Mar 11th, 2010 · Paul Greengrass' new Iraq War film takes a hard look at American hubris, but critic Ella Taylor says the propulsive thriller has something of a split personality — one part scathing critique, one part celebration of that old Hollywood standby, the Good American hero who saves the day.
Mar 9th, 2010 · All Songs Considered producer Robin Hilton reflects on the loss of Mark Linkous, the imaginative mind and voice behind the music of Sparklehorse. Linkous killed himself this past weekend, two months after the loss of another artist to suicide, Vic Chesnutt.
Mar 3rd, 2010 · Calling the 40th president a hero, North Carolina Rep. Patrick McHenry announced a bill to replace former President Ulysses S. Grant on the bill. He has 13 Republican co-sponsors.
Mar 3rd, 2010 · Calling the 40th president a hero, North Carolina Rep. Patrick McHenry announced a bill to replace former President Ulysses S. Grant on the bill. He has 13 Republican co-sponsors.
Mar 3rd, 2010 · Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, who landed a troubled US Airways flight safely on the Hudson River in January of last year, is piloting his final flight Wednesday.
Feb 24th, 2010 · Two students were injured in Tuesday's shooting at a middle school less than three miles from the 1999 Columbine High School massacre, but the shooting ended after a teacher tackled a man firing a hunting rifle.
Feb 18th, 2010 · Bernard Kerik, who was hailed as a hero alongside former Mayor Rudy Giuliani after the Sept. 11 terror attacks and nearly became chief of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, was sentenced Thursday for eight felonies.
Feb 18th, 2010 · An Indian melodrama set mostly in the U.S., My Name Is Khan transplants Bollywood's audacious style and brazen sentimentality to Hollywood's America. The movie features a hero who could have ambled out of Forrest Gump, and even takes "We Shall Overcome" as its musical theme.