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Custer’s Last Stand on PBS, a two-hour biography of one of the most celebrated and controversial icons of nineteenth-century America, paints a penetrating psychological portrait of Custer’s charismatic, narcissistic personality, explores the fateful relationships within the officers of the Seventh Cavalry that would lead him to his doom.

Filmed throughout the world over the course of more than ten years, Have You Heard From Johannesburg is the definitive cinematic history of the worldwide effort to destroy South African apartheid.

The entire nation was captivated by the tragic death of two-year old Caylee Anthony and the ensuing murder trial of her mother Casey. Now, for the first time, viewers hear from renowned Chief Medical Examiner, Jan C. Garavaglia, M.D. (aka "Dr. G"), who performed the delicate autopsy and declared Caylee’s death a homicide, in a new one-hour special, DR. G: INSIDE THE CAYLEE ANTHONY CASE.

With the New Year upon us, it's time to say goodbye to 2011 and focus on what lies ahead. From celebrities to technology, Bing's New Year survey finds what's on the minds of consumers as they ring in the new year.

One show has Americans mining their attics, basements, parlors and pantries for treasures of record-setting proportions. The most-watched series on PBS premiers its sixteenth season with its biggest discovery ever.

2011 was the year of musical superstars, continued celebrity fascination, unfortunate human tragedy, and new royalty. From rising stars and weddings to intense trials and natural disasters, people searched Bing with terms that mark the year's most important people, places and moments in time.

Over the last 25 years, women have represented the fastest growing prison population in America, with nearly 80 percent of those incarcerated being survivors of domestic violence as victims of rape, incest, forced prostitution, and other exploitation. In many cases, the abuse sparked their path toward prison.

Wham! Bam! Islam! will kick off the tenth season of the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens on Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 10:00 p.m. (Check Local Listings). It follows one of the most intriguing recent stories to come out of the Middle East: the creation of THE 99, the first Muslim superhero comic book created by Kuwaiti entrepreneur Naif Al-Mutawa.

A new POV documentary, THE LEARNING telling a surprising tale of a large pool of trained, motivated, English-speaking teachers recruited from the Philippines for many U.S. school districts, especially those in cash-strapped inner cities. THE LEARNING follows four Filipina women facing their first year in Baltimore’s schools, where learning is a two-way street marked with disappointment and inspiring breakthroughs.

The timely new documentary BETTER THIS WORLD tells a provocative and cautionary story about the shifting fault lines of civil liberties, protest and government vigilance. It’s the story of Bradley Crowder and David McKay, two boyhood friends from the heart of Texas, who were accused of intending to firebomb the 2008 Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. The documentary premieres on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at 10:00 p.m. on PBS as part of the 24th season of POV.

On July 8, 2011, history will be made as the shuttle Atlantis lifts off on the final flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program. NASA has granted SCIENCE unprecedented access in order to tell the untold stories of those who have devoted their lives to the shuttle missions. LAST SHUTTLE: OUR JOURNEY features interviews with key players in the NASA Space Shuttle program.

A rare account of the collapse of the Soviet Union as experienced by five members of the last generation of Soviet children, Robin Hessman's MY PERESTROIKA has its national broadcast premiere on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 10:00 p.m. on PBS as part of the 24th season of POV (Check local listings).

STONEWALL UPRISING will premiere on the PBS series AMERICAN EXPERIENCE on Monday, April 25, 2011 at 9:00 p.m. (check local listings) and documents the launch of the gay rights movement.

Whoever thought kids could become game developers at the age of 9? Now they can with the help of a game design tool called Kodu Game Lab, which is science, engineering and math learning, cleverly disguised as fun.

Brad Staggs, HGTVPro.com and DIY show producer and host, and a licensed contractor, has developed several weekend projects designed to upgrade the overall look and feel of any yard. Just checkout the website, www.realoutdoorliving.com, and you will see that the focus this spring is on decks.

Recent MSN survey finds that people are mad for March Madness, with only two percent of respondents reporting no interest in the 2011 NCAA Men's and Women's basketball tournaments. More than one-third say they will spend more time in March watching basketball than spending time with family or friends.

Nine ordinary Americans volunteered to participate in one of the world's most intense tests of will in the hit series OUT OF THE WILD, an eight-part riveting depiction of man's and woman's struggle against all that Mother Nature has to throw at them.

KIDNAP & RESCUE is a provocative new series about kidnapping and the rescuers with the courage to go where no one else can - risking violent reprisal to reclaim innocent victims, inside our borders and beyond.

Planet Green's original docu-series BOOMTOWN, airing Saturdays at 10:00 p.m. (ET) beginning on January 29, tells the tale of a struggling American town in the midst of a profound reversal of fortune.

The McClure family is passionately restoring American glory, one classic car at a time. Their family business, Desert Valley Auto Parts, houses over 10,000 rust-free vehicles over 100 sun-baked Arizona acres. DESERT CAR KINGS premieres on the Discovery Channel on Wednesday, January 26 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

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