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RAY SUAREZ: Now, The White House calls for changes in college financial aid tied to improving the affordability and value of higher education. At the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor today, President Obama said an improved educational system will
JEFFREY BROWN:And now: the role and future of public universities. The battle over the top leadership at the University of Virginia came to a dramatic and surprising end yesterday. The university's governing board voted to reinstate president Teresa
JEFFREY BROWN:And now, a prescription for succeeding in school. It comes from pediatricians making their patients' reading skills a part of regular examinations. The NewsHour's special correspondent for education, John Merrow, has the story. JOHN MER
GWEN IFILL:And return to our series of conversations on what to do about the nation's taxes, spending and debt. Last night, we heard from Erskine Bowles, the co-author of a deficit reduction plan that has been the subject of much attention and debate
JEFFREY BROWN:And finally tonight, navigating the trials of life and aging in the words of those who've experienced them. It's advice spelled out in a new book. Hari Sreenivasan's conversation with its author includes the voices of elderly Americans
GWEN IFILL: Finally tonight, we launch an 18-month focus on the nation's high school dropout rate. The American Graduate project, a partnership with public radio and television, will examine the breadth of the problem, as well as its consequences. Th
JEFFREY BROWN: Now, how educators in Chicago are working to give lower-income students a leg up in the pre-kindergarten years and boost their prospects for life. The NewsHour's special correspondent for education, John Merrow, has the story. WOMAN: A
JEFFREY BROWN:Now, assessing the value of a college education. It's an old question being debated anew in these difficult economic times. We taped our discussion yesterday and began with some background. It's the time of year for happy graduates and
JEFFREY BROWN:For those stations not taking a pledge break, we go beneath Washingtons Puget Sound to look at stormwater runoff. Our story comes from our colleagues at KCTS9 in Seattle. Katie Campbell reports for Earth Fix, a public media project focu
JEFFREY BROWN:And finally tonight: Japan two years after the massive earthquake and tsunami struck its northeastern coast. Ray Suarez has the story. RAY SUAREZ:The 2011 quake was one of the strongest in recorded history. It set off a tsunami that kil
JUDY WOODRUFF:And we turn to the EPA's new regulations requiring cleaner gasoline. The Obama administration announced the proposed changes today. They would require two-thirds less sulfur in gasoline and a reduction in other emissions beginning in 20
JUDY WOODRUFF:Next: how an oil spill near Little Rock, Ark., is casting a shadow over the proposed expansion of the Keystone pipeline. MAN:So that is a pipeline that has busted and has flooded the neighborhood. JUDY WOODRUFF:A local resident describe
JUDY WOODRUFF: Now we turn to our ongoing coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Tonight, special correspondent Rick Karr looks at environmental concerns in New York City. Many residents in Brooklyn want to know more about the risks of chemica
JUDY WOODRUFF:Now: why some of the Great Lakes are dropping to record low levels, and the economic bite that's accompanying this environmental change. Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW Chicago has the story. ELIZABETH BRACKETT, WTTW: Leland Harbor is the he
JEFFREY BROWN:And next: tech giant Apple on the hot seat on Capitol Hill for tax practices that saved the company billions. Margaret Warner has that story. MARGARET WARNER:Chairman Carl Levin laid out the findings of his Senate panel's investigative
JUDY WOODRUFF:The testimony is over, closing arguments are done, and now it's the jury's turn. Six women in Sanford, Fla., began deliberating this afternoon in the case of a neighborhood watch volunteer accused of murdering an unarmed teenager on Feb
JUDY WOODRUFF:And to the analysis of Shields and Brooks. That is syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks. Welcome back, gentlemen. MARK SHIELDS:Thank you, Judy. JUDY WOODRUFF:So, Afghanistan. The president met with
JEFFREY BROWN:The nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court pondered a central piece of civil rights legislation today, at issue, whether it's still needed 48 years after it first became law. REP. JOHN LEWIS, D-Ga.: We are not there yet. JEFFREY BROWN:
JEFFREY BROWN: And finally tonight, what you might not know about the life and legacy of a civil rights pioneer. Gwen Ifill has our book conversation. GWEN IFILL: By the time Rosa Parks died in Detroit in 2005, her place in the history books was assu
JEFFREY BROWN:And finally tonight: remembering a giant of country music, George Jones. It was that distinctive voice and the ability to convey heartache and sorrow in song that made George Jones a country music legend. He turned out number one single