot, not too cold, but maybe just right to support life. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In Japan, Tsunami-Hit Town Still Abandoned, Barren The March earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan killed 2,000 people in the town of Minamisanriku, leaving it flattened and abandoned. Independent Television News' Alex Thomson reported from there soon after the disaster and returned last month. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Syria's Assad Denies Ordering Deadly Crackdown as Sanctions Drive Down Currency Syria's President Bashar al-Assad denied in a Wednesday interview that he ordered a deadly crackdown on protesters. Jeffrey Brown speaks with NPR's Deborah Amos, reporting from Beirut, about how the interview will be viewed inside Syria, the state of the uprising in Homs and the effects of sanctions on businesses and citizens. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Supreme Court Hears Dispute Over Ownership of Montana's Rivers Montana's rivers are pristine and iconic, but they are also at the center of a property rights dispute that wound up before the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Gwen Ifill discusses the details of the dispute with Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Nominee Cordray Faces Senate Battle Richard Cordray, President Obama's latest pick to lead the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, faces an uphill battle for confirmation in the Senate this week. Judy Woodruff discusses the nomination and disagreement over the new agency's structure with Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Rod Blagojevich Given 14-Year Sentence In other news Wednesday, the former Democratic governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, was sentenced to 14 yeas in prison for corruption. He was convicted of trying to sell the appointment to President Obama's Senate seat. Also, former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was jailed on new counts of sexual abuse. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'A Big Surprise' as Sebelius Nixes Plan B for Young Girls Without Prescription In a very public disagreement Wednesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius blocked the Food and Drug Administration from allowing girls under 17 to buy the Plan B morning-after pill without a prescription. Jeffrey Brown discusses the controversy with Rob Stein of The Washington Post. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In Egypt, a 'Real Street Fight' as Parties Try to Win the Upper Hand Egypt's top two Islamist parties -- the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafists -- are squaring off in runoff elections this week. "Now we have a real street fight in the precincts," says Charles Sennott, executive editor of GlobalPost. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Newly Discovered Massive Black Holes Dwarf Previous Record Holders Astronomers recently discovered two massive black holes more than 300 million light years away. Nothing, not even light, can escape the pull of these black holes, which are each 10 billion times the mass of the sun. University of California, Berkeley professor Chung-Pei Ma joins Gwen Ifill to discuss the latest findings. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Parlez-Vous? Some Louisiana Pupils Being Immersed in French Instruction Louisiana's French heritage is being embraced in many immersion classrooms in the state. It goes beyond language -- some students are learning math, science and social studies in French. Sue Lincoln of Louisiana Public Broadcasting and the Southern Education Desk reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Death of NHL 'Enforcer' Boogaard Puts Spotlight on Repeated Head Trauma Brain research done after the death of Derek Boogaard, a National Hockey League brawler who was just 28, found that he had a degenerative condition similar to Alzheimer's caused by repeated head trauma. Jeffrey Brown speaks with The New York Times' John Branch and Dr. Robert Cantu for more on the issues raised by the death. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website With Detroit on Brink of Financial Disaster, State Steps In With Detroit on track to completely run out of cash in four months, Michigan's government began a 30-day review of the Motor City's beleaguered finances Tuesday. That process could lead to a state takeover. Desiree Cooper of Detroit Public TV reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Protesters Allege Manipulation, Rigging in Russia's Parliamentary Elections Protests in Russia continued for a second day Tuesday over Sunday's parliamentary elections. The ruling United Russia party received nearly 50 percent of the vote, but protesters allege vote-rigging and manipulation skewed the results. Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Obama Condemns Economic Inequality, Calls for Reforms In other news Tuesday, President Barack Obama condemned economic inequality in the United States during a speech in Kansas and called for progressive reforms. Also, Bank of America has agreed to pay $315 million to investors who said they were misled about risky mortgages. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website War-Torn Afghanistan Suffers Worst Sectarian Violence in Years After twin suicide bombings killed dozens of Shiite worshipers Tuesday in Afghanistan, a Sunni militant group in Pakistan claimed responsibility. Afghanistan's worst sectarian violence in years happened a day after a major conference in Germany about stabilizing the country. Judy Woodruff gets two views on the violence. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Politics, Race Play Role in Presidential Pardons, Investigation Finds People who are white and well-connected are more likely to receive presidential pardons, a ProPublica investigation discovered this week. ProPublica's Dafna Linzer goes over the details of the investigation with Gwen Ifill. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website For Wind Energy's Future, Researchers Look High in the Sky The next major innovation in wind power might not involve big, white turbines dotting the countryside. KQED QUEST reports on research being done on "tethered airfoils" that could capture wind energy more efficiently that earthbound turbines. This report is part of the NewsHour's Connect series of quality public media reporting. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What Would Deficit Limits Mean for Eurozone, Future of Euro? For a look at the tough week ahead for the eurozone and its leaders, Jeffrey Brown is joined by Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, senior director for strategy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Eurozone Leaders Consider Deficit Limits to Help Save Euro Pressure is building in Europe to resolve the growing debt crisis. Gary Gibbon of Independent Television News reports on a critical meeting between Europe's leaders to consider deficit limits for each nation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website After String of Disasters, Aid Organizations Struggle to Meet Demands Private aid organizations are struggling to maintain their funding levels for relief efforts in the wake of multiple crises around the world. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the trend as part of the Under-Told Stories project. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website After Surging in Polls, How Could Newt Gingrich Clinch Nomination? A month away from the Iowa caucuses, two new polls show that the race for the Republican presidential nomination has a new frontrunner: Newt Gingrich. Judy Woodruff takes a look at the latest poll results with The Washington Post's Dan Balz and J. Ann Selzer, president of Selzer & Company, which conducted one of the Iowa polls. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Democrats Introduce New Plan to Extend Payroll Tax Cuts In other news Monday, Senate Democrats unveiled a new plan to extend payroll tax cuts due to expire later this month. Also, bombings in Iraq killed at least 32 people, and about 10,000 Russians protested in Moscow over parliamentary elections. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website U.S. Postal Service Faces Big Changes Amid Struggle to Deliver on Profitability The likelihood that a stamped letter could reach its destination by the next day will be virtually eliminated due to billions in U.S. Postal Service cuts announced Monday. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe joins Gwen Ifill to discuss the cuts and what's next for the postal service and its customers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shields, Brooks on Gingrich's 'Skeletons,' Bill Clinton's 'Second Act,' Tax Cuts Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including the likelihood of Newt Gingrich being elected president, Bill Clinton's post-presidential work, lawmakers' struggles over the payroll tax cut extension and Rep. Barney Frank's legacy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bill Clinton on Obama: 'I Think He'll Be Re-elected' In an interview with Judy Woodruff Friday, former President Bill Clinton discussed his new book, "Back to Work: Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy," his new collaboration with President Obama to promote energy efficiency and create jobs, his 2012 predictions and his relationship with GOP candidate Newt Gingrich. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Creating Jobs in the Volunteer State: Why Are Employers Reluctant to Hire? Republicans have been saying that businesses aren't hiring because of uncertainty about regulation, the cost of health insurance and the cost of borrowing money. As part of his reporting on Making Sen$e of financial news, Paul Solman traveled to Tennessee to see if companies are creating more paying jobs in the Volunteer State. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Merkel Warns Eurozone Debt Could Take Years to Fix In other news Friday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned it could take years to fix Europe's staggering debt problems. She spoke amid growing signs European leaders may fashion a more powerful political union. Also, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said he'll announce the future of his campaign on Saturday. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website U.S. Jobs Picture Shows Some Promise, but Many in 'Very Long Struggle' for Work The November unemployment report came out Friday, and it showed new job creation and a surprising drop in unemployment. However, the outlook remains bleak for many job seekers. Jeffrey Brown discusses the latest numbers with Diane Swonk of Mesirow Financial and Carl Van Horn of the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website For 'Soldiers' in Mexico's Drug War, 'More Murders Than They Can Count' The death toll continues to mount in Mexico's drug war. Hari Sreenivasan and Ioan Grillo of GlobalPost discuss his new book "El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency," an account of his more than 10 years investigating the country's criminal cartels. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Barney Frank on Dysfunction in Congress: 'Blame James Madison' Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank announced this week that he would not seek re-election next year after more than four decades in politics. Judy Woodruff and Frank discuss his legacy, his decision to retire, the U.S. housing crisis, Europe's ongoing debt problems, and dysfunction in Congress and the U.S. political system. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website For Frequent Fliers, How Big a Concern Is Backscatter Body Scan Radiation? As millions of Americans take to the skies for holiday travel, some scientists have raised concerns about the small dose of ionizing radiation emitted by backscatter full-body scanners used to screen passengers at U.S. airports. In partnership with ProPublica, Miles O'Brien examines what we do and don't know about the machines. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website When Will We See an AIDS-Free Generation? On World AIDS Day, President Obama pledged Thursday to provide HIV treatment for millions more around the world. Jeffrey Brown discusses the state of the epidemic with U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Eric Goosby, clinic director Dr. Patricia Nkansah-Asamoah and David Ernesto Munar of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Obama, Clinton Have 'a Lot at Risk' in Delicate Relationship With Burma Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited the Southeast Asian nation of Burma on Thursday. Margaret Warner discusses the significance of the isolated country's first visit by a U.S. secretary of state in 50 years with William Wan of The Washington Post, who's traveling with Clinton. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Lawmakers Butt Heads Over Payroll Tax Cut Extention In other news Thursday, Senate Democrats and Republicans moved to block each other's plans for extending the payroll tax cut. Democrats wanted to pay for it with a surtax on millionaires, but the GOP said that would only penalize job creators. Also, auto sales in November may turn out to be the strongest in more than two years. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Obama Pledges More Support for HIV Treatment President Obama marked World AIDS Day Thursday by pledging a stepped-up effort to reach more victims of the pandemic that began 30 years ago and has since infected an estimated 66 million people worldwide. Jeffrey Brown reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website As Lipitor's Patent Expires, Is Era of 'Blockbuster Drugs' Over? After 14 years on the market, the most profitable prescription drug in history, Lipitor, is going generic as patients, doctors and the pharmaceutical industry wait to see what will happen. Margaret Warner discusses the implications with Dr. Jerry Avorn of Harvard Medical School. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Role of Rising Food Prices in Egypt's Revolution Egypt's rising food prices are helping fuel the revolution that led to this week's parliamentary elections. In collaboration with The Center for Investigative Reporting, Homelands Productions and Marketplace, Sandy Tolan reports as part of a new series called "Food for 9 Billion." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Amid Sagging Support, Does Tea Party Have Staying Power for 2012? The Tea Party burst on the scene as a new political force, but does it have staying power? Judy Woodruff discusses the movement's influence with The Pew Research Center's Andy Kohut and The New York Times' Kate Zernike. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How Would Payroll Tax Extensions Be Funded? President Obama wants to extend a payroll tax cut and many Republicans do too, but both sides are far apart on how to get it done. Gwen Ifill discusses how the extension could be funded with White House National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: U.K. Public-Sector Employees Stage National Strike In other news Wednesday, public-sector employees in Britain staged their largest national strike in decades to protest pension curbs. They walked off the job is hospitals, schools and elsewhere, although airports were less affected. Also, police in Los Angeles and Philadelphia cleared anti-Wall Street encampments. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Soaring Markets Reveal Clues About Big Banks' Levels of Trust, Comfort The Federal Reserve teamed up with other central banks to ease a growing credit crunch threatening the world's financial systems. Jeffrey Brown discusses the move and the market's reaction with Catherine Mann of Brandeis University and author David Smick. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stocks Surge as Central Banks Move to Ease Credit Crunch Stock markets roared their approval Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve led a global move to head off a new financial panic originating in Europe. Jeffrey Brown reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Legendary Saxophonist Sonny Rollins on His Enduring Love for Jazz On Saturday, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., will bestow its Kennedy Center Honors on five of the nation's leading artists. One is legendary jazz saxophonist and composer Sonny Rollins, who is still performing at age 81. Jeffrey Brown sits down with Rollins to discuss his life's work. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fed Faces New Scrutiny for Trillions in Assistance to Banks After Crisis A report published Monday raises new questions about money that the Federal Reserve provided to banks in the wake of the financial crisis. Judy Woodruff discusses the report with Bob Ivry of Bloomberg News. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In Egypt and Congo, Questions of Election Legitimacy Remain Millions of Africans voted Tuesday in two very different elections. Margaret Warner discusses elections in Egypt and Congo with The International Republican Institute's Scott Mastic, who's leading an election monitoring team in Cairo, and Soloman Moore of The Wall Street Journal, reporting from Congo's capital of Kinshasa. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Millions Turn Out to Vote in Egypt, Congo Elections At different ends of the African continent Tuesday, millions of people voted in two different elections, one in Egypt and the other in Congo. Margaret Warner reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How Effective Is Justice Department Crackdown on Counterfeit Goods Dealers? The Justice Department used Cyber Monday, the biggest online shopping day of the year, to shut down 150 websites that were allegedly peddling fake shoes, sporting goods and handbags. Gwen Ifill discusses the crackdown on counterfeit goods with author Larry Downes and Steve Tepp of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Cain Reassesses 2012 Run After Woman Claims Long-Term Affair In other news Tuesday, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is reassessing his run for the White House. He spoke to staffers after an Atlanta woman claimed she'd had a 13-year affair with him. Also, protesters in Iran stormed the British Embassy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Employees Expected to 'Bear the Burden' of American Airlines Bankruptcy After 81 years of flying, American Airlines landed in federal bankruptcy court Tuesday, filing for Chapter 11 protections against its creditors. Judy Woodruff discusses what's behind the bankruptcy with Ben Mutzabaugh of USA Today. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New Climate Change Deal to Succeed Kyoto a Long Shot What's behind the long struggle to reach a new international agreement on reducing greenhouse gases? Margaret Warner and The Washington Post's Juliet Eilperin preview the U.N.'s annual climate conference. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website European Commission's Barroso Insists Euro Will Survive Crisis The debt crisis in Europe that, until now, has threatened individual countries, now threatens the continent's common currency. Jeffrey Brown discusses Europe's debt woes and the euro's future with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Obama Presses EU Leaders for Debt Resolution Mounting fears for the fate of the eurozone dominated an annual summit Monday, as President Obama hosted leaders of the European Union. Jeffrey Brown reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website N.Y. Judge Rejects SEC's $285M Deal With Citigroup as 'Unfair, Unreasonable' A federal judge on Monday rejected a settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Citigroup over mortgage deals dating back to the housing bust and the financial crisis. Ray Suarez discusses the latest developments with Edward Wyatt of The New York Times and Jacob Frenkel of Shulman Rogers Gandal Pordy & Ecker. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Union Leader Publisher on Gingrich Endorsement: 'He's a Guy With Ideas' Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is leading in the polls and picked up a key endorsement from an influential New Hampshire newspaper. Gwen Ifill discusses the Republican presidential field and the endorsement with Union Leader Publisher Joe McQuaid and Susan Page of USA Today. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Egyptians Cast Landmark Vote Without Violence In other news Monday, lines were long at polling stations across Egypt for the first parliamentary election since President Hosni Mubarak was forced from office. The voting was free of violence despite recent clashes between protesters and police. Also, attacks in Iraq ramped up just weeks ahead of the U.S. pullout of troops. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website After Deadly Raid, How Can Pakistan, U.S. Ease Tensions? Outrage blazed in Pakistan Monday over a deadly NATO cross-border air raid from Afghanistan. Judy Woodruff discusses the escalating tensions between the United States and Pakistan, who maintain an oft-strained alliance, with Shuja Nawaz of The Atlantic Council and Stephen Cohen of The Brookings Institution. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Outraged Pakistanis Protest Deadly Cross-Border Attack by NATO Protesters throughout Pakistan raged Monday against the U.S. and NATO over air strikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. Judy Woodruff reports on the strike that threatens to deepen a growing divide between the U.S. and Pakistan. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New Nixon Tapes Reveal Details of Meeting With Anti-War Activists Recently released audio recordings detail President Richard Nixon's surreal meeting with anti-Vietnam War protesters at the Lincoln Memorial one night more than four decades ago. Ray Suarez reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website After Tsunami, Japanese Coastal Town Struggles to Recover Independent Television News' Alex Thomson reports from Kesennuma, Japan, on one fishing port's struggle to come back after the March earthquake and tsunami devastated the town and its fleet. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shields and Brooks on GOP Foreign Policy Debate, Supercommittee Failure Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including GOP hopefuls' attempt to draw sharp distinctions on foreign policy during their latest debate, the shift on immigration among Republicans and the failure of the deficit supercommittee. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Detroit Tackles Dropout Crisis By Engaging Students, Parents Education Secretary Arne Duncan has called Detroit, where four out of 10 children don't graduate from high school, "arguably, the worst school district in the country." Hari Sreenivasan and Detroit Public Television report on how the city's public schools are tackling poor graduation rates. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Arab League Deadline Expires Without Syrian Response In other news Friday, a deadline set by the Arab League for Syria expired without a response. The Arab League wants Syria to let an observer mission in to monitor the now eight-month-long uprising against President Bashar Al-Assad. Also, the holiday shopping season officially begin on what's known as "Black Friday." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How Will Latest Protests Affect Egypt's Elections? On Friday the Obama administration issued a statement urging Egypt's ruling military council to speed up the transition to civilian rule, as angry protesters reiterated their impatience for change. Margaret Warner discusses the latest developments with the International Crisis Group's Robert Malley and journalist Gameela Ismail. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Protesters Gather in Cairo, Pressure Military to Hasten Transition Tens of thousands of Egyptians flooded Cairo's Tahrir Square again on Friday, keeping up the pressure on the military government to step aside and speed up the transition to civilian rule. Independent Television News' John Irvine reports from Cairo. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Author Takes Fresh Look at Shaping of U.S. Cultural, Political Landscape In his new book, author and historian Colin Woodard explores how America was shaped by settlement patterns dating back to the time of the first Thanksgiving. Margaret Warner talks with Woodard about "American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In Aftermath of Financial Crisis, Who's Being Held Responsible? As anger over the financial crisis lingers, questions remain as to who has been held accountable for their role in creating the conditions that led to the meltdown ... and who has not. Ray Suarez reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website After Infusion of New Energy, 'Occupy DC' Shows No Signs of Letting Up Hari Sreenivasan reports on the 'Occupy' movement in Washington, D.C., where demonstrators have settled in after getting a shot in the arm from some energetic protesters who traveled down from New York City. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What's on the Menu in School Cafeterias? Lawmakers recently weighed in on what's in school lunches, a battle that attracted a great deal of attention from the food industry. Judy Woodruff reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Retailers Kick Off Holiday Shopping Season Early Friday is the traditional kickoff of the holiday retail season, but some stores are opening a day early. Correspondent Tom Bearden looks at how that's playing out in Denver, Colo., where some say the rush to start shopping is infringing on the Thanksgiving holiday. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Yemen Security Forces Opened Fire on Protesters, Killing 5 In other news Thursday, security forces opened fire on crowds of protesters in Yemen, killing five. The protesters were calling for outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh to stand trial for crimes committed during Yemen's 10-month-long uprising. Also, a triple bombing in Iraq killed at least 19 people and injured more than 70. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Police, Protesters Reach Fragile Truce in Egypt; Elections to Proceed as Planned A fragile truce between police and protesters held around Cairo's Tahrir Square on Thursday as Egypt's military government apologized for the deaths of at least 39 protesters and announced that parliamentary elections will begin as planned on Monday. Independent Television News' Jonathan Rugman reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website After Commission Documents Torture Incidents, What's Next for Bahrain? An independent commission released findings on the upheavals that shook the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom of Bahrain earlier this year and the crackdown that followed. Margret Warner discusses the events and the Bassiouni report with Bahrain's finance minister, Sheikh Ahmed al-Khalifa, and the editor of al Wasat, Mansoor al Jamri. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Independent Commission: Bahrain Tortured Activists in Deadly Crackdown Young people and police clashed Wednesday in Bahrain as an independent commission released its findings on the upheavals that shook the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom earlier this year and the deadly crackdown that followed. Margret Warner reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tiny Mussels Invade Great Lakes, Threaten Fishing Industry Tiny mussels are invading the Great Lakes, threatening the health of the waterways and the livelihoods of fishermen. Ash-har Quraishi of WTTW Chicago reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bachmann: Gingrich's Immigration Stance 'Most Liberal' in GOP Race In an interview Wednesday with Jeffrey Brown, GOP presidential hopeful Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., discussed her GOP rivals' views on immigration, her choice of language on the campaign trail, what the U.S. should do with enemy combatants and criticized the Obama administration for its handling of Solyndra's loan guarantee. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website GOP Hopefuls Draw Sharp Divisions on Foreign Policy at Debate Eight Republican candidates gathered Tuesday night in Washington, D.C., for their 11th debate, which centered on foreign policy and national security. Ray Suarez recaps the debate with NPR's Ari Shapiro. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Turkey Warns Syrian Crackdown Could Bring Turmoil to Region In other news Wednesday, the president of Turkey warned the Syrian government's deadly crackdown on opposition could bring turmoil to the entire region. President Abdullah Gul said, "Syria has come to a point of no return." Also, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had a warning for the U.S. over its missile-defense program. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Death Tolls Rises as Thousands Fill Tahrir Square for Egypt's Second Uprising It was day five of the second uprising in Egypt on Wednesday, and tens of thousands of protesters filled Cairo's Tahrir Square a day after military leaders agreed to speed up the transition to civilian rule. Independent Television News' Jonathan Rugman reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Under Pressure, Yemen's Saleh Signs Deal to End 33-Year Rule Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a statement on Wednesday agreeing to resign, ending 33 years of authoritarian rule. Jeffrey Brown reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'Frontline' Investigates How Mumbai Mastermind Slipped Through the Cracks The 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, India, that killed 166 people were masterminded by Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley. Margret Warner and Sebastian Rotella of ProPublica and Frontline discuss how American law enforcement and intelligence agencies missed several opportunities to thwart his plot. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gauging Foreign Policy's Importance in GOP Race What role will foreign policy and national security play in the Republicans' 2012 nomination fight? Judy Woodruff explores those questions and previews Tuesday night's debate with historian Richard Norton Smith and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Can Tech Startup Schools Teach #TheNextBigThing? We explore the phenomenon of Startup Accelerators with Tech Stars, AngelPad, Thomas Korte, David Cohen, Vivek Wadhwa, Blackbox Ventures, Wade Roush. Are they helping find the next big thing or fueling a bubble. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Accelerators Groom Technology Ventures for Success The Kauffman Foundation, which studies entrepreneurship, recently found that startups create about 3 million new jobs a year. Hari Sreenivasan reports on efforts to nurture promising companies and bring them to market faster. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website After Failed Deficit Deal, Obama Pushes Payroll Tax Cut Extensions The failure of the deficit supercommittee echoed Tuesday on the campaign trail as President Obama pressed Republicans in New Hampshire to support extending payroll tax cuts for another year. Ray Suarez discusses the failed congressional effort with Paul Krugman of Princeton University and Martin Feldstein of Harvard University. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Turkish PM Urges Syria's Assad to Resign In other news Tuesday, Turkey put new pressure on Syrian President Bashar al Assad to step down. In a speech, Prime Minister Erdogan called for Assad to resign for the first time. Also, Taliban leaders in Pakistan have declared a nationwide ceasefire to open peace talks with the country's government. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In Egypt, Split Seen Between Protesters, Organized Political Groups Violent clashes between protesters and security forces continued Tuesday in central Cairo, but the country's military rulers appeared to give ground on political reforms. Jeffrey Brown discusses what's next for Egypt's "unfinished revolution" with Mervat Hatem of Howard University. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Egypt's 'Unfinished Revolution': Military Pledges Faster Shift to Civilian Rule Throngs of Egyptians swarmed central Cairo again Tuesday, and the country's military rulers appeared to give ground on political reforms. Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News reports from Cairo. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Book Chronicles Fight to Save Web From Sophisticated Computer Worm In "Worm: The First Digital World War," journalist Mark Bowden chronicles computer security experts' campaign to detect and defeat a sophisticated new computer worm. Margret Warner and Bowden discuss the Conficker worm, which was first detected in 2008 and ultimately invaded at least 12 million computers worldwide. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website As Poorest U.S. City, Reading Also Struggling With High Dropout Rate One city's struggle to regain its economic footing is also tied to significant problems in its schools. Jeffrey Brown reports from Reading, Pa., as part of our American Graduate series. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website UC Davis Officials Under Fire Amid Outrage Over 'Occupy' Pepper Spraying There was continuing criticism Monday about University of California, Davis police dousing student activists with pepper spray at close range during demonstrations over the weekend. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Egypt Faces 'Fateful Turning Point' With Elections in Jeopardy Clashes between police and protesters moved into a third day in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Monday. Ray Suarez discusses the increasingly deadly mix of politics and violence in Egypt with GlobalPost's Charles Sennott. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In Cairo's Tahrir Square, Tensions Escalate Between Protesters, Police Tear gas and rubber bullets filled the air Monday, as clashes between police and protesters moved into a third day in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Ray Suarez reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Alleged NYC Bomb Plotter Arrested, Arraigned In other news Monday, a man accused of plotting to bomb New York City police stations and post offices remained in custody. Jose Pimental, who was under surveillance for at least a year, was arrested over the weekend. Also, Spain's new ruling party came under pressure to spell out its plans to rescue the country's economy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Deficit Supercommittee Admits Failure: Now What? The bipartisan congressional committee charged with cutting the U.S. deficit admitted failure on Monday. Judy Woodruff discusses the legislative logjam with Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute, Maya MacGuineas of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and Henry Aaron of the Brookings Institution. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Reporter in Egypt: Contained 'War Zone' in Parts of Cairo For a third straight day in Egypt's capital Cairo, police tried to beat back protesters who were flinging rocks and Molotov cocktails, angered by a draft constitution guideline that they say gives the military too much power. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Will Myanmar's Move Toward Reforms Last? In an effort to warm relations between the U.S. and the Asian nation of Myanmar, President Obama announced he will send Secretary of State Hillary Clinton there next month. Margret Warner discusses the renewed ties with retired Foreign Service officer Priscilla Clapp and Tom Malinowski of Human Rights Watch. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website U.S. Dispatches Secretary Clinton to Myanmar President Obama announced Friday that he'll send Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the Asian nation of Myanmar, which has long been isolated from much of the world. Margret Warner reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shields, Brooks on Super Committee Gridlock, Cain's Stumble Over Libya Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including gridlock in the congressional deficit super committee, GOP hopeful Newt Gingrich's financial entanglements and Herman Cain's stumble over questions about President Obama's handling of Libya. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Was Charles Darwin the Father of Economics as Well? What does the work of Charles Darwin have to do with economics? As part of his reporting on Making Sen$e of financial news, Paul Solman talks to Robert H. Frank, author of "The Darwin Economy: Liberty, Competition, and the Common Good," about the connection between economics and the father of evolution. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website For Wisconsin Gov. Walker, Tables Turn as Unions Push Recall Effort The eyes of the nation were on the political firestorm in Wisconsin last winter when Republican Gov. Scott Walker took on the labor union representing the state's public employees. Wisconsin Public Television's Frederica Freyburg explores how the tables have since turned on Walker. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: U.K.'s Cameron Moves to Contain Europe's Debt Crisis In other news Friday, British Prime Minister David Cameron appealed for decisive action to contain Europe's debt crisis, but German Chancellor Angela Merkel cautioned against doing too much, too fast. Also, U.S. and U.N. food agencies reported that the number of famine zones in Somalia has been cut in half. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website With Deadline Nearing, What Happens if Super Committee Talks Collapse? The congressional deficit super committee ended the week with no deal in hand and a Wednesday deadline looming. Jeffrey Brown discusses the stalemate over taxes and spending with Janet Hook of The Wall Street Journal. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Crystal Bridges: a New Home to American Art The Crystal Bridges Museum opened last week in Bentonville, Ark. The building was designed by Moshe Safdie, and the collection was amassed by Alice Walton of the Wal-Mart fortune. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'Waste Land' Explores Artist's Use of Garbage to Transform Lives in Brazil The film "Waste Land" follows artist Vik Muniz as he creates portraits of a band of self-designated pickers of recyclable materials in Brazil, using the trash that surrounds them. This excerpt is part of The Economist Film Project series of independently produced films aired in partnership between The Economist and the NewsHour. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Police, 'Occupiers' Clash on Day of Action in Several Cities The Occupy Wall Street movement marked the end of its second month with marches and demonstrations in several cities, but hundreds of protesters were arrested after clashing with police. Judy Woodruff reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How Do You Protect Against a Tsunami? Researchers in Japan are working to find ways to limit the most-catastrophic damage from tsunamis. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Amid Solyndra Turmoil, How Involved Should Government Be in Energy Research? Should the government help spur or back certain kinds of energy research? Jeffrey Brown discusses the political storm over the government's backing of the now-bankrupt solar panel manufacturer Solyndra with Eileen Claussen of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions and Robert Bryce of The Manhattan Institute. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Supercommittee Shows No Public Signs of Progress In other news Thursday, there was no public sign of movement by Congress' deficit supercommittee just days from its deadline. Instead, 72 House Republicans sent a letter opposing tax increases. Democrats also face divisions over spending cuts. Also, Italy's new government won an overwhelming vote of confidence from Parliament. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Idaho Man Charged With Obama Assassination Attempt Led 'Sort of a Troubled Life' Gunshots that hit the White House on Friday evening eventually led to the arrest of Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, a 21-year-old man from Idaho, on a charge of an attempted assassination of President Obama. Margret Warner discusses the developing story with Charlie Savage of The New York Times. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Congress Honors 4 Astronauts With Highest Civilian Honor Four astronauts were awarded the nation's highest civilian honor on Wednesday: the Congressional Gold Medal. Ray Suarez reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'Patriotic Millionaires' Lobby Congress for Higher Taxes on Rich Members of Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength visited Capitol Hill Wednesday, lobbying Congress for higher taxes on the rich. Jeffrey Brown discuses the group's goals with member Garrett Gruener, who founded Ask.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Berkeley Students, 'Occupy Oakland' Protesters Join Forces Protesters and University of California, Berkeley students are shifting strategies as city officials put more pressure on the ranks of Occupy Oakland. Correspondent Spence Michels reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Program Brings Dental Care to Remote Alaskans, but Some Dentists Are Skeptical A program to train dental therapists to perform basic care in rural Alaska has been met with both praise and skepticism. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser continues her series of reports on dental costs, coverage and access for Americans. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Executives' Bonuses Draw Rebuke From Lawmakers The compensation practices at two government-controlled mortgage giants came under heavy fire on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Margret Warner discusses what accounts for executive bonuses at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with Politico's Josh Boak and The Wall Street Journal's Nick Timiraos. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Greece, Italy Take New Steps to Restore Political Stability In other news Wednesday, Italy and Greece took new steps to restore political and economic stability. In Rome, Prime Minister Mario Monti was sworn in with a new Cabinet that didn't include a single politician. In Syria, the swelling violence left the government increasingly under siege as army defectors staged new attacks. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What Does U.S. Military Deployment Mean for Asia-Pacific? President Obama announced Wednesday that more than 2,000 U.S. troops will head to Australia, but he stopped short of saying the move was meant as a message to China. Ray Suarez explores what the move means for regional politics with Jeffrey Bader of The Brookings Institution and John Higley of the University of Texas at Austin. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website With Eye on China, Obama Boosts U.S. Military Presence in Australia President Obama announced Wednesday that more than 2,000 American troops are heading to Australia under a new security agreement, but Chinese leaders expressed some skepticism and displeasure at the move. Ray Suarez reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'Midnight Rising' Takes a New Look at Life, Legend of John Brown Author Tony Horwitz tells the story of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in his new book, "Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War." Jeffrey Brown and Horwitz discuss the life and evolving legend of Brown. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NBA Labor Battle Continues, Threatening Entire Season The entire NBA season is on the brink as talks between players and owners, aimed at ending the lockout, break down. Ray Suarez discusses what's at stake with Ian Thomsen of Sport Illustrated. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Millions of Americans Face Life Without Dental Care The lack of access to dental care is a problem that affects millions of Americans. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Editor: Sandusky 'Probably Did Himself More Harm Than Good' in Costas Interview In a startling move Monday, Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State defensive coordinator accused of sexually abusing children, defended himself in a telephone interview with Bob Costas on NBC. Margret Warner discusses the scandal's continuing fallout with David Newhouse, editor of The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Congressional Deficit Panel Gridlock Persists as Deadline Nears Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill still seemed miles apart on a deficit-reduction agreement on Tuesday, with just eight days to go before a self-mandated deadline. Congressional correspondent Kwame Holman reports. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Harry Belafonte Reflects on Life as a Singer, Actor and Activist Harry Belafonte is not only a musical icon, but also a lifelong political and social activist. Gwen Ifill talks with Belafonte about his life as a singer, actor and civil rights activist. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website As Arab Pressure Intensifies on Syria, What's Next for Assad? The Arab League voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to suspend Syria's membership in an effort to further pressure President Bashar al Assad to stop the crackdown on dissidents. Margaret Warner discusses the growing frustration with Syria with The Atlantic Council's Michele Dunne and University of Maryland's Shibley Telhami. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Arab Nations Call for End to Syria's Crackdown Jordan's King Abdullah called on Syrian President Bashar al Assad on Monday to halt the crackdown on dissidents that has left at least 3,500 dead since March. His statement comes after a weekend vote by Arab League nations to suspend Syria's membership. Independent Television News' John Ray reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Somali Refugees Flee to Ethiopia to Escape Famine, Violence Kenyan troops have been drawn into the civil war in Somalia between the government and al-Shabab militants as desperate refugees flee to Ethiopia to escape violence and famine. Special Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from a refugee camp near Dolo, on the Ethiopian border with Somalia. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Deficit Super Committee Stuck in Stalemate as Deadline Nears After more than three months of work, the congressional panel charged with finding ways to cut the nation's budget deficit seems to be stuck in neutral. Judy Woodruff discusses the deadlock with super committee member Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Leaders in Italy, Greece Move to Form New Governments In other news Monday, leaders in both Greece and Italy moved to form new governments. Both will have to convince voters and financial markets to support their efforts to prevent Europe's debt crisis from spreading. Also, police in Oakland, Calif. cleared an encampment of "Occupy" protesters. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Health Reform Law to Face Constitutional Test in Supreme Court On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments next spring on the constitutionality of the health care reform law. Jeffrey Brown discusses the political and legal implications with The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle and NPR's Julie Rovner. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Why a Lesson in Money Plus Math Equals Financial Stability Sheila Bair, known for her tenacity and contrarian tenure as chairwoman of the FDIC, has a message she wants everyone to learn:Don't buy an inflatable moose head for your wall. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nicaragua Combats Pneumonia in Country's Young Via New Vaccine Each year, pneumonia kills more children around the world than malaria, measles and HIV combined. Ray Suarez reports from Nicaragua on efforts to combat the lung infection, which is the leading killer of children under the age of five. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shields and Brooks on GOP Race After Perry Flub, 'Occupy' Movement Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including Texas Gov. Rick Perry's lapse at the latest GOP debate, Herman Cain's attempt to move past sexual harassment claims and the "Occupy" movement. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Portland Among Cities Grappling With How to Handle 'Occupy' Protesters City officials around the nation are confronting the question of how to deal with the "Occupy" protesters who have camped out in public spaces. Jeffrey Brown discusses the growing movement and its implications with Portland Mayor Sam Adams and "Occupy Portland" representative Jim Oliver. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Job-Seeking Vets Confront Stigma of 'Falling Behind' While Deployed More than 12 percent of the roughly 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans were jobless last month, compared to 9 percent of the total population. As part of his reporting on Making Sen$e of financial news, Paul Solman looks at the problems many service members face in finding a job back home. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: SEC Penalizes Employees for Failure to Spot Madoff Scheme In other news Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission penalized eight employees for failing to spot Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme over 16 years. The agency said the measures ranged from pay cuts to suspensions, but no one was fired. Also, a unity government emerged in Greece and economic reforms gained traction in Italy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Obama Urges U.S. Employers to Hire Veterans President Obama declared that the "tide of war is receding" at a ceremony honoring the nation's veterans on Friday, as the military prepares to leave Iraq and begin winding down combat operations in Afghanistan. Judy Woodruff reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'We Still Live Here' Details Effort to Restore Wampanoag Language The film "We Still Live Here," tells the story of the return of the Wampanoag Indian language, the first time a language with no native speakers has been revived in this country. It's part of our series, in partnership with The Economist magazine, showcasing the art of filmmaking. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Perry Campaign Looks to Rebound From Embarassing Debate Gaffe Texas Gov. Rick Perry moved to rebound from his embarrassing gaffe at the Republican presidential debate on Wednesday. Judy Woodruff and NewsHour Political Editor David Chalian recap the highlights of the debate. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Safecast Draws on Power of the Crowd to Map Japan's Radiation Eight months after a tsunami caused a nuclear accident in Japan, ordinary people are using new technology and the power of crowdsourcing to find radiation hotspots. NewsHour science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports from Japan. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Obama Administration Delays Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Should President Obama approve a major extension of the Keystone XL pipeline? Ray Suarez discusses that question, which has divided business, environmental groups and labor unions, with The Washington Post's Juliet Eilperin. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Greece, Italy Show Signs of Political Progress In other news Thursday, there were signs of political progress in Greece and Italy after days of uncertainty. Respected economists stood ready to take charge of new governments in both countries. Also, the Democratic majority in the Senate blocked a Republican effort to halt a new regulation on air pollution. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'Shock' Continues Over Penn State Scandal, Paterno's Scarred Legacy Thursday was the first day of the post-Joe Paterno era at Penn State, after a whirlwind of events that stemmed from sexual abuse charges against a former football coach. Jeffrey Brown discusses the continuing fallout. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Indiana Crafts Dropout Remedy Through Choice of Schools Special correspondent John Tulenko reports from Indiana, where a voucher program allows families to choose religious schools, charter schools and public schools in neighboring districts for their children as part of an effort to provide more options when graduation rates are low. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Voters Reject Law Curbing Union Rights Voters around the country went to the polls on Tuesday to answer some critical ballot questions. Judy Woodruff examines the results in Ohio, where voters overturned a law curbing union rights, with Ohio Public Radio's Karen Kasler. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Berlusconi's Exit Does Little to Calm Fears on Italy's Debt Europe's debt crisis took a turn for the worse on Wednesday after Italy's borrowing rate hit a record high, one day after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi agreed to step down once budget reforms are enacted. International Television News' James Mates reports from Rome. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website For the Love of Chinese Bread An economic analysis of a local, family-run bread bakery is the topic of the latest dispatch from Yoram Bauman, our temporary economist-in-residence in China. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website St. Louis Teachers Voice Struggles Over Dropouts Teachers are struggling to find solutions to the high school dropout crisis plaguing the nation. As part of our American Graduate Project series, Gwen Ifill discusses the challenges educators are facing in the classroom with Civic Enterprises' John Bridgeland. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website California Raids Threaten Medical Marijuana Regulation In 16 states, marijuana use is legal for medical purposes, but authorities say state laws do not protect growers from federal prosecution. Special correspondent Michael Montgomery of KQED San Francisco looks at how that conflict is playing out in one California community. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Supreme Court Hears Landmark GPS Tracking Case Can the government track a suspect using a GPS device without a warrant? That question was at the center of a high-profile case before the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Judy Woodruff discusses the oral arguments in the case with the National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Journalist Goes Undercover to Report on Syrian Dissidents The Syrian government has stepped up its deadly crackdown on dissidents, only a week after agreeing to negotiate with them. Margret Warner discusses the violence with journalist Ramita Navai, who went undercover to embed with some of Syria's most-wanted dissidents. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Is Iran Capable of Developing Nuclear Weapons? The International Atomic Energy Agency has been trying for years to monitor the Iranian program and determine if it is trying to develop nuclear weapons. Ray Suarez discusses the agency's latest report with former U.N. weapons inspector David Albright. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Penn State's Paterno Comes Under Fire, May Be Forced Out In other news Tuesday, Penn State football coach Joe Paterno faced growing pressure after charges that a former top assistant sexually abused boys for years. Reports suggested he might be forced out after 46 seasons. Also, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi lost his majority in parliament and has said he plans to resign. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cain Denies Harassment Claim, Vows to Stay in Race GOP hopeful Herman Cain went before cameras late Tuesday in Scottsdale, Ariz. to deny allegations made by a Chicago-area woman that he made unwanted sexual advances toward her more than a decade ago. Judy Woodruff and Political Editor David Chalian discuss the scandal's impact on Cain's bid for the White House. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Conversation: Julian Barnes, Winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize The Man Booker Prize is given annually to a novel by an author in Britain, Ireland or one of the Commonwealth nations. It is highly prestigious, as well as often highly contentious and controversial. This year was no exception. This year's prize went to one of Britain's leading writers, winning for his first time, Julian Barnes. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Story of Humanity Told Through '100 Objects' In "A History of the World in 100 Objects," British Museum director Neil MacGregor recounts the history of civilization, told through 100 treasures from the museum. Jeffrey Brown and MacGregor discuss his book. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gold Lures Illegal Miners to Peru's Rainforests In southeastern Peru, where the Andes Mountains meet the Amazon, lies one of the world's richest ecosystems and the destructive lure of gold. In a collaboration with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, special correspondent Steve Sapienza reports on illegal gold mining in Peru. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 49 Million Americans in Poverty, Census Calculates The Census Bureau released a new unofficial count of poverty in America on Monday, showing about 16 percent of the population live at or below the poverty line. Ray Suarez discusses the new numbers with The Brookings Institution's Ron Haskins and the Institute for Women's Policy Research's Heidi Harrmann. 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Herman Cain faced new accusations of sexual harassment on Monday when a Chicago-area woman went before television cameras with graphic details. Judy Woodruff discusses what the fresh allegations mean for Cain's White House bid with Politico's Jonathan Martin. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Weekly Poem: 'Olives' "Olives" is the title poem of A.E. Stallings' forthcoming collection, which comes out in the spring. A poet and translator, Stallings was one of this year's MacArthur Award winners. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shields, Brooks on Americans' Pessimism, Scandal's Impact on Cain Candidacy Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including the sexual harassment claims against Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain plus the mood of the American electorate while the unemployment rate remains stubbornly high. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ahead of Nicaraguan Election, Ortega's Leadership Back in Spotlight The coming election in the Central American nation of Nicaragua will have a familiar name on the ballot. Ray Suarez reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Groupon's IPO Skyrockets: 'As Near a Perfect Launch as a Company Could Hope for' Daily-deal website Groupon began selling its stock Friday with one of the largest public offerings for a tech company since Google. Judy Woodruff discusses the day of high-flying trading with John Abell of Wired.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Greece Faces Moment of Truth After Week of High Drama In other news Friday, the government of Greece faced a moment of truth. After a week of high drama, the Greek Parliament proceeded with a confidence vote on Socialist Prime Minister George Papandreou. While the world watched the turmoil in Greece, the G-20 economic summit ended in France. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Doubleheader: Super Committees and Honey Badgers Now that baseball season is over, where will syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks spend their leisure hours? They'll likely be back to the heavy lifting of political news. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'Need To Know': States Tackle Jobs Crisis in Creative Ways Several states are testing creative ways to tackle the jobless problem. This excerpt is part of a series called "Help Wanted" produced by PBS' "Need To Know." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stubbornly High Jobless Rate Offers Little Hope to Unemployed The U.S. jobs report for October brought news of slow improvement for the American economy, but also continued worries that the stubbornly high unemployment rate isn't changing fast enough. Jeffrey Brown discusses the report with Catherine Rampell of The New York Times and Ingrid Schroeder of the Pew Fiscal Analysis Initiative. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'Crime After Crime' Examines Battered Woman's Struggle to Leave Prison "Crime After Crime" traces efforts to free Deborah Peagler from prison 20 years after she was connected to the murder of the man who abused her and forced her into prostitution. This excerpt is part of The Economist Film Project series of independently produced films aired in partnership between The Economist and the NewsHour. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rice on Bush Years: 'We Were Under a lot of Stress and Strain' In a new memoir, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice details her experiences during turbulent times around the world while serving in the George W. Bush administration. Gwen Ifill and Rice discuss "No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Will a Generational Divide Define 2012 Election? With the 2012 presidential election a year away, the Pew Research Center examines the state of the American electorate and the divisions that fall along age lines. Judy Woodruff reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Census: 1 in 15 Americans Among the Poorest of the Poor New Census data out Thursday show that one in 15 Americans now lives in extreme poverty and earns less than half of the official poverty line. Jeffrey Brown discusses the spread of poverty and the implications for families and communities with Elizabeth Kneebone of the Brookings Institution. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Upbeat Economic Reports Boost Markets In other news Thursday, the markets around the world got a boost from several upbeat economic reports. The Labor Department said first-time jobless claims fell below 400,000, the lowest level in five weeks. Also, Senate Republicans have blocked another piece of President Obama's jobs plan. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'Like G-20 Didn't Happen': Greek Crisis Overshadows Summit Under pressure from other countries, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou scrapped plans to have his citizens vote in a referendum on a new European bailout, but he faces a brewing political crisis. Margret Warner discusses the eurozone's problems with Steven Erlanger of The New York Times at the G-20 summit in Cannes, France. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Greek Government Teeters Ahead of Confidence Vote It was a long day of political turmoil in Greece on Thursday, with broader implications for the economies of Europe and the rest of the world. Independent Television News' James Mates and Gary Gibbon report. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Virus Hunter Tracks New and Deadly Pathogens Around the Globe Stanford University biologist Nathan Wolfe is the founder and director of the Global Viral Forecasting Initiative and one of the world's more prominent virus hunters. Ray Suarez and Wolfe discuss his new book, "The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age," and new viruses emerging around the planet. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A 'Sort of War on the Government' Uncovered in Georgia Terror Plot Charges Four Georgia men who are suspected members of a militia group were arraigned on terrorism charges in federal court Wednesday. Margret Warner discusses the alleged plot to use the toxin ricin and other means to kill government officials and citizens with Greg Bluestein of The Associated Press. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Arab League Peace Plan: 'Sounds Very Nice, But It's Not Going to Happen' Eight months into Syria's Arab spring, members of the Arab League reported a possible peace agreement with President Bashar al-Assad. Jeffrey Brown discusses the proposal and whether it could halt violence there with Andrew Tabler of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and National Defense University's Murhaf Jouejati. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Arab League Pushes Plan to End Violence in Syria There was word of a possible agreement in Syria on Wednesday to end months of political upheaval and deadly violence. Jeffrey Brown reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Occupy Oakland Movement Tries to Flex Muscle With General Strike Thousand of protesters joined the Occupy Oakland movement Wednesday in a general strike aimed at shutting down banks, corporations, the city's busy port and schools. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cain's Whole Message 'Consumed' by Harassment Claims Herman Cain faced a third day of scrutiny over sexual harassment allegations on Wednesday, when a third woman said he made inappropriate remarks to her during his time as the head of the National Restaurant Association. Ray Suarez discusses the new allegations and the political impact with Jeff Zeleny of The New York Times. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Fed Forecasts Economic Growth Will Slow Over Next Year In other news Wednesday, the Federal Reserve forecast that growth will be slower through next year and unemployment will be higher than earlier estimates. The Fed said conditions have improved some since spring, and it decided against new actions to boost the economy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website European Leaders Struggle to Hold Together Greek Bailout Deal Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou flew to France late Wednesday to explain his sudden call for a referendum on a new European bailout for his country. Gray Gibbon and Faisal Islam of Independent Television News report. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NPR's Inskeep Explores Megacity Karachi's Vibrancy, Violence Margaret Warner gets Steve Inskeep's take on one of the world's fastest growing cities, Karachi, Pakistan, by way of his new book "Instant City." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website California Voters Fed-Up With Gridlock as Budget Crunch Lingers Spencer Michels reports from California, where the government gridlock is compounding concerns about the state's budget. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Super Committee Urged to 'Go Big' on Deficit Cuts There are just over three weeks to go until the Congressional Super Committee's deficit reduction report is due. Kwame Holman provides an update on the progress. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website MF Global's Risky Bets on Europe Backfire on Investors Major securities firm MF Global, Inc., run by former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, filed for bankruptcy protection Monday. Ray Suarez speaks with New York Times columnist Joe Nocera about the story and the investor money at stake. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Bank of America Scraps Planned Debit Card Fees In other news Tuesday, thousands of anti-capitalist protesters demonstrated in the French Riviera, just two day before the G-20 summit begins. Also, Bank of America announced that it would scrap plans to charge a $5 monthly debit card fee for customers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website With Debt Fix in Danger, Is it Europe's 'Lehman Moment'? World markets were shaken Tuesday by new fears that the European debt deal might come unglued. Jeffrey Brown discusses the move with a reporter in Athens and a market analyst. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Greece's Call for Referendum on Bailout Sends Markets Tumbling Markets dropped Tuesday when Greece's leaders called for a referendum to the massive bailout package that emerged from an emergency summit last week. Jeffrey Brown reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Conversation: Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to Grant $50 Million to Artists Last month, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation announced a major new program to assist artists. The Doris Duke Performing Artists Initiative will provide $50 million in grants to 200 artists in jazz, theater and contemporary dance -- the largest allocation of cash grants ever given to individuals in these fields. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website For Some Patients, Drug Shortage Creates Life-and-Death Situation Across the country, doctors and patients are struggling to get their hands on some essential prescription drugs that are in dangerously short supply. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on President Obama's idea for tackling part of the problem. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wife, Son Give Texture to 'the Way Madoff Kept Them in the Dark' Nearly three years after the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme scandal erupted, wife Ruth Madoff and son Andrew are telling their side of the story. Gwen Ifill and "Wizard of Lies" author Diana Henriques take a deeper look into the Madoff family. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website For Liberia, Natural Resources Are Blessings, Curses on Road to Democracy The West African nation of Liberia is rich is oil, diamonds and timber, but these natural resources have been both a blessing and a challenge for the fledgling democracy. Special correspondent Kira Kay reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Afghanistan Sees Uptick in 'Targeted Violence' as Bombs Kill More Than 20 A suicide bomber blew up a checkpoint Monday in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and then three gunmen seized control of a building near the United Nations refugee office. Ray Suarez discusses the latest attacks on high-profile targets and concerns over the Afghan government's stability with Rod Norland of The New York Times. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Latest in Series of Insurgent Attacks Kills at Least 20 in Afghanistan The latest in a recent series of high-profile insurgent attacks came Monday in Kandahar, Afghanistan, where a suicide bomber blew up a checkpoint, and then three gunmen seized control of a building near the United Nations refugee office. Ray Suarez reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Early Snowstorm Blankets Northeast, Killing at Least 12 In other news Monday, a powerful and rare early snowstorm is now blamed for at least 12 deaths in the Northeastern United States. Some 2 million homes and businesses were still in the dark two days after the storm blew through. Also, police made a number of arrests at several Occupy Wall Street encampments around the country. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cain Confident He Can Win Nomination, Says Harassment Claims Are 'Baseless' In an interview with Judy Woodruff, Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain said Monday that allegations that he sexually harassed two women were "baffling" and, that in his opinion, his behavior had not been inappropriate. He also discussed his foreign policy plans and his 9-9-9 tax plan. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shields and Brooks on Obama's Standing With Voters, Cain's 'Authentic' Ad Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including where President Obama stands with voters ahead of next year's election, presidential hopeful Herman Cain's campaign ads and Texas Gov. Rick Perry's flat-tax proposal. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Revisiting Evansville, Two Years After Whirlpool's Move South Two years ago, Whirlpool shuttered a factory in Evansville, Ind., and transferred production to Mexico after the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. In this excerpt from "Need To Know," correspondent Rick Karr reports on what has happened in Evansville after the company's move south. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Turns 100 The San Francisco Symphony turned 100 this year. With a busy touring schedule and listeners around the world, the symphony has won some of the most prestigious awards in music. Jeffrey Brown talks to its musical director of 17 years, Michael Tilson Thomas. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Steve Jobs Biography Examines How Rule-Breaker Tied 'Artistry to Engineering' Author Walter Isaacson tells the story of Apple's late co-founder in a new biography simply titled "Steve Jobs." Jeffrey Brown and Isaacson discuss Jobs' personality, legacy and how his love of the arts shaped his views on innovation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website For Undocumented Workers, It's Not-so-Sweet Home Alabama The controversial Alabama immigration law, know as HB 56, instructs employers to check a worker's immigration status with the government's E-Verify system. Paul Solman reports from Alabama on how one of the nation's toughest immigration laws affects workers and employers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Bangkok Residents Pile Sandbags Ahead of High Tide In other news Friday, soldiers, Buddhist monks and others people in flood-ravaged Bangkok, Thailand, piled sandbags ahead of high tides, which are expected to peak on Saturday. Also, another young survivor was found alive in eastern Turkey, five days after a devastating earthquake. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website U.S. Corporations 'in Good Financial Shape,' but Still Reluctant to Hire World markets deflated some on Friday as jubilation over Europe's debt deal subsided, but it was still Wall Street's best month in more than a decade. Judy Woodruff discusses what these developments mean for the U.S. economic recovery with Neil Irwin of The Washington Post. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wall Street Completes Best Month in More Than a Decade Wall Street may not have moved much on Friday, but throughout October, the closing bell brought good tidings for investors more often than not. Judy Woodruff reports on the best month for the markets in more than a decade. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Life Under Fire: Combat Photographer Captures, Carries Wounds of War Combat photographers have been documenting the terror, violence and boredom of war since the invention of photography. Tom Bearden profiles Air Force Sgt. Stacy Pearsall, who has documented the effects of war -- and has paid a heavy price. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website World's Population Teeters on the Edge of 7 Billion: Now What? In partnership with the Pulitzer Center and National Geographic, the PBS NewsHour explores how the composition of our society is changing as the world population reaches 7 billion. Hari Sreenivasan discusses the population milestone with the U.N. Population Fund's Azza Karam and National Geographic magazine's Dennis Dimick. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website World Population to Hit Milestone With Birth of 7 Billionth Person The world's population is expected to hit a milestone Monday with the birth of the 7 billionth person. Independent Television News' Lawrence McGinty reports on what this means for people and the planet. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website While Netflix Stumbles, Competitors See New Opportunity Major changes to the Netflix rental system sent its stock plummeting Tuesday after losing 800,000 customers between June and September. Margret Warner discusses Netflix's recent business troubles with StreamingMedia.com's Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen and The Washington Post's Cecilia Kang. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rising Floodwaters Force Thousands to Flee Bangkok The heart of Bangkok, Thailand, braced Thursday for the arrival of floodwaters, as the nation's prime minister acknowledged that dikes around the city might not hold. John Spars of Independent Television News reports from Bangkok. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: U.S. Economic Growth Calms Fears of Double-Dip Recession In other news Thursday, the U.S. economy showed just enough life during the summer to calm fears that a double-dip recession is near. The Department of Commerce reported that growth hit an annual rate of 2.5 percent from July through September. Also, Republicans on the congressional super committee offered their deficit plan. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Will Europe's Debt Deal Calm Fears of Prolonged Recessions? European leaders reached a deal over their debt crisis at an emergency summit Thursday in Brussels. Jeffrey Brown discusses how the new agreement is expected to help solve the eurozone's problems crisis with Jo�o Vale de Almeida of the Delegation of the European Union to the United States and Eswar Prasad of Cornell University. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Global Markets Surge on News of European Debt Deal Global markets surged Thursday after European leaders clinched a deal to contain the continent's debt crisis at an emergency summit in Brussels. Jeffrey Brown reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Super Committee Considers Spending Cuts, Tax Hikes as Deadline Looms With its Thanksgiving deadline drawing ever closer, the congressional deficit "super committee" held a rare public hearing Wednesday over its debt negotiations, but there have been few signs of progress in the members' efforts to cut more than $1 trillion from the federal budget. Congressional correspondent Kwame Holman reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Does U.S. Economic Inequality Have a Good Side? A new Congressional Budget Office analysis supports the idea that income inequality has grown considerably over the past few decades. As part of his Making Sen$e series on economic inequality, Paul Solman talks to libertarian law professor Richard Epstein, who argues that wealth inequality acts as a driving force for innovation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website After Arrests, Occupy Oakland Protesters Vow to Return Chaos erupted Tuesday night in downtown Oakland, Calif., as police dispersed crowds from the Occupy Oakland movement in the plaza in front of City Hall. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports from the center of the confrontation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website UAW President Bob King on New Contracts: Top Priority Was Creating Jobs Chrysler's workers on Wednesday became the last of the Big Three to ratify a new four-year labor contract. United Auto Workers officials fought hard to get members to OK the contracts after several major plants voted against the deals. UAW President Bob King discusses the contract and state of the industry with Jeffrey Brown. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In EU Efforts to Fix Debt Crisis, Divisions Remain and Questions Unanswered The German Parliament passed a measure to boost a bailout fund for the eurozone as leaders arrived in Brussels for an emergency European Union summit. Margret Warner discusses what EU leaders hope to accomplish at the summit with Zanny Minton Beddoes of The Economist magazine. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website European Leaders Seek Solutions to Debt Crisis at EU Summit European Union leaders gathered Wednesday in Brussels in hopes of reaching a deal to bolster Eurozone relief funds and contain Greece's debt crisis. Laura Kuenssberg of Independent Television News reports from Brussels. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Rajat Gupta Pleads Not Guilty to Insider Trading Charges In other news Wednesday, former Goldman Sachs board member Rajat Gupta pleaded not guilty to federal charges of insiders trading. Gupta is accused in the largest insider trading case in history. Also, the death toll from Sunday's earthquake in Turkey rose to at least 461. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Obama's Student Loan Relief Plan: How Helpful Would it Be? President Obama outlined a plan to speed up help for millions of Americans struggling with the cost of higher education. Gwen Ifill discusses the president's effort to ease the burden of student loans with "Generation Debt" author Anya Kamenetz and Jeff Selingo of the Chronicle of Higher Education. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kids Increasingly Staring at Glowing Screens, Study Finds How much time are our youngest children spending in front of screens? Jeffrey Brown discusses new studies that chronicle the increasing use of digital devices by young children -- and the resulting health effects -- with James Steyer of Common Sense Media and Dr. Ari Brown of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Calif. University Introduces First U.S. Multi-Faith School of Theology Claremont Lincoln University, a graduate school in California, is the first in the United States to bring together Christians, Jews and Muslims in the same classrooms to educate the future leaders of churches, synagogues and mosques. Special correspondent Saul Gonzales reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bangkok Becomes 'Sandbag City' as Residents Brace for Floods Floodwaters broke through protective barriers around Bangkok's Don Muang Airport on Tuesday, forcing its closure. Margaret Warner discusses the city's worst flooding in decades with GlobalPost's Patrick Winn. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Story of Gadhafi Ends With an Anonymous Grave in the Desert Moammar Gadhafi might have hoped for a state funeral. Instead, he was put in an anonymous grave in the desert, on Tuesday Libya's new leaders say. Independent Television News' Bill Neely reports from Tripoli. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Boys, Young Men Should Get HPV Vaccine, CDC Panel Says A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel has recommended for the first time that boys and young men get vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, known as HPV, to protect them from cancers resulting from sexual activity. Jeffrey Brown discusses the new recommendation with Rob Stein of The Washington Post. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: New Doubts Over Greek Debt Arise Before Eurozone Summit In other news Tuesday, new doubts arose about plans to tackle Europe's debt crisis on the eve of a eurozone summit. Officials said the 17 countries have yet to agree on details of how to reduce Greece's debts. Also, police in Oakland, Calif., broke up an anti-Wall Street protest with tear gas and arrested at least 75 people. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website With 20% Flat-Tax Plan, Perry Eyes Distinction From GOP Field GOP hopeful and Texas Gov. Rick Perry unveiled his flat-tax proposal Tuesday at a South Carolina plastics plant. Judy Woodruff discusses his and other candidates' ideas for reforming the U.S. tax code with Stephen Moore of the conservative Club for Growth and Robert Kuttner, co-editor of The American Prospect magazine. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In 'Human Chain,' Nobel-Winning Poet Seamus Heaney Digs Into the Past In his native Ireland, he's known as "Famous Seamus," and indeed, Seamus Heaney -- winner of the Nobel Prize in 1995 -- is a world-famous poet. Now 72, his new collection, "Human Chain," contains poems that are, as always for him, grounded in the physical world but also take a look back. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Would Obama's Refinancing Plan Boost Ailing Housing Market? With millions of Americans "underwater" on their mortgages and millions of homes facing foreclosure, President Obama unveiled a revamped home-loan refinancing program Monday during a stop in Nevada, which has the country's highest foreclosure rate. Judy Woodruff and guests examine the politics and substance of the plan. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Clinton Eyes Patching up Rocky U.S.-Pakistani Relations The relationship between Pakistan and the United States "has not been an easy one" lately, Secretary Hillary Clinton said Friday during a diplomatic mission to Islamabad. Margaret Warner reports on the ongoing tensions between the two nations. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What Political Models Might Shape the New Libya, Tunisia? Hisham Melhem, the Washington bureau chief of Al Arabiya News, Michele Dunne, director of the Rafik Hariri Center for Middle East Peace at the Atlantic Council, and Marina Ottaway of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace speak with Gwen Ifill about the next steps for the Arab spring in Libya, Tunisia and Syria. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website As Democratic Tunisia and New Libya Emerge, No End in Sight to Syrian Uprising Tunisia, the birthplace of the Arab spring, held its first truly democratic vote this weekend. Their Libyan neighbors continued to celebrate the death of Moammar Gadhafi, though more questions about his death continue. Meanwhile, there was no end in sight to the uprising in Syria against President Bashar al Assad. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Afghan-NATO Mission Targets Haqqani Network In other news Monday, about 200 insurgents were reportedly killed or captured in a NATO-Afghan operation targeted at the Pakistan-based Haqqani network in Eastern Afghanistan. Also, rising floodwaters in Thailand forced hundreds of people to flee one of Bangkok's main shelters. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In Turkey 'There Are Lives to Be Saved and No Time to Waste' After Earthquake A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey on Sunday, killing at least 279 people and injuring more than 1,000. As aftershocks continued to hit the region, rescuers scrambled to free dozens of victims trapped in the rubble. John Ray of Independent Television News reports on the rescue efforts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Political Checklist: Perry's Flat Tax Plan and Obama's Executive Plan Senior Correspondents Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill and Political Editor David Chalian discuss Texas Gov. Rick Perry's plans to announce a flat tax proposal -- a policy that Woodruff and Ifill say sounds like a simple solution, until voters look at the details. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Michael Lewis' 'Boomerang': 'Money Thrown Out in Hope, Coming Back in Anger' What caused the economic troubles in Iceland, Greece, Ireland, Germany and elsewhere? Author Michael Lewis has some controversial theories involving sweeping character assessments of each nation. Lewis -- known for "Money Ball" and "The Blind Side" -- discusses his new book, "Boomerang," with economics correspondent Paul Solman. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shields, Brooks on Iraq Withdrawal, Gadhafi's Demise, Feisty GOP Debate Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including the killing of Moammar Gadhafi, President Obama's announcement of U.S. troops withdrawing from Iraq by the end of the year, plus the feistiest GOP presidential debate thus far. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Libya's Ambassador: 'The Book of Gadhafi Has Come to the End' Libya's National Transitional Council is expected to officially announce the nation's liberation this weekend. The country is also expected to soon form a new interim government. Jeffrey Brown discusses the next steps on the road to democracy with Libyan Ambassador Ali Suleiman Aujali. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gadhafi Burial Delayed Amid Questions Over Cause of Death Islamic tradition dictates a person should be buried within 24 hours of death, but burial for former Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi was delayed amid questions surrounding the sequence of events that lead to his death on Thursday. Bill Neely and Lindsey Hilsum of International Television News report from Libya. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Syrian Forces Open Fire on Rallies, Kill at Least 24 In other news Friday, Syrian demonstrators filled the streets of Homs and other areas after Friday prayers, but at least 24 people were killed when government forces opened fire on the rallies. Also, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered another blunt warning to Pakistan to step up its anti-terror efforts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website McDonough: U.S. Military Brass 'Absolutely' OK With Iraq Withdrawal by 2012 President Obama announced Friday that all but a few dozen American troops will leave Iraq by the end of the year as planned, and that the "long war" will come to an end. Margaret Warner discusses the withdrawal logistics and the politics of the president's announcement with Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'Margin Call': Calm Before the Storm of 2008 Financial Crisis The 2008 financial collapse is a complex phenomenon to fathom. It's an even harder phenomenon to recreate in a cinematic narrative. "Margin Call" takes on that challenge and offers a fictional account of the first 24 hours inside a Wall Street financial firm as it discovers that it's over-run with toxic assets. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Patients, Doctors Face Tough Questions Amid Changes in Prostate Cancer Screening There have been plenty of questions and reactions in the medical community since a government panel recommended changing the way men are screened for prostate cancer. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on some of the responses among patients and doctors. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Earthquake Prediction: Could We Ever Forecast the Next Big One? Hundreds of cities on the U.S. West Coast took part in the 2011 Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill on Thursday, just hours before a small tremor hit the San Francisco Bay Area. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports from Japan on efforts to predict big quakes before they hit. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Clinton Tells Pakistan to Bolster Anti-Terror Efforts In other news Thursday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a blunt warning to Pakistan's leadership to boost their anti-terror fight. She made the remarks during a visit to Afghanistan. Also, Basque separatists declared an end to their violent decades-long campaign to gain independence from Spain and France. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How Will History Judge U.S., Coalition Intervention in Libya? President Obama said Moammar Gadhafi's death "marks the end of a long and painful chapter." Margret Warner explores how history may view President Obama and the United States for intervening in Libya with Richard Haass of the Council on Foreign Relations and James Steinberg, former Obama administration deputy secretary of State. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website After Gadhafi's Death, World Leaders Focus on Libya's Road Ahead Moammar Gadhafi's body was paraded through the streets of Misrata late Thursday, as world leaders reacted to the longtime ruler's death. Margret Warner reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Looking Back at Gadhafi's Brutal, Sometimes Bizarre 42-Year Reign Moammar Gadhafi, killed by rebel forces on Thursday, had been hunted by rebels since the Arab Spring began in Libya in February. Gwen Ifill reports on how the dictator came to power, his 42-year rule and his mostly contentious relationship with the U.S. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'However Joyous,' New Libya Faces Rivalries, Problems to Come The mood in Tripoli Thursday night was joyful with people honking horns and shooting off celebratory gunfire after the death of Moammar Gadhafi and the fall of the loyalist stronghold of Sirte, according to Independent Television News' Lindsey Hilsum. Jeffrey Brown discusses the future of the new Libya with Hilsum. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What Killed Gadhafi: Firefight Wounds or Execution? Deposed Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was killed Thursday after a battle in his hometown of Sirte, the last major bastion of loyalists' resistance amid the country's revolution. Alex Thomson of Independent Television News reports from Libya about the dictator's last day alive. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In 'The Death-Ray,' the Powers of a Teenage Superhero You may not yet recognize artist, writer and cartoonist Daniel Clowes by name, but there's a growing chance that you've been exposed to his work. His latest work to be published into hardcover form is "The Death-Ray," a very different take on the superhero genre. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Do Large Banks' Troubles Show They're Too Big to Manage? Goldman Sachs announced a $428 million quarterly loss Tuesday, just its second loss since going public in 1999. Jeffrey Brown discusses the state, the future and regulation of large American banks with banking industry consultant Bert Ely and Simon Johnson, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In Brazil's Slums, Economic Inequality Tackled With Technology Rio de Janeiro's gleaming skyline befits a world economic power, but it is not far from violent, impoverished slums. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on one man's efforts to tackle Brazil's wealth inequality by providing poor people access to technology. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Social Security Recipients to Get 3.6% Boost, but How Much Will it Help? Starting in January, 55 million Social Security recipients will get a 3.6 percent bump in benefits. Margret Warner discusses the cost-of-living adjustment, which is tied to inflation, with Robert Reischauer of the Urban Institute. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Heavyweights Romney, Perry Spar in Latest Debate; 9-9-9 Plan Draws More Scrutiny The clashes came early and often Tuesday night as seven Republican presidential contenders squared off in Las Vegas. Gwen Ifill recaps the eighth GOP debate and checks the accuracy of candidate statements with Political Editor David Chalian and Glenn Kessler of The Washington Post. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Federal Reserve Reports Slight Improvement in U.S. Economy In other news Wednesday, the Federal Reserve reported that the U.S. economy improved slightly in most regions in September and early October. Also, Citigroup agreed to $285 million in fines and repayments to investors to settle charges it committed civil fraud before the housing collapse. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Greece Faces 'a Make or Break Moment' as Austerity Protests Swell Riots erupted Wednesday in Athens, Greece, as tens of thousands protested another round of tax hikes and spending cuts. Judy Woodruff gets an update on the riots, concerns over the nation's future job market and the physical toll that stress is taking on some Greeks from reporter John Psaropoulos in Athens. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Riots Erupt Over Greece's Latest Round of Austerity Measures A 100,000-strong protest erupted into rioting that lasted for hours Wednesday in Athens, Greece. Martin Geissler of Independent Television News reports on the trouble that broke out during a general strike over more austerity measures. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website U.S. Civil Court System Needs Major Overhaul, New Book Declares In "Rebuilding Justice: Civil Courts in Jeopardy and Why You Should Care," co-authors Rebecca Love Kourlis and Dirk Olin examine problems and potential improvements in the U.S. civil court system, where 30 million cases are filed every year. Ray Suarez and Kourlis discuss the authors' call for a major overhaul of the system. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Vaccine Could Become 'Another Very Powerful Weapon' to Fight Malaria An experimental vaccine against malaria, an oftentimes-deadly disease that half the world is exposed to, is still in trials, but it could be in production by 2015. Jeffrey Brown discusses the potential impact of the vaccine with GlaxoSmithKline CEO Andrew Witty. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New Vaccine Aims to Take Major Bite out of Malaria's Toll in Africa Scientists are on the cusp of having the world's first vaccine against malaria, a disease that kills nearly 800,000 people each year. Lawrence McGinty of Independent Television News reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How Bright Is Solar Power's Future in a Post-Solyndra America? After the Obama administration-embraced solar-panel company Solyndra collapsed and defaulted on its government-backed loans, the surging U.S. solar industry is suddenly worried that the subsidies it receives -- tax credits and loans guarantees -- could dry up in the face of opposition from conservatives. Spencer Michels reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Amid Chaos, 'Libya Needs to Start on a Process of State Building' As Libya struggles for stability, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday urged its transitional government to commit to a democratic path forward without reprisals. Margret Warner discusses what has and hasn't been accomplished in creating a new state with Dartmouth College's Dirk Vandewalle, appearing from London. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Clinton Pledges More Aid for New Libyan Government in Unannounced Visit Secretary of State Hillary Clinton underscored U.S. support for the Libyan revolution Tuesday and pledged more aid to the country's transitional government during an unannounced visit to Tripoli. Margret Warner reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Obama Presses Senate to Pass Parts of Jobs Bill In other news Tuesday, President Obama was back on his bus tour in North Carolina and Virginia. He pressed the Senate to pass parts of his jobs bill, which Republicans blocked last week. Also, Wall Street bounced back, recouping much of Monday's losses. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Will Shalit-Palestinian Swap Change Long-Term Middle East Peace Strategy? A prisoner swap between Israel and Hamas on Tuesday freed more than 1,000 prisoners, including Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Gwen Ifill discusses the swap and its possible effects on longer-term Middle East peace strategy with Daniel Levy of the New American Foundation and Hussein Ibish of the American Task Force on Palestine. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shalit Freed in Prisoner Swap, But Hamas' Armed Wing Signals More Struggles Soldier Gilad Shalit arrived back in Israeli custody Tuesday after being held for more than five years in the Gaza Strip. Gwen Ifill reports on the 1000-for-one prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Obama, Civil Rights Leaders Formally Dedicate MLK Memorial Tens of thousands of people gathered Sunday in Washington to formally dedicate the National Mall's newest destination, a memorial honoring the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Gwen Ifill reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cocaine: How 'Miracle Drug' Nearly Destroyed Sigmund Freud, William Halsted In "An Anatomy of Addiction," medical historian Howard Markel details the cocaine addictions of Sigmund Freud and William Halsted, both medical revolutionaries a century ago. Betty Ann Bowser and Markel discuss what their stories tell us about one of modern medicine's first miracle drugs and the timeless nature of addiction. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FCC's Genachowski: New Alerts Aim to Limit 'Bill Shock' for Wireless Users Most cell phone users purchase a plan with limits on how long they can talk, text or browse the Web each month, but it can be tough to track usage. Ray Suarez discusses new consumer-friendly rules for wireless companies to send their customers over-usage alerts with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Outside Super PACs Poised to Dominate 2012 Spending When it comes to financing presidential campaigns, the money raised by individual candidates may count less in the 2012 election than past contests. Gwen Ifill discusses the potential might of the new super PACs with Tara Malloy of the Campaign Legal Center and the Heritage Foundation's Hans von Spakovsky. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Will Occupy Wall Street Movement Stand Apart From U.S. Party Politics? As economic protests spread globally, world leaders took note of the movements' possible implications. Jeffrey Brown discusses the causes, strengths and weaknesses of the growing protests in the U.S. and abroad with Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder, Josh Barro of the Manhattan Institute and Yale University's Beverly Gage. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Yemeni Troops, Opposition Clash, Leaving at Least 18 Dead In other news Monday, Yemeni officials reported that at least 18 people were killed in intense fighting between troops and opposition forces in the capital of Sana'a. Also, Central America struggled to recover from flooding and landslides that have left at least 81 people dead in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website World Leaders Weigh Impact of Spreading Occupy Wall Street Protests President Obama drew on public discontent Monday without directly mentioning the growing anti-Wall Street movement as he promoted his jobs bill in Asheville, N.C. Kwame Holman reports on the protests that are popping up around the world. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shields and Brooks on Herman Cain, Occupy Movement, Detroit, iPhone 4S In this week's edition of The Doubleheader, syndicated columnist Mark Shields, New York Times columnist David Brooks and I chat about Herman Cain's surge in recent polls, the merits of his 9-9-9 plan of the plan by The Washington Post's Glenn Kessler) and the Occupy Wall Street movement's growth. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Architect Safdie Makes Sure Everything Stays up to Date in Kansas City Jeffrey Brown speaks with Moshe Safdie, architect of the brand-new $326 million Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, about the moral purpose of architecture and the need for a building to reflect the cultural essence of its location while remaining timeless. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shields, Brooks on Cain's Poll Surge, 'Hunger for Something Else' in GOP Race Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks weigh in on the week's top political news, including Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's recent surge in the polls, how much religion is factoring into the GOP race for Mitt Romney and others, the lack of long-term economic fixes, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry's teetering support. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mother Nature, Manmade Changes Fuel Flooding Across Asia The worst floods in half a century are devastating Thailand's central plains while floodwaters are headed toward densely populated Bangkok. Judy Woodruff discusses the latest developments in the Asian floods with Kamal Kishore, a United Nations crisis prevention and recovery official, and Catharin Dalpino of Simmons College. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Swollen Rivers, Surging Floodwaters Devastate Thailand's Central Plains Monsoon season combined with typhoon season has wrought disaster throughout Asia, from Korea and Japan, south through the Philippines, Vietnam and Cambodia. The latest target is Thailand where the central plains are seeing the worst flooding in half a century. Judy Woodruff reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Voters Weigh Repeal of Controversial Collective-Bargaining Law A controversial new Ohio law aimed at restricting the collective-bargaining rights of 360,000 unionized public employees has led to a major political fight and a voter referendum in this battleground state. Gwen Ifill reports on the issue that has both sides spending millions to mobilize their voters for an off-year election. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Federal Appeals Court Gives Mixed Ruling on Ala. Immigration Law In other news Friday, a federal appeals court upheld a key part of a controversial Alabama immigration law, and blocked another. The ruling allows police to detain anyone suspected of being in the country illegally. In New York City, anti-Wall Street protesters claimed victory after plans to clean up their campsite were delayed. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jobs Dominate Political Agenda for Obama, Republican Rivals Jobs dominated the political agenda for President Obama and his Republican rivals on Friday, as everyone seemed to agree on the need to do something but there was little agreement on what to do. Ray Suarez reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Search for Alzheimer's Cure Leads Researchers to Colombian Highlands The search for a cure for Alzheimer's disease has taken researchers to a remote region in the Colombian Highlands. Tom Clarke of Independent Television News reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Reconstructing Black Death: Why Was Plague Microbe so Deadly? Researchers announced Wednesday that they've managed to reconstruct the genome of the Black Death, the illness that wiped out around half of Europe's population in just a few years in the mid-1300s. Ray Suarez discusses the developments with geneticist Hendrick Poinar of McMaster University. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Presidents Obama, Lee Face 'Bad or Worse Options' Over N. Korea Negotiations The White House rolled out all the flourishes of a state visit for South Korean President Lee to celebrate the new trade agreement, passed by Congress on Wednesday, and to discuss a strategy to denuclearize North Korea. Margret Warner reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alabama's Immigration Law: Assessing the Economic, Social Impact The economical and social effects of Alabama's new immigration law are starting to show. Judy Woodruff discusses the impact with Grow Alabama's Jerry Spencer, State Rep. Mike Ball, R-Huntsville, and the Rosa Toussaint-Ortiz of the Hispanic-Latino Advisory Committee. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Libyan Rebels Claim Capture of Gadhafi's Son In other news Thursday, rebel forces in Libya announced that they captured another of Moammar Gadhafi's sons. They said Mutassim Gadhafi was taken when he tried to escape the city of Sirte. In Syria, activists said 13 people were killed when government troops battled military defectors. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website U.S. Treading Carefully to Build Case Against Iran Over Alleged Plot American ambassadors around the world are alerting governments in their host nations about the ongoing investigation into the alleged Iran-backed assassination plot in the United States. Jeffrey Brown discusses the latest developments with Joby Warrick of The Washington Post and Daniel Brumberg of the U.S. Institute of Peace. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website World Leaders Weigh Options Over Alleged Iranian Plot Inside U.S. At a news conference Thursday, President Obama addressed the alleged Iran-backed terror plot to murder the Saudi ambassador to Washington, warning, "There are going to be consequences." Jeffrey Brown reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Novelist Alaa Al Aswany on Surprising Changes in the Egyptian People Egyptian novelist and dentist Alaa al Aswany speaks with Margret Warner about the surprising changes in political behavior of his countrymen amid the revolution earlier this year, and how the new Egypt is taking shape. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website UAW, Big 3 Reach Agreement Amid New Economic Climate The United Auto Workers has reached a deal for a new contract with Chrysler after working out similar deals with GM and Ford. Jeffrey Brown discusses what these new labor contracts might mean for workers and the Big Three automakers with Changing Gears' Micheline Maynard and David Shepardson of The Detroit News. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Georgia Works Jobs Training Program: a Peach or the Pits? One provision of President Obama's jobs bill that has some bipartisan support is modeled after a program in Georgia that allows employers to try out workers for eight weeks on a volunteer basis while the person receives unemployment benefits and training. Paul Solman explores Georgia Works' pros and cons, plus its scalability. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Supreme Court Weighs Constitutionality of Routine Jailhouse Strip Searches Do routine jailhouse strip searches for people accused of minor offenses violate the Constitution? Supreme Court justices heard a case Wednesday centering on that issue. Judy Woodruff discusses the case, which pits privacy rights against security concerns, with The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cain's 9-9-9 Plan, 'Romneycare' Scrutinized at Dartmouth Debate Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Godfather's Pizza chief executive Herman Cain took center stage at the Republican primary debate at Dartmouth College on Tuesday night. Gwen Ifill and Political Editor David Chalian recap the debate. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Secretary Clinton Condemns Iran Over Terror Plot in U.S. In other news Wednesday, the U.S. stepped up a diplomatic assault on Iran over an alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned Iran in unusually strong terms. Also in Detroit, a Nigerian man pleaded guilty to trying to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day, 2009. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Democrats Consider Piecemeal Approach to Blocked Jobs Bill Senate Republicans blocked the Democrats' version of President Obama's $450 billion jobs bill on Tuesday, saying it would not work and might make things worse. But the president and Democrats pledged to keep pushing for the legislation. Kwame Holman reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'Women, War & Peace' Highlights Changing Females' Roles in Global Conflicts "Women, War & Peace," a new five-part series co-produced by WNET New York, explores the changing role of women in conflicts around the world. This excerpt tells the story of an Army Female Engagement Team that reaches out to women in rural parts of Afghanistan. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ex-French Resistance Fighter Hessel: 'It Is Good for Us to Feel Outrage' Stephane Hessel, a 94-year-old former French resistance fighter, is urging young people to take to the streets and show their outrage. Ray Suarez and Hessel discuss his book, "Time For Outrage," which is also titled "Indignez-Vous!" in French. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stalling Economy Forces Pennsylvania Schools to Put Dreams on Hold The weak economy is contributing to -- and magnifying the problems -- of some school districts around the United States. John Merrow, the NewsHour's special correspondent for education, reports on the problems one Pennsylvania district is facing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lawmkers Question Whether Obama's Jobs Bill Has the Right 'Forumla' Senate Republicans moved Tuesday to block President Obama's $447 billion jobs bill. Judy Woodruff leads a debate over the proposal, which includes a combination of tax cuts and infrastructure spending, with Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Abdulmutallab May Not Talk Much in 'Underwear Bomber' Trial The trial of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who is charged with trying to detonate explosives hidden in underwear on a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day 2009, began Tuesday. Gwen Ifill discusses the opening day of the case with WDET Public Radio's Quinn Klinefelter. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'Underwear Bomber' Trial Opens in Detroit Opening arguments were heard Tuesday in a Detroit courtroom in the trial against Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man known as the "underwear bomber" who stands accused of trying to blow up an American airplane on Christmas Day 2009. Gwen Ifill reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Israel, Hamas Agree to Prisoner-Exchange Deal In other news Tuesday, Israel and Hamas announced a deal to exchange some 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for Israeli Sgt. Gilad Shalit, who was captured by the militant Islamic group in 2006. Also, thousands of Egyptians protested overnight against the ruling military's actions during demonstrations. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Is Iran's Regime Capable of Attacks Inside U.S.? Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that Iran is behind a terror plot in the U.S. that targeted Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Washington and possibly two embassies. Jeffrey Brown discusses the alleged scheme and the Iranian political landscape with The New York Times' Charles Savage and Stanford University's Abbas Milani. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Anita Hill Reflects on 20 Years Since Clarence Thomas Hearings Twenty years ago, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' Senate confirmation process sparked a national debate about sexual harassment when Anita Hill, his former special assistant, accused him of inappropriate behavior. Gwen Ifill and Hill discuss her new book, "Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race and Finding Home." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Does U.S. Drone Use Set a New Precedent for War? The U.S. has dramatically increased its use of unmanned aerial vehicles to go after targets in Afghanistan, Somalia, Libya and especially Pakistan. Jeffrey Brown discusses the use of drones with former Air Force lawyer retired Maj. Gen. Charles Dunlap and David Cortright of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Amid Criticism, U.S. Increases Use of Drones as Weapons of War The U.S. use of drones to find and kill militant targets in other countries has increased exponentially under the Obama administration. Jeffrey Brown reports on the criticism of using remote-control bombing attacks as weapons of war. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Environment, Economy at Heart of Keystone XL Pipeline Debate A Canadian company wants to build a $13 billion, 1,700-mile pipeline to carry crude oil from the so-called tar sands region in Alberta through six states and a major aquifer to Texas for refining. Correspondent Tom Bearden reports from Nebraska on the high-stakes environmental and economic battle over the Keystone XL project. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mitt Romney's Mormonism Marks Tricky Territory for GOP Rivals After endorsing Gov. Rick Perry at the Value Voters Summit in Washing on Friday, Baptist minister Robert Jeffress focused on GOP candidate Mitt Romney's faith, saying, "Mormonism is a cult." Judy Woodruff discusses the role of religion in the Republican presidential race with the Christian Broadcasting Network's David Brody. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Americans Win Nobel for Economic Growth, Inflation Research In other news Monday, two Americans won the 2011 Nobel Prize in economics. Christopher Sims and Thomas Sargent were honored for their work in the 1970s and '80s on how government policies can affect economic growth and inflation. Also, Syrian human rights activists reported that weekend clashes killed at least 31 people. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website After Deadly Clashes, Is Partnership Between Egypt's People, Military Over? Cairo struggled to return to calm Monday after clashes Sunday between Coptic Christians, Muslims and security forces killed 26 people and wounded more than 500. Ray Suarez discusses the latest violence with The New York Times' David Kirkpatrick, reporting from Cairo. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Deadly Clashes in Egypt Raise Specter of Sectarian Conflict Funerals were held Monday for some of the 26 protesters killed Sunday in Cairo when clashes broke out between Coptic Christians, Muslims and security forces. Ray Suarez reports on the violence that also left more than 500 people wounded. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shields, Brooks on Romney's Electability, Cain's 9-9-9 Plan, Wall St. Protests Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks weigh in on the week's top political news, including GOP contender Mitt Romney's foreign policy vision and electability, rival Republican candidate Herman Cain's "9-9-9" plan to overhaul the U.S. tax code plus the Occupy Wall Street protests that are spreading beyond New York City. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Romney: Voters Must Replace Obama to 'Keep America Strong and Get Back to Work' After outlining his foreign policy proposals Friday in South Carolina, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney sat down with Judy Woodruff to discuss his vision for a new "American century," how he would handle relations with Israel, President Obama's jobs bill and his opponents economic plans. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website W, V, U or L: How Is the Economic Recovery Shaping Up, Literally? The latest unemployment figures out Friday reinforce the notion that the U.S. economy remains weak when compared to recoveries of the past. As part of his reporting on Making Sen$e of financial news, Paul Solman visits with economist Simon Johnson for a checkup on what shape the economic recovery is taking. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 3 Women 'at Forefront of Peace for Years' Honored With Nobel Prize The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to three women who have fought for peace and women's rights. Margret Warner discusses the achievements of the three winners with the Institute for Policy Studies' Emira Woods and Vital Voices' Malini Patel. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nobel Peace Prize Honors 3 Women for Gender Equality, Peace Advocacy The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to three women from the Middle East and Africa who have fought for peace and women's rights. Margret Warner reports on the winners: Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and peace activist Leymah Gbowee plus Tawakkul Karman of Yemen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: U.S. Gained Jobs in Sept., But Unemployment Sticks at 9.1% In other news Friday, the Labor Department reported that the U.S. economy gained a net 103,000 jobs in September, but the unemployment rate stayed put. However, much of the total came from 45,000 Verizon workers rehired after striking. In Syria, activists reported that troops opened fire again on protesters after Friday prayers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Al-Bassam Theatre Takes Inspiration From Shakespeare and the Arab Spring Kuwaiti playwright and theater director Sulayman al-Bassam adapts Shakespearean plays to the modern Arab context to explore issues of religion and society in the contemporary Gulf. Art Beat spoke with al-Bassam on the phone from Brooklyn about the effect of the Arab Spring on his play and on art across the Arab world. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Panel's Pitch to Nix Routine Prostate Cancer Tests Draws Strong Reaction The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said Friday that prostate specific antigen tests, known as PSAs, that are done to detect prostate cancer could be doing more harm than good. Jeffrey Brown discusses the latest controversial recommendation from the influential panel with The Washington Post's Rob Stein. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Old Man and the Boat: Hemingway's Quest for Peace Paul Hendrickson, the author of "Hemingway's Boat, Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961," is the latest biographer to delve into Ernest Hemingway, and he does so by narrowing his narrative focus on the famous writer's 38-foot motorized fishing vessel, Pilar. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Film Follows First Trials of International Criminal Court's Chief Prosecutor In "Prosecutor," filmmaker Berry Stevens follows Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. This excerpt is part of The Economist Film Project series of independently produced films aired in partnership between The Economist and the NewsHour. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website After Draftless Decade of War, Gap Seen Between Miltiary, Civilians After a decade of America at war, a new Pew poll documents the gap between those who have gone to the battlefield and those who haven't. Margret Warner reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What Does Future Hold for Tech World, Apple Without Jobs? Late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was remembered Thursday as being one the of world's greatest innovators. Jeffrey Brown discusses his life and work with Google's Vint Cerf, Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin and AOL co-founder Steve Case. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Remembering the Life, Designs of Digital Visionary Steve Jobs In a statement late Wednesday, Apple said its co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs lost his battle with pancreatic cancer at age 56. Correspondent Spence Michels looks back on the life and work of the digital visionary. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Anti-Wall Street Protests Spread to D.C., Los Angeles In other news Thursday, several hundred people formed a symbolic "99 percent" figure in Washington. They said the top 1 percent of Americans control far more wealth and power than the other 99 percent. Also, the U.S. Senate headed toward a final vote on a bill to punish China for manipulating its currency. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Obama to Congress: Vote on Jobs Bill or Find Better Idea President Obama called a news conference Thursday where he pressed members of Congress to vote for his jobs package or present a better idea. Judy Woodruff reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Transtromer, Swedish Poet With 'Tinge of Modernism, Surrealism,' Wins Nobel The 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature has gone to Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer, the first poet to win the award since 1996. Judges selected Transtromer because, they wrote, "through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'Indignez-Vous!': Stephane Hessel's Guide to Outrage Diplomat and author Stephane Hessel, who is also a concentration camp survivor and former French resistance fighter, wants people to get mad and fight against what's wrong in the world, as he writes in his booklet, "Indignez-Vous!" or "Time for Outrage. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Poet Philip Schultz Details Life-Long Struggle in New Memoir 'My Dyslexia' Poet Philip Schultz details his life-long struggle to overcome dyslexia in his new memoir. Jeffrey Brown profiles the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's latest work, "My Dyslexia." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website War-Torn Liberia Struggles to Care for Mentally Ill After decades of civil war, Liberia struggles to provide mental health care for its citizens. In partnership with the Bureau for International Reporting, special correspondent Kira Kay reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Google's Schmidt on the 'Winners and Losers' in Search Rankings Google is being investigated as to whether it may be violating anti-trust law in how it ranks websites when consumers do searches. Gwen Ifill talks to Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt as part of the Atlantic and Aspen Ideas Forum. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'Occupy Wall Street' Protests Give Voice to Anger Over Greed, Corporate Culture The protests against Wall Street gained new momentum on Wednesday, when union members and students joined the demonstration and marched through the streets of lower Manhattan. Paul Solman visits the budding movement's base camp. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Supreme Court Considers Case on Discrimination in Religious Schools Judy Woodruff discusses a Supreme Court case that considers the founding principle of the separation of church and state with the National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: U.S., European Markets Recoup Some Losses In other news Wednesday, stock markets in the U.S. and Europe recouped more of their recent losses. They rallied on news that policy makers are working on plans to support ailing European banks. Also, Texas Gov. Rick Perry reported raising $17 million since he joint the GOP presidential field. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dems Pitch New Plan to Fund Jobs Bill: A Tax on Millionaires Democratic leaders in the Senate proposed a surtax on millionaires on Wednesday to pay for President Obama's jobs bill. Jeffrey Brown discusses the move and its prospects with WNYC Radio's Todd Zwillich. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Poet Donald Hall Reflects on Love, Death and New Hampshire "Love, death and New Hampshire," Donald Hall once said when asked what he writes about. It remains true in the former U.S. Poet Laureate's newly published book of poems, "The Back Chamber." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Liberians Head to Polls in Test of Struggling Democracy's Stability The African nation of Liberia faces new challenges as it struggles to maintain its democracy and stability following its civil war. In partnership with the Bureau for International Reporting, special correspondent Kira Kay reports on the nation, where unemployment is rampant, as it prepares for next week's presidential election. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In a Weak Economy, Why Is CEO Pay on the Rise? Median executive compensation has more than quadrupled over the last four decades, even through the latest financial crisis. Margaret Warner explores how CEOs can still command such salaries and benefits in light of the recession with Michael Faulkender of the University of Maryland and James Stewart of The New York Times. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website U.S. Scientists' Research on Universe Expansion Earns Nobel Nod Three U.S. physicists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for discovering through the study of supernovae that the universe is not just expanding, but speeding up. KQED's Andrea Kissack profiles one of the scientists and his research. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Somalis 'Shocked' at Scale of Deadly al-Shabab Attack in Mogadishu Al-Shabab took responsibility for a truck bomb that rammed a checkpoint Tuesday near the education ministry in Mogadishu, Somalia, as students and parents were crowding in to learn about scholarships. Ray Suarez discusses that attack that killed at least 70 people with Reuters' David Clarke, reporting from Nairobi, Kenya. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Al-Shabab Truck Bomb Attack Kills at Least 70 in Somalia A truck bomb rammed a checkpoint Tuesday near the education ministry in Mogadishu, Somalia, as students and parents were crowding in to learn about scholarships. Ray Suarez reports on the deadly attack by al-Shabab -- an al-Qaida-linked militant group. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Bernanke Says Fed Stimulus Is Critical to Prevent New Recession In other news Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke issued a new warning about the U.S. economic recovery before a congressional committee. He defended the Fed's latest stimulus efforts and said they are critical to prevent a new recession. Also, stocks in Europe fell sharply amid fears that Greece will default. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Christie Hangs Onto His Hat: What Happens to GOP Field? New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced Tuesday that he will not join the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. Judy Woodruff discusses what his decision means for the campaigns of the rest of the GOP contenders with Political Editor David Chalian and Jeff Zeleny of The New York Times. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nobels Honor Immune System Research Paving Way for New Vaccines, Treatments American Bruce Beutler and Luxembourg-born Jules Hoffmann shared this year's Nobel Prize in medicine with Canadian-born Ralph Steinman, who died on Friday, for their discoveries related to the immune system. Jeffrey Brown discusses their work with Dr. Anthony Fauci of The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website India's Massive School Lunch Program Aims to Curb Widespread Malnutrition The economy in India is growing rapidly, but not fast enough to take care of its millions of poor and hungry children. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on a solution that has resulted in the world's largest school lunch program. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Immigration, Affirmative Action on New High Court Docket; Health Reform Awaited The U.S. Supreme Court returned to work Monday and the court has a docket full of controversial cases on topics ranging from obscenity to strip searches to warrantless surveillance. Gwen Ifill previews the new term with The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle and Scotusblog.com's Tom Goldstein. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Senate Considers Bill to Punish China Over Currency Valuation For years, American lawmakers have targeted China's currency, saying it has been deliberately undervalued to give Chinese companies price advantages in international trade. Kwame Holman reports on a Senate bill under consideration that would allow countervailing duties on Chinese good for currency manipulation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website As Violence in Syria Escalates, Will Many 'Fence Sitters' Back Opposition? Word of a violent weekend assault on the city of Rastan by Syrian security forces prompted protests in several other cities across the country on Monday. Ray Suarez discusses the recent increase in violence with NPR's Deborah Amos, reporting from Beirut. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In Syria, 'No End in Sight' to Violent Crackdown Against Protests Syrian activists reported Monday that security forces detained 3,000 people in Rastan after a weekend of some of the worst fighting since the uprising began six months ago. Ray Suarez reports on the violent stalemate between the government and opposition. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Stocks Drop on News Greece Will Fail to Meet Deficit Target In other news Monday, global markets took another hit over news that Greece will miss the deficit targets it agreed to under a bailout plan. The revelation added fuel to the fears of a partial default. Also, an appeals court jury in Italy threw out the murder convictions of American student Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wall Street Protests Spread, Channeling Anger at Corporate, Political Forces Protesters in the Occupy Wall Street movement are maintaining a growing campaign against corporate and political forces that they say are fueling economic inequality in America. Judy Woodruff examines who's involved in the protests and what they're seeking with WNYC Radio's Arun Venugopal and DNAinfo.com's Julie Shapiro. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Political Checklist: Shifting GOP Primary Calendar and Rick Perry's Sign Problem This week Senior correspondents Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill and Political Editor David Chalian consider whether the accelerated Republican primary calendar benefits the front-runner candidates at the expense of candidates who need more time to make their case to Republican voters. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shields, Brooks on al-Awlaki's Death, Occupy Wall St., Wildcard Wednesday Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks comment on the legality of killing Anwar al-Awlaki, the Occupy Wall St. protests and wildcard Wednesday in this episode of the Doubleheader. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rita Moreno Acts Out Own Career in 'Life Without Makeup' Actress Rita Moreno, 80, now has a solo show about her life as a star of stage and screen called "Life Without Makeup." In a joint production with KQED San Francisco, correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the performer's transformation from a "utilitarian ethnic" actress to becoming a "show business animal." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shields, Brooks on al-Awlaki Killing, Florida's Primary Bid, Candidates' Styles Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks weigh in on the week's top political news, including the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, the possibility of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie joining the GOP 2012 field and Florida's bid to move its primary to January. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen Bids Farewell After 40 Years of Military Service Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen is retiring after four years overseeing the U.S. military and 40 years of military service. Kwame Holman reports on Mullen's legacy and the farewell to one of the most influential military leaders in modern U.S. history. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bank of America Adds Monthly Debit Card Fee, Risking Public Ire Bank of America announced Thursday it will tack on a new $5 monthly fee for customers who use a debit card to make purchases. Jeffrey Brown leads a debate about the new fees and what they mean for banks and consumers with David Lazarus of The Los Angeles Times and Richard Hunt of The Consumer Bankers Association. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: At Least 11 Killed in Syrian Demonstration In other news Friday, thousands of demonstrators marched in Syria, defying security forces that opened fire. Activists said at least 11 people were killed. Also, thousands of people rallied across Egypt in what was dubbed a day of "Reclaiming the Revolution." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Was U.S.-Backed Killing of Anwar al-Awlaki Legal? Anwar al-Awlaki, a high-level U.S.-born cleric linked to al-Qaida, was killed in Yemen Friday by a U.S. airstrike targeting his convoy. Ray Suarez discusses the implications and legality of his killing with Brian Fishman of The New America Foundation and Juan Carlos Zarate of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Obama Hails al-Awlaki Death as 'Significant Milestone' in al-Qaida Fight A U.S. airstrike in Yemen killed Anwar al-Awlaki, a high-level U.S.-born cleric linked to al-Qaida who had been involved in several terror plots against the United States. Ray Suarez reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Solar Decathlon Contest Refocuses on Affordability of New Homes WASHINGTON | In addition to more space for her family, Lakiya Culley's new home in Southeast Washington, D.C., comes with another big benefit: miniscule power bills. Culley will be living in the Empowerhouse, one of 20 houses built for the 2011 Solar Decathlon. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'Baseball Gods' Wind Down Regular Season With Dramatic Twists Major League Baseball ended its regular season Wednesday with a dramatic series of games that left the Boston Red Sox and the Atlanta Braves out of the playoffs. Jeffrey Brown speaks with sportswriter John Feinstein about the season thus far, "Wild Card Wednesday" plus what to expect in the playoffs. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Red Sox, Braves Strike Out in Wild Card Chase The final night of Major League Baseball's regular season -- known as "Wild Card Wednesday" -- ended with four teams vying for two spots in the postseason. Jeffrey Brown reports on the dramatic final innings and the dramatic defeats for the Boston Red Sox and the Atlanta Braves. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'Raw Opium' Explores Mixed Results of Global Efforts to Stem Trafficking In "Raw Opium," filmmakers Robert Lang and Peter Findlay travel to the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan to document the illicit global trade of heroin's raw material. This excerpt is part of The Economist Film Project series of independently produced films aired in partnership between The Economist and the NewsHour. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gingrich on New 'Contract With America,' Jobs, Brain Research, Elites After unveiling his "21st Century Contract with America," former House Speaker Newt Gingrich spoke with Judy Woodruff about his policy proposals, including efforts to create jobs, ramp up research into brain science and overhauls of Medicare and Medicaid. This is the third in a series of conversations with GOP contenders. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In Saudi Arabia, 'Change Is Coming, but It's Not Going to Come Quickly' Saudi Arabia held elections for seats to some 300 municipal councils on Thursday, but only men were allowed to vote. Margaret Warner discusses politics in the region where women will soon be able to vote, but still can't drive with GlobalPost's Caryle Murphy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bahraini Doctors, Nurses Sentenced for Treating Arab Spring Protesters A group of 20 doctors and nurses jailed during the spring revolt against Bahrain's ruling monarchy received sentences of up to 15 years in prison Thursday for treating demonstrators wounded in protests. Jonathan Rugman of International Television News reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Survey Finds CEOs Cutting Back on Hiring In other news Thursday, a Business Roundtable survey showed only a third of CEOs in the United States planed to hire more workers in the next six months while two-thirds expected increased sales over the same period. Also, childhood poverty for Hispanics now exceeds every other demographic group in the U.S. for the first time. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Europe Faces 'Terra Nova' in Efforts to Avoid Financial Crisis The German government won a critical vote to greatly increase financial support for a European bailout fund, which could ease the way to a partial default in Greece. Jeffrey Brown discusses the German vote and the worldwide worries over European debt with The Globalist's Stefan Richter and The New York Times' Nicholas Kulish. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website German Lawmakers Approve Boost for European Rescue Fund The German government won a critical vote to expand a European bailout fund, which greatly increased the country's financial support for Greece and other neighboring nations that are struggling with debt. Independent Television News' Faisal Islam reports on the move that could ease the way for a partial default in Greece. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Novelist Banks Explores Sex Crime Outcasts' Social, Psychological Issues In the novel "Lost Memory of Skin," author Russell Banks delves into deep issues of American life rarely raised or seen by most people. Jeffrey Brown and Banks discuss the book that explores a fictional group of convicted sex offenders. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How Severe Are Problems With Social Security? Social Security checks go out on Wednesday to more than 52 million Americans, but the viability of the program has recently taken center stage in the GOP presidential nomination race. Ray Suarez discusses the economics of Social Security with David John of the Heritage Foundation and Henry Aaron of the Brookings Institution. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website As Filing Deadlines Loom, Will Chris Christie Make Bid for Presidency? New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is not yet running for president, but many Republicans are yearning for him to throw his hat into the ring. Judy Woodruff and Political Editor David Chalian discuss the likelihood that Christie will enter the race and the effect that would have. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inequality Hurts: The Unhealthy Side Effects of Economic Disparity As part of our series on economic inequality, Paul Solman investigates the health effects that inequality can have on individuals and society. To determine the hidden costs, he speaks with epidemiologists, former six-figure income earners who are chronically unemployed and poor teenagers who struggle with inequality each day. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Libyans Not Hearing Much About Nation-Building Process Libyan rebel forces continue to press for control of Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte. Margaret Warner discusses the hunt for the deposed leader and his family plus efforts to build a national government and other institutions with The Washington Post's Tara Bahrampour in Tripoli. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Libyan Rebels Press Toward Sirte in Hunt for Gadhafi, Sons Libyan rebel forces pressed again for control of Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte, which is still held by Gadhafi loyalists. Neil Connery of International Television News reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: GM Factory Workers Ratify New 4-Year Contract In other news Wednesday, factory workers at General Motors overwhelmingly ratified a new four-year contract. It doesn't include any pay raises, but 48,000 hourly employees will get a $5,000 signing bonus plus profit-sharing checks. Also, gunmen in southern Afghanistan attacked and killed eight police at a checkpoint. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website CDC Chief: Source of Deadly Listeria in Contaminated Cantaloupes Still Unknown The Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that at least 13 people have died so far from listeria found in contaminated cantaloupes. Gwen Ifill discusses the deadliest outbreak of foodborne disease in more than a decade with the CDC's director, Dr. Thomas Frieden. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In Washington, a Monumental Effort to Repair, Reopen Iconic Obelisk Engineers rigged ropes Tuesday atop the Washington Monument in preparation for a multi-day job rappelling down the marble exterior of the indefinitely shuttered icon to check for cracks and other damage from the earthquake that shook the East Coast last month. Ray Suarez reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gen. Keane: America's 'Soft Approach' to Pakistan Has Failed Three bloody attacks in Afghanistan claimed many lives recently, but the greatest casualty may be the U.S. alliance with Pakistan. Margret Warner discusses growing diplomatic tensions with retired Army Gen. Jack Keane and Vali Nasr, former senior adviser to the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pakistan's Alleged Ties to Haqqani Terror Network Rock Alliance With U.S. A terrorist group based in Pakistan that is active in Afghanistan acts an an "arm" of Pakistan's intelligence agency, Adm. Mike Mullen, the top American military officer, told Congress last week. Margaret Warner reports on Pakistan's deteriorating relations with the United States. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In Joplin, Art Helps Healing Amid 'Amazing Sense of Loss' From Tornado After a tornado destroyed a third of the city in May, some residents of Joplin, Mo., are finding that earlier pledges to rebuild aren't going as planned. Jeffrey Brown reports from Joplin on how art is helping some heal and how some people looking to rebuild homes, businesses and playgrounds are running into stumbling blocks. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What's Behind 9% Jump in Employer-Paid Health Insurance Premiums? A survey released Tuesday by The Kaiser Family Foundation reported that annual health insurance premiums for a family of four climbed $15,000 this year. Judy Woodruff discusses what's causing health insurance costs to rise with Susan Dentzer of Health Affairs. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: European Markets Notch Biggest Gains in 16 Months In other news Tuesday, European stocks scored their biggest gains in 16 months. Investors took heart as German, Greek and British leaders insisted they're working to resolve the debt crisis. Also, the U.S. Congress avoided a government shutdown for now when the Senate passed a deal to keep federal agencies open through Nov. 18. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cities Hit Hard by Slump, Adding to Cloudy Economic Picture As the nation's economic woes mount, evidence of continuing trouble can be found in city revenues, the housing market and high unemployment rates. Gwen Ifill discusses the big picture with Patchwork Nation Director Dante Chinni, Howard Wial of the Brookings Institution and Christopher Hoene of the National League of Cities. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New 'Porgy and Bess' Interpretation Provokes as Opera Continues to Resonate Reinterpreting a classic work is always a sensitive undertaking, but when that classic is "Porgy and Bess," the singular American opera, it can get downright controversial. WGBH-Boston's Jared Bowen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New Book Explores How Millennials Shape American Life, Culture The new book, "Millennial Momentum: How a New Generation Is Remaking America," explores how young people coming of age are reshaping American life and culture. Judy Woodruff speaks with authors Morley Winograd and Michael D. Hais. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Senate, House Deal on Track to Avert Government Shutdown The Senate moved toward striking a deal on a short-term funding bill that would keep the government operating through mid-November. Jeffrey Brown and David Chalian discuss the implications of the deal. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website After 100 Days as Chicago's Mayor, How Is Rahm Emanuel Faring? Late last year, Rahm Emanuel left his post at the White House to launch his successful bid for mayor of Chicago. WTTW's Eddie Arruza profiles the Windy City's new mayor after 100 days on the job. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What Will Medvedev-Putin Swap Mean for U.S.-Russia Relations? Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced plans to swap roles in 2012. Margeret Warner discusses what this move might mean for relations between the United States and Russia with Angela Stent of Georgetown University and Dmitri Trenin of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Russian Finance Minister Fired Over Criticism of Putin, Medvedev Job Swap Longtime Russian Finance Minister Alexeli Kudrin was fired Monday after he criticized the announcement that President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin plan to swap roles in 2012. Margret Warner reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News Wrap: Indian Monsoon Kills at Least 48 In other news Monday, monsoon rains left wide sections of India under water. Officials reported at least 48 people have been killed in the north and east. In Libya, rebel fighters stepped up their push to conquer Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Amid New Strikes in Greece, 'a Constant Tension in the Air' The Greek Parliament is set to vote Tuesday on a key part of a new austerity package that would include a new property tax paid through electricity bills. Jeffrey Brown discusses efforts to keep the nation from defaulting with freelance reporter John Psaropoulos in Athens. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Global Markets Rally as Hope Emerges for Greek Bailout Global markets rallied on Monday on hopes that European leaders would take steps to rescue Greece from default. Ray Suarez reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shields and Brooks on Romney vs. Perry, Disaster Aid Deadlock in Congress Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks weigh in on the week's top political news, including the latest debate among GOP 2012 hopefuls and the House showdown over disaster aid funding. Listen | Listen in your iPhone |