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Fueled by better-than-expected corporate earnings, the stock marked surged Thursday. Yet the good news came as other parts of the economy headed in the opposite direction. Jim Lehrer sits down with Greg Ip of The Economist for a closer look at the mixed economic signals.
The Justice Department and the state of Arizona went before a federal judge in Phoenix Thursday to debate the constitutionality of SB-1070, the state's new immigration law. Ray Suarez reports.
As financial problems begin to mount across much of Europe, Paul Solman examines the declining real estate market in Spain and why some fear it could have major economic consequences for a continent already deep in debt.
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Betty Ann Bowser helps decode the debate over health care reform.
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Judy Woodruff explores how young people are handling the economic downturn.
Watch 6 live video feeds of the underwater oil well on one screen.
Judy Woodruff spoke exclusively with President Obama's senior adviser, David Axelrod, about the firing of -- and eventual apology to -- U.S. Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod.
Executive Producer Linda Winslow responds to several complaints from viewers regarding coverage of the Shirley Sherrod story.
After meeting with White House Director of Energy Policy Carol Browner, Senate Democrats held a news conference Thursday where Majority Leader Harry Reid announced he will attempt to move pieces of a comprehensive energy legislation instead of a complete bill prior to the August recess.
Greg Ip of "The Economist" helps us sort through today's mixed economic news. Then, a storm threatens the Gulf, Democrat Bill Nelson of Florida and Republican Roger Wicker of Mississippi debate the off-shore oil drilling moratorium, a look at BP's use of dispersants, the battle over Arizona's immigration law, and Spain struggles to save its economy.
Eleven years ago, the United States and its NATO allies were bombing the Balkan nation of Serbia in a campaign to protect ethnic Albanians in the province of Kosovo. On Thursday, the International Court of Justice ruled that Kosovo's declaration of independence two years ago was legally valid.
DETROIT | It's long been said that when the U.S. economy gets a cold, this city, with its reliance on the auto industry, gets pneumonia.
In our continuing coverage of issues across the United States, this Newshour Connect focuses on the economy. We speak with Thanh Tan of Idaho Public Television, Lori Rasmussen from OETV in Oklahoma City and Erik Anderson from KPBS in San Diego to get their take on how the housing and job markets are doing.
The Civilian Conservation Corps was President Franklin Roosevelt's answer to the environmental and economic challenges facing the country in the 1930s. Enlisting 250,000 workers in just two months, the CCC was an ambitious undertaking that brought several government agencies together in the effort.
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See if you can match eight different songs and calls to the correct birds, and learn how they master such precise pitch and phrasing.
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The 2010 Ideas Festival, sponsored by the Aspen Institute and Atlantic Magazine, gathered scientists, artists, politicians, historians, educators, activists and other great thinkers for a week.
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July 22, 2010
Six months ago, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked the Caribbean nation of Haiti, killing 300,000 people and displacing millions more from their homes. A team of reporters from the NewsHour has been on the ground in Haiti looking at what has improved and what still needs to be done to ease the country's suffering.
