* Israeli airstrike near UN school
* Critical role of Israeli reservists
* Inside a hospital in Gaza
* From Worldfocus journalists: A Palestinian and Israeli perspective
* Fallout for retailers around the globe
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What would you tell the President to fix, or pay attention to? Visit the “Speak Out” site at PBS Kids to say what’s on YOUR mind. Go now!
On January 7, 1789, the first presidential election was held in America. George Washington won and was sworn into office on April 30, 1789 in New York City. He delivered his famous Inaugural Address and assisted Congress in adoption of amendments that become the Bill of Rights.
Meet the much loved green suited elephant named Babar on a visit to the Morgan Library. In ‘Drawing Babar’ we see how a father and son created a series which has been enchanting children around the world since 1931. Watch video.
To help you navigate the challenges of the economic downturn, here’s a list of web sites, nonprofit organizations, and public agencies in New York and New Jersey that target unemployment, career services, mortgages and foreclosures, health insurance benefits, financial services and other issues.
He’s played heroes, villains, saints, sinners, a ballet-dancing elephant, and a space alien, now actor and children’s author John Lithgow reveals a new side of himself… poetry lover. Watch.
An outbreak of Ebola in the DR Congo has put neighboring countries on alert. At least 12 have died so far in the country’s fourth Ebola outbreak since 1976. View an interactive map of disease hotspots in DR of Congo and elsewhere in Africa. Read more here.
Actor Brad Pitt and director David Fincher appeared on Charlie Rose for an interview about the recent film “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” a story about an octagenarian who ages in reverse. Among other things, the director discusses how they used computer graphics to make Brad Pitt’s character look old. Watch.
The kickoff to the 13th season of the Roadshow (new episodes!)…. Experts also appraise a 1937 painting by abstract expressionist Clyfford Still, in Hour 1 of Antiques Roadshow, from Palm Springs, California. Watch all appraisals from this episode.
* Israeli troops push farther into Gaza
* France is saying to give peace a chance
* Protests against the fighting in Gaza spread
* Gaza families have no place to hide
* Gaza conflict: where did it begin?
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