Blog Profile / The Rundown News Blog
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| Archived Since: | February 11, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
Medicare Trust Fund's Life Extended, But What Does It Really Mean?
Slower growth in spending is helping extend the life of Medicare's hospital trust fund to 2026, two years beyond last year's estimate, officials said Friday. They also reported, however, that Social Security's disability trust fund, which pays monthly benefits...
Investigating Bombs with Robots and Shrapnel
For Tuesday’s NewsHour, Science correspondent Miles O’Brien visited the barren desert canyons of New Mexico, where investigators study explosives… by building and exploding bombs. While there, they assembled a pressure-cooker bomb — the kind used in...
Remembering Julian Dawkins
Friends of Julian Dawkins wear T-shirts that say "R.I.P. JuJu" and "Justice for Julian" at his funeral in Alexandria, Va., on Friday. Family photo of Julian DawkinsThe PBS NewsHour lost one of its own on May 22 in the...
Gwen's Take: The Perils of the Absolute
I want to own a pair of glasses that will allow me to more accurately see shades of gray. That way, when bridges fall down, the urgency to find out why -- right away -- will fade. I will more...
Do Americans Win or Lose When Someone Becomes a Billionaire?
French artist Jacques Callot created 18 etchings known as "The Miseries and Misfortunes of War," published in 1633. The works depict victorious soldiers burning down villages and hanging those who lost the battle. Is the case the same for...
Starting the Conversation about Long-Term Care: 10 Things Families Should Know
Families will need to build support when planning for the later stages of life. Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images I'll admit it -- I don't like to talk about death, dying or getting older. And long-term care or end-of-life issues...
Alzheimer's and the Artist
Mary Wyant spent years as a professional artist. But after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's, she slowly became unable to paint. Here is a look at her work through the years, and as the disease took hold. Click on the image...
Sources: Obama to Name Ex-Bush Aide to Head FBI
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is prepared to nominate James Comey, a former Bush administration official with bipartisan credentials, as the next FBI director. In a possible warning sign, the top Republican on the Senate committee that would review the...
Kotlikoff on 'The Real Problem with Reinhart/Rogoff'
Harvard economists Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart. Still from PBS NewsHour footage. Paul Solman: The post before this one featured some discussion of the big flap in the econosphere over the work of Harvard professors Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen...
Looking to the Past in Caring for Aging Americans in the Future
President Lyndon Johnson hands a pen from the signing of the Older Americans Act to an unknown woman on July 14, 1965. Photo by Yoichi Okamoto and courtesy of the LBJ Library. It's been nearly 50 years since President Lyndon...
15 Young Go-getters You'll Want to Meet
One of the participants in Nest, an organization that offers business consulting in developing countries. Photo courtesy of Nest. Over the last six months, the PBS NewsHour's Agents for Change series has profiled the work of highly motivated social...
Signs of Alzheimer's Disease: 10 Things You Should Know
Rebecca Wyant is the primary caregiver for her mother Mary, who suffers from Alzheimer's. Photo by Mike Fritz / PBS NewsHour Mary Wyant loved words. She loved to speak them and write them and read them. She was...
Building a Pressure Cooker Bomb
On Tuesday's PBS NewsHour, Miles O'Brien visits the nation's most active explosives test facility, where scientists investigate the bombs that were detonated at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Screen grabs from PBS NewsHour/NOVA It's a strange phone...
Live Chat with PBS NewsHour Correspondents
Now is your chance to ask the PBS NewsHour senior correspondents anything you want. Tweet your questions to @NewsHour. Forty years ago, Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer reported on the Watergate scandal. Their coverage laid the groundwork for what...
Dispatch from Jordan: Syrian Refugees Weary of War, Conferences and Life
A young refugee from the Daraa region of Syria, sick with fever, lies down in his family's tent at the Zaatri refugee camp in Jordan. The camp is home to more than 120,000 Syrian refugees. Frame grab from video shot...
When the President Becomes 'Consoler in Chief'
President Barack Obama hugs North Point Marina owner Donna Vanzant as he tours damage done by Hurricane Sandy in Brigantine, N.J., October 31, 2012. On Sunday, President Barack Obama spoke from Moore, Okla. He stood in front of neighborhoods...
Romney Campaign Insider Says Benghazi Changed Everything
PBS NewsHour Political Editor Christina Bellantoni talks with Gabriel Schoenfeld about his new e-book, "A Bad Day on the Romney Campaign." Gabriel Schoenfeld says when he sat down to outline flaws that cost former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney the...
Do You Have an Honor Flight Group in Your State?
World War II veteran Marvin Murphy tells PBS NewsHour anchor Jeffrey Brown about what the "Honor Flight" trip meant to him. "It was your duty, it was your country," said World War II veteran Marvin Murphy...
Hezbollah's Vow to Fight Assad Gets Boost from Syrian Rebels' Abu Ghraib Moment
At a Hezbollah rally in Machghara, Lebanon, Saturday, tens of thousands celebrate the 13th anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from Southern Lebanon. Photo by Morgan Till MACHGHARA, Lebanon -- At first Saturday's Hezbollah rally in this picturesque village in the Bekaa...
Wheels Stopped for Kepler, but Still More to Study
This diagram of the Kepler spacecraft shows the location of two of the four reaction wheels that control the pointing accuracy of the vehicle. Reaction wheel 4 failed on May 11, 2013. Image by Ball Aerospace. NASA's Kepler planet-hunting...