Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Almost a 'Trusted Traveler': Are the airport hassles behind her now?

2013-05-29 08:15:00

I'm a step closer to Trusted Traveler status. In a post that ran May 17, I wrote that I had received conditional approval for the Trusted Traveler program as part of the Global Entry system but that the earliest available appointment was Aug. 6....

Global Entry: Help may be at hand for those who wait to get OK'd

2013-05-17 07:00:00

If you’re waiting…and waiting…for an interview appointment to complete your application for the Global Entry fast-pass-through-customs program, help may be at hand. In a blog post Monday, I� explained that I had been conditionally...

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2013-02-22 19:24:24

PBS SoCal, home of 'Downton Abbey,' hires veteran network exec

2013-02-05 17:33:00

PBS SoCal, the local home of "Downton Abbey," is bringing in a network veteran to help beef up operations. The former KOCE-TV - which became Southern California's leading PBS outlet after KCET-TV left the network more than two years ago - has tapped...

Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, to retire from Senate

2013-01-11 09:55:00

WASHINGTON -- Facing the prospect of a tough reelection fight, veteran West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller, 75, announced Friday that he will leave the Senate when his current term ends. His decision makes him the first senator in either party whose term...

Tom Petty on lending a hand to underdog radio station KCSN-FM* [Updated]

2011-10-12 16:35:09

Mitt Romney would cut federal cultural agencies by half

2011-11-10 16:33:05

NPR president's resignation fuels foes of public broadcasting funding

2011-03-10 00:00:00

— Vivian Schiller's resignation as president and chief executive of National Public Radio comes at a perilous time for the public broadcaster, as Republicans in Congress press ahead with plans to slice its federal lifeline. Schiller's exit on...

Book review: 'Reality Is Broken'

2011-02-06 00:00:00

Reality Is Broken Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World Jane McGonigal Penguin Press: 388 pp., $26.95 As a nongamer, avowed Luddite and mother of a 7-year-old who is mesmerically attracted to anything with a screen, I was...

On the Media: StoryCorps' audio history of 9/11

2011-05-07 00:00:00

Writers Guild worries about news degradation under Comcast-NBC Universal

2010-10-06 16:33:23

Jay Carney approves of Jay Carney's first briefing as Obama White House press secretary

2011-02-16 16:37:25

Woody the CPB canine stands victoriously over his yak skull find

2012-04-30 00:00:00