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Pakistani officials confirmed Saturday that DNA tests showed a decapitated body found in a shallow grave in the southern port city of Karachi in May was that of Daniel Pearl, the murdered "Wall Street Journal" reporter.

As Pope John Paul II moves on to the Latin American leg of his international tour, two religious experts assess the significance of the papal visit.

Tom Bearden reports on a potential air traffic controller shortage created by the retirement of a large number of current controllers.

Terence Smith looks at why the media cover some missing persons cases and not others with Greta Van Susteren of Fox News Channel and Keith Woods of the Poynter Institute.