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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House on being awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize October 9, 2009 in Washington, DC.

Obama's Nobel Peace Prize A Mixed Blessing At Home

President Obama's stunning Nobel Peace Prize win may help solidify his international reputation and cement the prize committee's clear desire to repudiate former President George W. Bush.

Jose Vargas Reveals Life As An Undocumented Immigrant

Journalist Jose Vargas revealed his status as an illegal immigrant a few years ago after living, attending school and working in the United States for nearly 20 years. His status is unchanged, and he talks with us about his life int he shadows.

Herta Mueller is the second German-language woman awarded a literature Nobel in the past five years.

Nobel Literature Prize Awarded To Herta Mueller

Herta Mueller, a member of Romania's ethnic German minority who was persecuted for her critical depictions of life behind the Iron Curtain, began writing as a young intellectual under the regime of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.

Singer Cher accepts a lifetime achievement award at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas during the Billboard Music Awards show in 2002. Her use of an obscenity in her acceptance speech led the FCC to fine broadcaster Fox.

Supreme Court To Consider FCC Indecency Case

In 2009, the court used administrative law to uphold the FCC's decision to fine Fox for broadcasting a live event in which the singer Cher used the F-word while accepting an award. The justices ducked the censorship issue, specifically reserving it for another day. That day has now come.

Nobel Chemistry Prize Goes To 2 Americans, 1 Israeli

The Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas Steitz and Ada Yonath for "studies of the structure and function of the ribosome." The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences says the ribosome translates the DNA code into life.

The Fiery Vision And 'World' Of Tomas Transtromer

Enter the haunting imagination of the 2011 Nobel laureate, whose Swedish-language poems — rich in silence and metaphor — survive translation particularly well.

Appraiser Thomas Lecky of Christie's corrals a set of frontier treasures. These breastplate decorations, known as gorgets, were worn by two of the Sioux nation's most powerful chiefs in the 1870s. Together with an original copy of the first book ever printed in Wyoming - an 1866 dictionary of the Sioux language - this collection could round up $100,000 to $150,000 at auction.

Antiques Roadshow: Tampa, Fla. - Hour Two

Airs Monday, January 9, 2012 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

"Taking Root" follows Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai (pictured) in her quest to reclaim her land and her culture through the disarmingly simple act of planting trees. This direct action has fostered community solidarity, environmental literacy and political resolve that helped to bring down Kenya's 24-year dictatorship.

INDEPENDENT LENS: Taking Root: The Vision Of Wangari Maathai

Airs Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Rick Santorum addresses supporters at his caucus party in Johnston, January 3, 2012.

Romney Wins Caucus By 8 Votes

The results from Iowa suggest what has been clear for months: Republicans remain divided about their presidential choices.

Mitt Romney hugs his wife, Ann, in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday.

Romney And Santorum Split The Spoils In Iowa

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney eked out an eight-vote win after he and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum swapped the slimmest of leads back and forth in Tuesday's caucuses. With returns complete, each had won the support of roughly 25 percent of caucusgoers.

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