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PBS NewsHour for May 25, 2012

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:00:00 EDT

Tonight on the program, we look at a drop in gas prices this Memorial Day weekend. Also, preliminary results from Egypt's presidential election, a police arrest in the Etan Patz case, how regulators in the U.S. set the safety bar for nuclear plants, David Brooks and Ruth Marcus discuss "economic chaos," and Stephen Greenblatt's new book "The Swerve: How the World Became Modern."

PBS NewsHour for May 24, 2012

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:00:00 EDT

Tonight on the program, we analyze the continuing struggles of the Eurozone as economic divisions between France and Germany were reinforced at a summit on Europe's debt crisis. Also: Europe's debt crisis's affect on the U.S., man vs. machine in the workforce, strained ties between the U.S. and Pakistan, and justice for a wrongly executed man.

PBS NewsHour for May 23, 2012

Wed, 23 May 2012 18:00:00 EDT

Tonight on the program, we analyze the first day of Egyptian presidential elections that gave the people their first chance to choose their leader in the aftermath of Hosni Mubarak's removal during the Arab Spring. Also: Facebook's IPO controversy, austerity in Europe, Iran beginning to cooperate on nuclear issues, and looking at the Golden Gate Bridge's history on its 75th birthday.

PBS NewsHour for May 22, 2012

Tue, 22 May 2012 18:00:00 EDT

Tonight on the program, we examine the ongoing presidential campaign and how presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is handling his record at Bain Capital. Also: SpaceX launches the first successful commerical space rocket, Joplin, MO remembers its deadly tornado one year later, examining violence in Pakistan, and Andrew Delbanco talks his new book on the future of colleges.

PBS NewsHour for May 21, 2012

Mon, 21 May 2012 18:00:00 EDT

Tonight on the program, we analyze the sentencing of Dharun Ravi, the Rutgers University student convicted of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate, who later jumped to his death from a bridge. Also: Catholic groups sue over contraception mandate, high school dropouts learning while helping communities, NATO meets on Afghanistan's future, and remembering opera singer Dietrich Fisher-Dieskau.

PBS NewsHour for May 18, 2012

Fri, 18 May 2012 18:00:00 EDT

Tonight on the program, we analyze Facebook's public stock opening and how its stocks trading will affect the future of the now-public company. Also: making 'food security' an achievable goal, Mark Shields and David Brooks analyze the week's top political news, whether recently-released Trayvon Martin documents will affect the upcoming trial, and Americans' 'Information Diet'.

PBS NewsHour for May 17, 2012

Thu, 17 May 2012 18:00:00 EDT

Tonight on the program, we examine the newly-released Census data revealing that minority babies are making up the majority of births in the United States for the first time. Also: a Newsmaker interview with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, a look at campaigns' use of YouTube, and a merging of urban and rural in Thailand.

PBS NewsHour for May 16, 2012

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:00:00 EDT

Tonight on the program, we examine the start of a new showdown as a war of words begins concerning the politics of facing the national debt ceiling after last year's stalemate. Also: War criminal Mladic on trial, the effect violence has on a student's ability to learn, the advancement of robotic limbs for those paralyzed, the defense rests in John Edwards' trial, and remembering Carlos Fuentes.

PBS NewsHour for May 15, 2012

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:00:00 EDT

Tonight on the program, we continue our look at JP Morgan Chase and its troubles following a $2 billion trading loss and reports of an FBI probe into the situation. Also: Continued shake-ups in the Eurozone with a new French president and Greece's unsure situation, an ambitious strategy to combat Alzheimer's, treating trauma injuries int he developing world, and a look at Ron Paul's campaign.

PBS NewsHour for May 14, 2012

Mon, 14 May 2012 18:00:00 EDT

Tonight on the program, we analyze the aftermath of JP Morgan Chase's $2 billion trading blunder which resulted in chief investment officer Ina Drew's retirement. We then talk with Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee and Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan about the political ramifications. Also: more drug violence in Mexico, getting core reading in for children, and unemployment numbers.

PBS NewsHour for May 11, 2012

Fri, 11 May 2012 18:00:00 EDT

Tonight on the program, we examine calls for more regulation as JPMorgan Chase announced a $2 billion loss. Also: the FDA gave the go-ahead to drug combination aimed at preventing the spread of HIV, President Obama and Mitt Romney shift campaign focus back to the economy, Shields and Brooks analyze the week's political news, and author Leslie Maitland's new book "Crossing the Borders of Time."

PBS NewsHour for May 10, 2012

Thu, 10 May 2012 18:00:00 EDT

Tonight on the program, we examine the state of Kofi Annan's cease-fire plan with Syria in the wake of two bombings that killed over 80 people and left hundreds injured. Also: the political aftermath from President Obama's announced support of gay marriage, the future of chimpanzee testing, FDA urges caution on bone desnity medicine, and LBJ's "Passage of Power".

PBS NewsHour for May 9, 2012

Wed, 09 May 2012 18:00:00 EDT

Tonight on the program, we analyze President Obama's declaration of support for same-sex marriage and what that means. Also: Sen. Richard Lugar's primary loss to a Tea Party competitor, examining the CIA infiltration of al-Qaida and the subsequent bomb plot uncovering, and Friends International helping street kids get a better life in Cambodia.

PBS NewsHour for May 8, 2012

Tue, 08 May 2012 18:00:00 EDT

Tonight on the program, we analyze the reaches of terrorism across the globe in the wake of the CIA-foiled bomb plot for an airliner headed from Yemen to the United States. Also: the rise in obesity and its effect on life expectancy, Tom Coburn on the "Debt Bomb", the best and worst places in the world to be a mother, and remembering "Where the Wild Things Are" author Maurice Sendak.

PBS NewsHour for May 7, 2012

Mon, 07 May 2012 18:00:00 EDT

Tonight on the program, we examine France's presidential election as Francois Hollande defeated French president Nicholas Sarkozy on Sunday. Also: analyzing the gay marriage debate in the wake of Vice President Biden's comments, insects as a cuisine, and a trial at Guantanamo Bay for 9/11 conspirators,

PBS NewsHour for May 4, 2012

Fri, 04 May 2012 18:00:00 EDT

Tonight on the program, we analyze April's job numbers and the effect unemployment rates affect recent college graduates. Also: Chen Guangcheng is granted the right to apply for a United States visa to study at New York University, Peter Bergen talks Osama bin Laden's personal prison, Shields and Brooks analyze the week's news, and 'What's Going On Now' engages youth with music and media.

PBS NewsHour for May 3, 2012

Thu, 03 May 2012 18:00:00 EDT

Tonight on the program, we analyze the ongoing saga with Chen Guangcheng after the Chinese dissident asked the United States Congress for help by phone today. Also: Daily Download on hashtags and Twitter helping and hurting political campaigns, a private company that wants to take people to Mars, dysfunctionality in Congress, and a copy of Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' sells for $120 million.

PBS NewsHour for May 2, 2012

Wed, 02 May 2012 18:00:00 EDT

Tonight on the program, we examine the current state of the diplomatic situation between the United States and China after Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng left U.S. custody, claiming he did so 'under duress.' Also: the election battleground state of Virginia, teaching climate change in schools, Afghanistan's future in the wake of the new pact, and Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein.

PBS NewsHour for May 1, 2012

Tue, 01 May 2012 18:00:00 EDT

Tonight on the program, we have President Obama's full speech from Afghanistan, plus analysis. Also: people and banks weary of credit and debt, a rise in painkiller-addicted newborns, 'liquid bandages' as a future of skin repair, and a history of the United States' lack of criticism of China's human rights problems.

PBS NewsHour for April 30, 2012

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:00:00 EDT

Tonight on the program, we examine the delicate diplomatic situation between the United States and China after rumors the U.S. is harboring escaped Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng. Also: how tech companies take advantage of the U.S. tax code, Wisconsin's recall election, al-Qaida one year after bin Laden's death, and making 'combat paper' from old military uniforms as art and therapy.

PBS NewsHour for April 27, 2012

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:00:00 EDT

Tonight on the program, we analyze the fight over student loans as the U.S. House of Representatives debates on how to prevent interest loans from doubling and how to pay for it. Also: the fragile state of the global economy as Europe suffers, high deductible insurance plans, Shields and Brooks analyze the week's politics, and U.S. and U.K. Poets Laureate Philip Levine and Carol Ann Duffy.

PBS NewsHour for April 26, 2012

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:00:00 EDT

Tonight on the program, we examine the conviction of former Liberian president Charles Taylor and how this could further international law. Also: Rupert Murdoch testifies on the News of the World phone hacking scandal, new information on Bo Xilai suggesting he wiretapped Chinese officials, new technology enabling dangerous uses, and the gender gap in computer science and engineering jobs.