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  • Inchvesting In Detroit: A Virtual Realty
    For $1, anyone can own a square-inch corner of this Rust Belt town. Real estate developer Jerry Paffendorf has "inchvestors" from as far away as Australia. It operates like a SimCity computer game, except buyers get real land. Some locals hate the idea.
  • Joe Jackson was a hospital corpsman in the U.S. Navy. He suffered a brain injury and says when he's surfing, " it feels like I’m normal again." He mentors servicemembers who participate in the Naval Medical Center San Diego's surf clinic.
    Surfing To Heal
    Service men and women return to San Diego, following tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, suffering from both physical and emotional injuries. The Naval Medical Center San Diego has developed an unusual program, a surf clinic, to help injured vets heal. Exercise physiologist Betty Michalewicz, who runs the program, says that surfing has helped program participants with pain management in ways that she can't quite explain.
  • The space shuttle Endeavour lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Monday to begin a mission to the International Space Station.
    Shuttle Endeavour Blasts Off On Final Mission
    Endeavour, the baby of NASA's fleet, roared off the launchpad at Florida's Kennedy Space Center for its final mission in 19 years of service. Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the wife of mission commander Mark Kelly, was among the tens of thousands who gathered to watch.
  • Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva celebrate after the particle accelerator started smashing protons at record energies earlier today.
    'Big Bang Machine' Smashes Energy Record
    Scientists in Geneva celebrated early Tuesday as the Large Hadron Collider started making subatomic particles collide head-on at record-breaking energies. Scientists hope that the massive particle accelerator will help answer some of the big questions of the universe.
  • Inverting 'King Lear' In 'Goldberg Variations'
    Susan Isaacs' latest novel revolves around Gloria Garrison, a 79-year-old CEO with a multimillion-dollar makeover business. Isaacs says her female characters don't need to be likable, but they should "fight for something beyond themselves."
  • UCSD Dr. Linda Hill conducts a driver screening with a patient.
    Program Aims To Keep Seniors Safely Behind The Wheel
    By 2020 an estimated 4 million licensed California drivers will be over the age of 65. A team of experts from UCSD are working on a program to identify and assist older drivers who may be at risk for a crash due to age-related health problems. We'll hear details of the driver screening and find out simple things seniors can do to improve their ability to drive safely.
  • A fireman in despair at the slow pace of the search for survivors at Ground Zero.
    FRONTLINE: Faith And Doubt At Ground Zero
    Airs Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV
  • When The Glass Ceiling Is A Baby: Working Through Motherhood
    Among the candidates President Obama may nominate for the next defense secretary is Michele Flournoy, formerly the highest-ranking woman in the Pentagon.
  • Pope Benedict XVI, on Saturday at the Vatican.
    Pope Benedict XVI Is Resigning
    Pope Benedict XVI said Monday he lacks the strength to fulfill his duties and on Feb. 28 will become the first pontiff in 600 years to resign.
  • Tom Cruise on the world's tallest building in "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol."
    Review: Holiday Roundup
    Tinker, Tintin, Silent Stars and Spies
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