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Haitian President Rene Preval met with President Barack Obama Wednesday to discuss the aftermath of January's devastating earthquake. Questions remain, however, on how Haiti's government should proceed with the massive task of recovery.
President Obama continued to make his case for health care reform to the public Wednesday, with an eye toward a new plan to combat Medicare and Medicaid fraud, an idea that has garnered bipartisan support.
The University of Connecticut made women's basketball history this week, clinching its 71st consecutive win in a game against Notre Dame. Judy Woodruff talks to sports writer Christine Brennan about the feat.
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Online coverage of the arts from Jeffrey Brown and NewsHour reporters.
On-the-ground reports from Ray Suarez on health issues around the world.
Track how 12 different U.S. communities adapt to changing economic times.
Profiles, readings and conversations with contemporary American poets.
Betty Ann Bowser helps decode the debate over health care reform.
Paul Solman explains the ins and outs of the global economy.
Covering efforts to tackle the world's biggest challenges in the smallest of ways.
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Judy Woodruff explores how young people are handling the economic downturn.
Not every U.S. community type got the same chunk of change from last year's $787 billion economic stimulus bill. A breakdown by Patchwork Nation's 12 community types found big disparities. Project Director Dante Chinni discusses which communities have done well and which haven't.
Wednesday's program will start with events in Afghanistan, where Defense Secretary Robert Gates wrapped up a visit just as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived. Then, a home-grown terrorism plot, health care reform and the insurance industry, Haitian President Rene Preval visits Washington, the debate over climate change research, and a celebration of Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., is denying that payday lenders will receive an exemption in financial reform legislation being crafted in the Senate, refuting reports that he has been pressing the Senate Banking Committee to "scale back substantially" proposed oversight of the industry.
If there was any doubt that the recession has had a big impact on Americans who are 18 to 29 years old, two national polls done in January and February clear up any misconceptions.
President Barack Obama takes his push for health care reform back on the road Wednesday. In the Middle East, Vice President Joe Biden said an Israeli plan to build homes in east Jerusalem threatens to derail peace talk efforts.
At the height of World War II, a shortage of male pilots led to the creation of the Women Airforce Service Pilots program, or WASPs. Jean Harman was one of those daring "fly girls." KTEH profiles the groundbreaking pilot.
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Across Colorado, counselors and police officials are conflicted over how to protect sexual assault victims while preventing more people from becoming victims. A collaboration between I-News and Rocky Mountain PBS examines how state law and therapists' code of ethics are sometimes hampering information sharing and investigations.
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"Our Stories, Our Health" is a project teaching Vietnamese and Laotian elders to record interviews about health topics they identify as important to their communities.
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March 10, 2010
Until recently, many people -- including many neurobiologists -- thought that the adolescent brain was much the same as an adult brain only with "fewer miles on it," but new studies show that the teen brain is fundamentally different than older brains.
