Dec 23 Watch Anthrax Vaccine Ruling A federal judge Monday ordered the Defense Department to stop administering anthrax vaccinations to U.S. troops without their consent. The Pentagon responded Tuesday that the practice is necessary to keep soldiers safe. Experts discuss the future of the Pentagon's anthrax… Continue watching
Dec 22 Regulators Approve News Corp.’s Takeover of DirecTV The Federal Communications Commission late Friday approved News Corp.'s $6.6 billion purchase of DirecTV, the nation's largest satellite television provider, a move critics say will lead to higher prices and less choices for consumers. Continue reading
Dec 19 Appeals Court Rejects Industry Attempts to Identify Music Downloaders A federal appeals court ruled against the recording industry's attempts to force the nation's Internet providers to identify subscribers suspected of illegally swapping music online, marking a major setback to the industry's anti-piracy efforts. Continue reading
Dec 17 Saddam to Face Trial in Iraq, As U.S. Rounds Up Suspected Insurgents Iraq's U.S.-appointed Governing Council said former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was being held in the Baghdad area and would stand trial in Iraq. Meanwhile, U.S. forces launched a raid against suspected insurgents in the northern town of Samarra. Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch 100 Years of Flight Wednesday marked the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' historic first flight near Kitty Hawk, N.C. Kwame Holman reports on the ceremony President Bush attended there today, and Jeffrey Brown looks back on a century of aviation history. Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch Pentagon Briefing Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld answered questions about what the United States has learned from interrogating Saddam Hussein. Rumsfeld said Saddam seems "resigned" to his capture. Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch View from Baghdad The U.S. military apprehended 78 insurgents, including a high-ranking rebel leader, in a raid outside the Iraqi city of Samarra today. Terence Smith discusses the effect Saddam Hussein's capture has had on the security situation in Iraq with Newsweek Baghdad… Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch On the Street: Iraqis’ Reaction to the Capture of Saddam Hussein Terence Smith speaks with Time magazine correspondent Brian Bennett in Baghdad about Iraqis' reaction to the capture of Saddam Hussein. Continue watching
Dec 14 Dramatic Capture Sparks Street Celebrations, Talk of Trial U.S. officials announced the capture of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein early Sunday morning, giving rise to street celebrations in Iraq but also some doubt that the detained man is indeed the deposed leader. Continue reading
Dec 14 Coalition Forces Acted on Intelligence to Launch Raid Some 600 American soldiers swept into a rural farm just after 8 p.m. local time Saturday, carrying out a mission aimed at capturing or killing the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Continue reading