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The federal and many state governments have begun to work to limit the 300 telemarketer calls that the average American receives each year. Margaret Warner discusses these efforts with Eileen Harrington of the Federal Trade Commission and Matt Mattingley of…

As 2003 dawns, the NewsHour's panel of historians reflects on the year past, discussing scandals in the Catholic Church, Wall Street and the Senate as well as assessing President Bush's 2002.

Betty Ann Bowser reports on the reliability of confessions in the wake of a New York judge's decision to vacate the convictions of five men sentenced in the Central Park jogger case. All five men had confessed to the crime,…