Usually cures come in the shape of pills, but this potential cure is alive and moving.  Some may see it as disgusting, but it could improve the lives of millions.  Watch World Report 2/23 @ 9pm ET only on HDNet! 

As Rio de Janeiro prepares for the 2016 summer Olympics, a violent struggle continues to plague the city.  Drug lords and police are fighting in the poorest neighborhoods and it isn’t always clear which are the “bad guys”.  The violence is affecting the entire city leaving many to wonder if it can possibly be made safe enough in time.

It’s more than just the common craving!  There is a science behind why people are drawn toward certain foods.  Tom Ryan has tapped into that science making both tasty food and a pretty penny.  Watch World Report Tuesday @ 9pm ET only on HDNet!

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Dan Rather Reports, 8 pm ET: Kidney Pirates - A look into the growing criminal trade for human kidneys run by traffickers exploiting desperate buyers and sellers.

HDNet World Report, 9 pm ET: Homegrown: American Kids, International Terror; How to Save Lives for Dummies: Dr. Peter Pronovost; Viewfinder: Shooting Sumatra - Greg Dobbs investigates American kids recruited to fight with a fundamentalist Islamic terror group. Next, Dr. Peter Pronovost has come up with a brilliantly simple, but incredibly effective, checklist that can save thousands of lives a year. So why are so many other doctors refusing to follow his prescription? Finally, a World Report Viewfinder: ‘Shooting Sumatra’ — battling climate change, one picture at a time.

InFocus: Baker Boys, 10 pm ET: Money is a Weapon - Baker Company begins to pay the local Sunni militias, known as the Sons of Iraq, with tens of thousands of dollars in exchange for handing in Al Qaida’s munitions and running security detail in their own villages. Use #bakerboys on Twitter during the episode to connect with soldiers, viewers and the documentary’s producers.

Many people picture terrorists as extremists from far away countries, but would anyone picture an American-born child?  Children are being recruited in America to fight with a fundamentalist Islamic terror group.  They could be kids in any city, in any school and they might be trained to kill.  Watch World Report 1/12 @ 9pm ET only on HDNet!

At one high school in Oakland, CA, there are students from 25 different countries, speaking 29 different languages.  How can students focus on math and science when they can’t communicate with each other or their teachers?  This school is giving them the skills to chase the American Dream.

China seems to be forming a foothold in Africa.  Though they claim it is economic investment, is there an ulterior motive that the U.S. should be keeping an eye on?  Watch World Report 12/15 @ 9pm ET only on HDNet!

Dan Rather Reports, 8 pm ET: Mind Your Loan Business - Dan Rather continues his investigation into truck driver training schools, this time in Michigan, where former trucking students claim they were defrauded out of thousands of dollars for a new start that ended up to be a dead end. Also, small investors who lost big to Wall Street giants try to get their money back.

HDNet World Report, 9 pm ET: U.S. vs. China: A Race for Resources in Africa; Viewfinder: Boy Poet - Chinese investment in Africa is rising exponentially, but what some see as economic bridge-building, others call a grab for the continent’s abundant resources. World Report travels to Zambia, Uganda, Botswana, and South Africa, to explore how China’s growing focus affects stability, human rights, and U.S. interests in the Sub-Saharan continent. Then our series Viewfinder introduces a brilliant inner-city poet, who is all of 13 years old.

InFocus, 10 pm ET: Enigma: The Houdini Code - Houdini won renown by escaping from every kind of restraint imaginable, but could he escape death itself? His wife had testified that he communicated a message to her from beyond the grave, but she later recanted. What really happened?

The days of scary lunch food with no nutritious value may be coming to an end.  Local farmers are providing fresh produce for the school cafeterias and the result seems to be a hit.  It’s a win-win situation as kids are getting better food and the money is being cycled back into the community.  Watch World Report 12/5 @ 9pm ET only on HDNet!