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Good Evening From PBS NewsHour!

*Friday. Happy Friday. Happy Three Day Weekend to Most of Planet Earth. * 
Save our staff ;) 

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There's virtually no way you missed the earlier email, so I'll just link to 
the graphic guide to Margaret's 
embed<http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2010/09/womans-military-embed-gui...>in 
Iraq. 

It's Labor Day Friday so I'm assuming most of you are sane - and not in the 
office anymore. Therefore consider this an email containing content you can 
use on Monday or Tuesday. 


*Over the Weekend: * 
We'll have a Then & Now - What happened to the Iraq Zoo - Sat. Afternoon. 

*On Monday: * 
We'll have an interview with AFL CIO chief Richard Trumka up on Monday - 
talking jobs, unions, and Labor Day. 
NewsHour Connect @JudyWoodruff interviews PBS member stations @KQEDNews, 
@KNPR, Ohio Public Radio and @WQED about jobs and the economy in their 
respective areas. 
*Have an idea for a NewsHour Connect segment? Send it to lkn...@newshour.org 

.@PaulSolman looks back at the Mott's Strike, illustrating weakened labor 
unions in the Great Recession. 
We check in on Pakistan - on the ground, and U.S. Aid to the flood-ravaged 
country. 
Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on Iraqi refugees who've fled to Jordan; we'll 
have another piece online 

*Tonight's Show (**Embeddable YouTube* <http://youtube.com/pbsnewshour>*)* 
Wholeheartedly recommend Margaret's segment on Iraqi electricity - up 
shortly. 
Hari interviewed Shields and Brooks - with questions from five of our fans. 

*NEWS* 
One man, an ice cream shop, and a $20K+ monthly electrical bill. From #Iraq: 
<YouTube> 
What do shrimp and petroleum have in common? A festival in the port town of 
Morgan City, La. http://to.pbs.org/bXYkXv 
Braving the Middle East Peace Talks: Then and Now @PBSGwen: 
http://to.pbs.org/b4oZXJ 
Jobless recovery? It can happen, says economy correspondent @PaulSolman 
http://to.pbs.org/9omwcF 
Can tax cuts for the rich be part of the future for the @DCCC? Rep. Chris 
Van Hollen. http://to.pbs.org/dcUkla 

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