Jun 24 Court Orders FCC to Review Media Ownership Rules A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider its new media ownership rules, marking a victory for consumer advocacy groups that had opposed the ease in regulations. Continue reading
Jun 24 Coordinated Attacks Kill At Least 89 in Iraq Insurgents launched a series of coordinated attacks across Iraq on Thursday that killed at least 89 people, including three American soldiers and wounded more than 300, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials. Continue reading
Jun 24 Watch Spam Scheme Authorities arrested a former America Online engineer yesterday for allegedly selling the e-mail addresses of 92 million AOL customers to companies sending unsolicited commercial e-mail. Jeffrey Brown discusses the alleged spam scam with David Bennahum, media and technology columnist for… Continue watching
Jun 23 U.S., North Korea Open Third Round of Nuclear Talks After months of diplomatic maneuvering, the United States and North Korea met Wednesday for a third round of high level talks aimed at defusing a tense standoff between the two nations over the threat of North Korea's nuclear arms program. Continue reading
Jun 23 Watch Conversation: A Traveler’s Guide Jim Carrier presents a guided tour of the civil rights movement in his book, "A Traveler's Guide to the Civil Rights Movement." Carrier recounts earlier moments in black history in which the civil rights movement began. Terence Smith speaks with… Continue watching
Jun 22 South Korean Hostage Killed in Iraq Iraqi militants beheaded South Korean hostage Kim Sun-il after earlier threats that he would be killed if South Korea did not withdraw troops from Iraq. Continue reading
Jun 22 Chechen Militants Attack Border Town, Killing 57 Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered security officials to "find and destroy" Chechen rebels Tuesday, after a late night raid Monday on government offices in the bordering region of Ingushetia killed at least 57 people. Continue reading
Jun 22 Watch Hostage Killed Militants in Iraq beheaded a South Korean contractor they had held hostage. Ray Suarez discusses this incident with Washington Post reporter Rajiv Chandrasekaran in Baghdad. Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch Air Wars As the campaign season heats up, independent conservative and liberal groups are running numerous television ads that invoke powerful images, including of the late President Reagan, Halliburton, and the war on terror. Brooks Jackson analyzes these ads from political advocacy… Continue watching
Jun 21 Iran Seizes 3 U.K. Navy Boats, 8 Crewmen Iran said Monday it seized three British naval boats and arrested eight British crewmembers after their boat entered Iran's waters. Continue reading