Nation Feb 16 House Approves Higher Fines for Broadcast Indecency The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill to dramatically increase fines for "indecent" programming, rejecting criticism the tougher penalties will stifle free speech and creativity on radio and TV broadcasts.
Politics Feb 15 Chertoff Confirmed As Homeland Security Chief The Senate unanimously confirmed federal judge Michael Chertoff as the nation's next Homeland Security secretary Tuesday, despite wrangling over whether he had any connection to a Justice Department memo on the treatment of terror suspects.
Politics Feb 15 Appeals Court Says Reporters Must Testify in CIA Leak Case A U.S. appeals court upheld a ruling Tuesday saying two reporters must testify in the federal probe on whether Bush administration officials leaked the identity of an undercover CIA officer to the news media.
Politics Feb 14 The Fate of Families After Welfare A report by Paul Solman of WGBH-Boston about families, especially single mothers, trying to get off welfare and into the work force in part one of a two-part series.
Economy Feb 14 Verizon to Buy MCI for $6.75 Billion Verizon Communications Inc. beat out a bid by rival Qwest Communications International to buy MCI Corp. for $6.75 billion in the third big telecommunications merger in two months.
Politics Feb 14 Former Lebanese Prime Minister Killed in Car Bomb Attack Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri was killed in a car bomb attack in Beirut Monday that left 13 people dead and some 100 wounded.
Politics Feb 14 Shiites Look to Forge Allies After Election in Iraq The Shiite alliance won a majority of the ballot (48 percent) in Iraq's first free elections in 50 years, but not an absolute majority, leaving the alliance to work to build support among the myriad of other political parties.
Nation Feb 11 Rumsfeld Visits Iraq; Insurgents Launch Two Attacks Two separate insurgent attacks in Iraq on Friday killed at least 23 and injured dozens, occurring on the same day that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld visited the country to observe the training of Iraqi security forces.
Politics Feb 10 Senate Passes Limits on Class-Action Lawsuits The Senate gave President Bush his first legislative victory of his second term Thursday, passing a bill that would help protect businesses from major class action settlements.
Politics Feb 10 Palestinian President Fires Gaza Security Commanders Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas fired top Gaza security commanders Thursday, hours after militants broke a 2-day-old cease-fire by firing dozens of mortars into Jewish settlements.