Saturday, July 31, 2010 - 64°F
Discussion of current affairs.
On this edition of NewsHour Plus, we check in with Steve Myers, managing editor of Poynter Online, a training facility for journalists, who wrote this week about how...
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus -- who's sitting in for Mark Shields this week -- stopped by The Rundown Friday...
Listen to the AudioJeffrey Brown speaks with rock legend Sting, who just added a 45-piece orchestra to his act. The rock star says it's his job to keep his older hits alive with a renewed enthusiasm. JEFFREY BROWN: Call it Sting with strings....
Listen to the AudioColumnists David Brooks of The New York Times and Ruth Marcus of The Washington Post speak with Jim Lehrer about the week's biggest news including part of Arizona's immigration law being struck down, ethics charges facing Rep. Charles Rangel, D-...
Listen to the AudioOn a day that President Obama touted his administration's efforts to save the U.S. auto industry, Judy Woodruff assesses the state of the industry with Micheline Maynard, senior editor of Changing Gears, a new public media project focusing on...
Listen to the AudioIn other news Friday, with no more oil spewing out of the well, BP says the cleanup efforts will decrease along the Gulf. Also a major flood killed 430 people in Pakistan. HARI SREENIVASAN: BP said today it's set to cut back...
Follow the trial of former governor Rod Blagojevich via Chicago Tonight. Elizabeth Brackett and Eddie Arruza report from the trial at The Blagojevich Blog.

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