Wednesday,
November
19
, 2008
10
:05
pm
President-elect Barack Obama is beginning to create his cabinet and assess roles within the upcoming administration.
Featured Stories:
September 18th, 2008 at 10:42 am
The NewsHour special, Debating our Destiny II, that aired in September on Thirteen, is now watchable online. This special (part I aired in 2000) looks at the critical role that the debates have played in the election process for the last 48 years. Watch now.
September 15th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
The domain google.com was registered on September 15, 1997. Originally the company used a Stanford website with the domain google.stanford.edu. Google, Inc. was formally incorporated on Sept. 7, 1998, at a friend’s garage in Menlo Park, CA. See some interviews about Google as the company turns 10….
September 10th, 2008 at 7:28 am
On this day in 1945, Mike the chicken, sent to the chopping block, lost his head and lived, and became a celebrity instead of dinner. Mike is immortalized as part of the Emmy award-winning film ‘The Natural History of the Chicken’, which originally aired on PBS in 2002. You can now watch the entire film online.
September 10th, 2008 at 7:25 am
In 1973, Local Thirteen program The 51st State aired this video ode to the World Trade Center in honor of its grand opening. It’s abstract and a little strange; stranger still today. Read more about The 51st State and this segment.
September 8th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
This new documentary, linking objects around 9/11 with people’s experiences, airs 9/11 at 12:30 am.
See a trailer about the film; see stills of the objects talked about. More info at Objects and Memory site. Produced in conjunction with the NY Historical Society.
September 8th, 2008 at 9:12 am
Mothers of autistic children in the ’50s and ’60s had few resources or information about their children’s condition. And so they took the blame when medical orthodoxy blamed autism on the mother’s failure to bond with her child. Watch documentary. Read more. Originally aired 2002.
September 5th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Campaign follows Kazuhiko Yamauchi as he pursues the time-honored Japanese campaign practice of “bowing to everybody” (”even to telephone poles!” an advisor demands) in his run for a key …
September 4th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Environmental-health expert Devra Davis discusses her book The Secret History of the War on Cancer about how cancer research has been diverted and distorted. …
September 4th, 2008 at 7:45 am
5 Girls presents a real-life portrait of growing up through the eyes of five thoughtful and articulate young women. Join Corrie, Toby, Amber, Aisha and Haibinh as they take …
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:49 pm
The online auction company eBay was founded by Pierre Omidyar, A French software developer, on September 3, 1995, as a a place where his girlfriend could buy and sell Pez dispensers. Watch some interviews about eBay’s practices, growth, and future…
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Wednesday,
November
19
, 2008
07
:02
pm
Just two days after the judge declared the trial of three men suspected of involvement in Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya's murder would be open to...
Wednesday,
November
19
, 2008
06
:42
pm
Jeff Seelbach
Juan Evo Morales Ayma, President of Bolivia, spoke in New York on Tuesday as part of the Columbia University World Leaders Forum. Morales, the...
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