Dec 04 Watch Gay Marriage in Massachusetts Massachusetts' highest court last month ruled in a 4-3 decision that the state's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional and ordered the state legislature to come up with a solution within 180 days. The state's ruling has brought the legal… Continue watching
Dec 01 Boeing Chief Resigns Amid Defense Contract Ethics Scandal Boeing Co. chairman and chief executive Phil Condit unexpectedly resigned Monday amid scandals involving unethical conduct in its military contracting practices that have harmed the aviation giant's business prospects. Continue reading
Dec 01 U.S. Reports 54 Iraqis Killed After Ambushing Soldiers By PBS News Hour "The 4th Infantry Division repelled multiple ambush attacks," Lt. Col. William MacDonald told reporters, adding that U.S. troops wounded 18 Iraqis and captured eight. Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch Battle in Samarra, Iraq The U.S. military says it killed 54 insurgents when they ambushed American convoys in the city of Samarra Sunday, but local residents told reporters that the death toll was far fewer. New York Times correspondent Dexter Filkins visited the battle… Continue watching
Nov 26 U.S. Accuses Two Popular Arab Networks of Working With Iraqi Insurgents Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Tuesday alleged that two leading Arab-language TV networks, Al-Arabiya and Al-Jazeera, were cooperating with insurgents in Iraq by videotaping attacks against coalition troops. Continue reading
Nov 25 White House, Congress Reach Compromise on FCC Rule Congress and the White House reached a compromise Monday night in an effort to avoid a presidential veto of a measure that would have rolled back a decision by the Federal Communications Commission to relax a key media ownership rule. Continue reading
Nov 25 Violence Erupts in Northern Iraq Over Weekend Two American soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division were shot Sunday as they drove through the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Continue reading
Nov 21 Rockets Fired From Donkey Carts Hit Symbolic Sites in Iraq Insurgents launched rockets from donkey carts Friday morning, hitting two hotels in Baghdad and Iraq's Oil Ministry in an apparently coordinated, symbolic attack on the highly fortified sites. Continue reading
Nov 19 Watch Gays on TV A day after Massachusetts' highest court rules against the ban on same-sex marriages, Terence Smith examines the proliferation -- and popularity -- of gay and lesbian-oriented television shows, and what this new trend in American television suggests about public attitudes… Continue watching