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• Google watching
  One way to catch a glimpse of how people are searching on the Web is through the suggested queries that Google kicks up when you start typing in its search box. If you start any search, Google anticipates what you are looking for by offering 10 options that other users have frequently searched for. For example, type in "How to save money..." and th […]
• “Who the hell is John-Boy?”
  On Grant McCracken’s blog, which “sits at the intersection of anthropology and economics,” this post argues that the American corporation is out of touch with much of the country’s population. The John-Boy Problem (Boomer managers out of touch) Let’s say we are a luxury car company. We’re doing a year-end review of marketing. We’re [...] […]
• Coffee, tea, or something else?
  It was only a matter of time, I guess. This Saturday, dozens of “coffee parties” took place around the country. The Coffee Party was formed in response to the seemingly omnipresent and highly vocal Tea Party movement, which seeks a more limited form of government, to say the least. While Coffee Partiers also have a [...] […]
• “Laid-Off” goes Hollywood
  In this final episode of “Laid-Off,” we find our hero Odd Todd trekking out to Hollywood to try his hand at creating a TV show. […]

PBS The Newshour

• FCC Plan Urges Faster, Wider Broadband Internet Access Across U.S.
  The Federal Communications Commission is presenting a new national broadband plan to Congress, aimed at encouraging companies to expand high-speed and wireless Internet access. Jeffery Brown talks to Julius Genachowski, chairman of the FCC. […]
• Twisting Arms and Counting Votes: Obama, Democrats Gear Up for Final Reform Push
  President Barack Obama made the case for health care reform Monday in Ohio, putting muscle behind congressional leadership as they look to secure votes to pass the reform bill. Kwame Holman reports. […]
• Dodd: Banking Reforms Would Rein In Financial Risk
  Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, has unveiled a plan to regulate banks and large firms and limit the amount of risk they can assume after the financial crisis. In a newsmaker interview, Judy Woodruff talks to Dodd about his sweeping plans for reform and why he says he's standing alone. […]
• News Wrap: Incumbent al-Maliki Leading Iraq Vote
  In other news Monday, Iraq continues to count votes from its parliamentary election, and one person was killed by a blast targeting the primary U.S. military base in Afghanistan. […]
• Deaths of Americans Raises New Concerns Over Mexico's Drug War
  U.S. and Mexican authorities are investigating the possible drug cartel violence that left two Americans and a Mexican with ties to the U.S. consulate in Juarez dead over the weekend. Gwen Ifill talks to a journalist about the escalating violence across the border. […]
• Weekly Poem: 'July in Washington'
  "July in Washington" is from Robert Lowell "Collected Poems" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003). Lowell, who died in 1977, is best known for his volume "Life Studies," "but his true greatness as an American poet lies in the astonishing variety of his work." […]

PBS Frontline

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PRI’s The World

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WNET: Worldfocus

• Chinese leadership takes on an increasingly assertive tone
• U.S. couple killed in surge of cross-border drug violence
• Catholic Church grapples with sex crimes in Germany
• Mongolia faces climate-driven humanitarian crisis

BBC News

• Cyclone causes emergency in Fiji
  A state of disaster is declared in parts of Fiji, as Cyclone Tomas batters the north and east of the country. […]
• Israeli FM 'boycotts Brazil head'
  Israel's foreign minister is reported to have boycotted a visit by the Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. […]
• Doubts cast on 'runaway Prius'
  Toyota casts doubt on claims one of its cars failed to stop, after a widely-publicised account of a "runaway" Prius in California. […]
• Home improvement 'hitting swifts'
  A survey of swifts suggests the species is at risk from improvement work being undertaken on old houses. […]
• EU urges faster cut of UK deficit
  Government plans to cut the UK's budget deficit are not ambitious enough, a European Commission report will warn this week. […]
• Sri Lanka trial for ex-army chief
  Defeated Sri Lankan presidential candidate and ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka is set to face a court martial. […]

PBS NOVA Science NOW

• NOVA scienceNOW: Mammoth Mystery
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OPB Think Out Loud

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