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4:30 pm
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5:00 pm
NOVA
"Mind of a Rampage Killer"
What makes a person walk into a theater or a church or a classroom full of students and open fire? What combination of circumstances compels a human being to commit the most inhuman of crimes? Can science in any way help us understand these horrific events and provide clues as to how to prevent them in the future? As the nation tries to understand the tragic events at Newtown, NOVA correspondent Miles O'Brien separates fact from fiction, investigating new theories that the most destructive rampage killers are driven most of all, not by the urge to kill, but the wish to die. Could suicide and the desire to go out in a media-fueled blaze of glory be the main motivation? How much can science tell us about a brain at risk for violence? Most importantly, can we recognize dangerous minds in time -- and stop the next Newtown?. D
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6:00 pm
Into The Wild: Edison, Ford & Friends
Between 1914 and 1924, a group of famous friends - prolific inventor Thomas Edison, pioneering auto-maker Henry Ford, best-selling nature writer John Burroughs, and later, tire manufacturer Harvey Firestone - traveled to the remote reaches of Florida's Everglades in search of a rustic camping adventure far from the pressures of work and the press. Freed from the demands of daily life, the friends and their entourage enjoyed the serendipity of life on the road, stopping to help farmers in the field, examining streams for hydroelectric possibilities or engaging in an impromptu tree-chopping contest. INTO THE WILD: EDISON, FORD & FRIENDS features excerpts from the journals and letters of Burroughs and Firestone as well as interviews with historians and biographers. D
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6:30 pm
Untold Stories: Mina Miller Edison, The Wizard's Wife
The wife of Thomas Edison hints at a little-known side of the prolific inventor in her diary entries and reveals her own struggles and accomplishments. Drawn from diaries and letters, this film explores Mina's own impact through the seeds sown in their gardens and her personal charity workG
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7:00 pm
Secrets of the Dead
"Japanese Supersub"
In spring 1946 the United States destroyed one of Japan's most advanced weapons systems - the I-401 aircraft carrier submarine - rather than share the discovery with the Soviets as required at the end of World War II. The innovative ship could launch attack bombers within seven minutes of reaching the surface. This program investigates Japan's efforts to take submarine technology beyond the known limits. of the 1940s.G
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8:00 pm
PBS NewsHour
A report from Florida, the first state to record more than one million requests for permits to carry concealed weapons. PBS NewsHour explores the increase in requests for gun licenses in the wake of Newtown, and the arguments for and against concealed-carry laws in the state where Trayvon Martin's killing is still a fresh memory. D
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9:00 pm
Nightly Business Report
Stocks weren't the only investments falling today. NBR's Erika Miller takes look at what's at the root of the commodities sell-off and whether it will continue. The White House is threatening to use trade enforcement authority and sanctions to punish nations that steal U.S. D
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9:30 pm
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10:00 pm
Charlie Rose
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11:00 pm
Into The Wild: Edison, Ford & Friends
Between 1914 and 1924, a group of famous friends - prolific inventor Thomas Edison, pioneering auto-maker Henry Ford, best-selling nature writer John Burroughs, and later, tire manufacturer Harvey Firestone - traveled to the remote reaches of Florida's Everglades in search of a rustic camping adventure far from the pressures of work and the press. Freed from the demands of daily life, the friends and their entourage enjoyed the serendipity of life on the road, stopping to help farmers in the field, examining streams for hydroelectric possibilities or engaging in an impromptu tree-chopping contest. INTO THE WILD: EDISON, FORD & FRIENDS features excerpts from the journals and letters of Burroughs and Firestone as well as interviews with historians and biographers. D
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11:30 pm
Untold Stories: Mina Miller Edison, The Wizard's Wife
The wife of Thomas Edison hints at a little-known side of the prolific inventor in her diary entries and reveals her own struggles and accomplishments. Drawn from diaries and letters, this film explores Mina's own impact through the seeds sown in their gardens and her personal charity workG
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