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President Obama Delivers Commencement Speech At Joplin High School Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 1380 seconds President Obama delivered the commencement address at Joplin High School in Missouri one year after a 161 people died in a devastating tornado. |
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News Wrap: Suicide Bomb Kills Dozens in Yemen's Capital Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 453 seconds In other news Monday, a powerful suicide bomb exploded in the capital of Yemen, killing at least 96 soldiers and wounding more than 200. Also, the ongoing violence in Syria again has spilled over to neighboring Lebanon. |
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After NATO Leaves, Will Afghan Forces Be Ready? Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 531 seconds Judy Woodruff speaks with former Ambassador to the European Union James Dobbins and retired Col. David Lamm about NATO's exit plans coming out of this week's summit in Chicago and whether Afghan forces are ready to absorb security responsibilities once most foreign troops leave in 2014. |
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Remembering Opera Singer Dietrich Fisher-Dieskau Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 374 seconds German opera singer Dietrich Fisher-Dieskau, who died Friday at age 86, was a master of the Lieber, a form of German song that he helped make popular in the 20th century. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Anne Midgette, a classical music critic for The Washington Post, about Fisher-Dieskau's legacy. |
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Catholic Groups Sue Over Contraception Coverage Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 436 seconds A group of Roman Catholic leaders and institutions sued the Obama administration over the federal mandate to provide birth control to employees, saying it violated religious freedom. Gwen Ifill and The Wall Street Journal's Janet Adamy discuss the lawsuit. |
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Why Rutgers Webcam Case Gleaned National Attention Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 480 seconds Former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi was sentenced to 30 days in prison for using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate, who later jumped to his death from a bridge. Jeffrey Brown and The New York Times' Kate Zernike discuss the ruling and its implications. |
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Obama Stresses Afghan Stability and Exit Plan at NATO Summit Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 240 seconds At the NATO Summit Monday, President Obama emphasized the importance of a stable Afghanistan, and of phasing out most foreign forces by the 2014 deadline. Judy Woodruff reports. |
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More With Anne Midgette on Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 175 seconds For more arts coverage, visit Art Beat: http://www.pbs.or g/newshour/art/ More of Jeffrey Brown's conversation with the Washington Post's Anne Midgette about the life and legacy of German singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, who died Friday at age 86. |
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USAID Admin: Food Security a 'Grand' But 'Achievable' Goal Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 537 seconds President Obama outlined Friday a private-public partnership to work on global poverty issues ahead of the Group of Eight summit in Camp David this weekend. Ray Suarez and USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah discuss the initiative to lift millions out of poverty and hunger through farming partnerships. |
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Shields, Brooks on Campaign Ads, JPMorgan Losses Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 719 seconds For more coverage, visit the PBS NewsHour website: http://to.pbs.org/Ll vn3u Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news including a recent Obama campaign video that tries to debunk Mitt Romney's job creation claims, JPMorgan Chase losses and the expected renewal of the debt ceiling debate. |
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What Are Facebook's Challenges Now? Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 665 seconds The public sale of Facebook shares on Friday didn't soar as some had expected. Margaret Warner talks to Arvind Bhatia of Sterne Agee and Rob Cox of Reuters' Breakingviews about what Facebook needs to do to keep its audience and advertisers. |
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'The Information Diet': More 'Conscious Consumption' Needed? Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 379 seconds Clay Johnson, author of "The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption", discusses with Hari Sreenivasan how abundant technology is affecting our health, such as "email apnea." |
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In Trayvon Martin's Case Documents, 'No Obvious Slam Dunk' Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 325 seconds Prosecutors released this week more than 200 pages of photos, eyewitness accounts and investigative reports in the case of Trayvon Martin's killing in Florida. The Washington Post's Sari Horwitz tells Margaret Warner that the documents bolster neither the prosecution nor the defense's case. |
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News Wrap: Greece Uncertainty Tops Agenda at G-8 Summit Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 214 seconds In other news Friday, leaders of some of the world's largest economies began gathering at Camp David in Maryland for the G-8 summit. Also, German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested Greece hold a referendum on staying in the eurozone, according to a spokesman for Greece's caretaker government. |
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Shields, Brooks on Americans Elect, Preakness Predicting Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 453 seconds In this week's Doubleheader, Mark Shields and David Brooks talk Ron Paul, the Preakness Stakes and what it's like on the field at Yankee Stadium. |
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Campaigns Utilize YouTube to Save Money, Target Voters Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 533 seconds As part of an ongoing series on how candidates use social media this election season, Ray Suarez and journalists Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz of Daily-Download.com discuss how President Obama and Mitt Romney use YouTube to bypass the "gatekeepers," or mainstream media, and get constituents to watch their campaign videos. |
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Minority Babies Make up Majority in U.S. Births Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 583 seconds White babies account for fewer than half of newborns in the United States -- just 49.6 percent of last year's births, according to new Census data released Thursday. Margaret Warner discusses the tipping point and its implications with the Brookings Institution's William Frey and New York University's Marcelo Suarez-Orozco. |
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Combating Hardship in Rural Thailand Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 551 seconds From Thailand, special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on one social entrepreneur's efforts to combat hardships and instill a new way of thinking in the rural regions of the relatively prosperous country. |
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News Wrap: Greek Credit Rating Drops Amid Eurozone Doubts Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 357 seconds In other news Thursday, questions kept coming about the future of the eurozone. By all accounts, money was flowing out of Greece where far-left leaders are agitating to break a bailout agreement and end austerity measures. Also, a fight over solar panels flared into the open between the U.S. and China. |
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Exclusive | Geithner: Obama's Tough Economic Choices Have Made U.S. Stronger Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 36 seconds For more: http://to.pbs.org/JO WnnW Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner spoke with the PBS NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown Thursday about how President Obama's economic record will play out on the campaign trail this year. |
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Exclusive | Geithner: 'Perception Is a Problem' With Bank CEOs on N.Y. Fed Board Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 96 seconds For more: http://to.pbs.org/JO WnnW Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told the PBS NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown Thursday that "perception is a problem" with bank executives sitting on the board of the New York Fed. |
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Geithner: 'I Don't Understand' Why Debt Ceiling Debate Is Back Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 40 seconds For more: http://to.pbs.org/JO WnnW Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told the PBS NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown during a factory tour Thursday that he couldn't understand why the debate over the federal debt limit is back again. |
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In 'First Position,' Ballet Behind the Scenes Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 315 seconds For more arts coverage, visit Art Beat: http://www.pbs.or g/newshour/art/blog/ In the ballet world, the Youth American Grand Prix can make or break a young dancer's career. In "First Position," director Bess Kargman follows seven aspiring ballet dancers between the ages of 10 and 17 as they prepare for and compete in the annual New York City event. |


























