Dec 31 China Dairy Exec Pleads Guilty in Melamine Case By PBS News Hour The former chairwoman of a Chinese dairy company implicated in September's tainted milk scandal pled guilty Wednesday to charges of selling "fake or substandard" products. Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch Defiant Blagojevich Names Appointee for Senate Seat Embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed former state Attorney General Roland Burris to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat Tuesday, prompting objections by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White. Reporters mull the move. Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch Obama Staff Report Reveals No Inappropriate Communication With Blagojevich President-elect Barack Obama released a report Tuesday showing no inappropriate communications between members of his staff and Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who is accused to trying to sell Obama's vacant Senate seat. NewsHour correspondent Elizabeth Brackett provides an update. Continue watching
Dec 23 Obama Report Says Aides Had No Improper Contact With Blagojevich By Admin, PBS News Hour President-elect Barack Obama and two top advisers met last week with federal investigators who are building a corruption case against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, according to a report released Tuesday afternoon. Continue reading
Dec 19 Blagojevich Proclaims Innocence, Plans to Fight Corruption Charges By Admin, PBS News Hour In his first public comments since his arrest last week on charge of corruption, embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Friday he will be vindicated and has no intention of letting what he called a "political lynch mob" force him… Continue reading
Dec 18 Iraqi Officials Arrested on Baath Party Suspicions By Admin, PBS News Hour At least 23 officials from Iraq's interior and defense ministries have been arrested on suspicion of working to reconstitute Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath party. Continue reading
Dec 18 Planner of Rwandan Massacres Gets Life Sentence By Admin, PBS News Hour A U.N. tribunal convicted a senior Rwandan military officer Thursday of orchestrating Africa's largest genocide in modern history and sentenced him to life in prison for masterminding the deaths of thousands of Tutsis and moderate Hutus in 1994. Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch SEC Looks Inward at Regulators’ Handling of Madoff Case The SEC chairman has criticized his own agency's failure to investigate warnings about Bernard Madoff, who is accused of a massive fraud scheme. Analysts examine the SEC's inquiry. Continue watching
Dec 17 SEC Chief Rebukes Own Agency in Madoff Case By Admin, PBS News Hour The Securities and Exchange Commission issued an unusual rebuke of its own regulators Tuesday night over its failure to investigate Wall Street money manager Bernard Madoff, now accused of widespread fraud that bilked investors of billions. Continue reading
Dec 16 Watch Madoff’s Wall Street Schemes Snare Several Prominent Investors The size of the scandal surrounding Wall Street trader Bernard Madoff's alleged fraud continues to unravel, drawing in charities, foundations and top investors. Mort Zuckerman, the head of a charitable trust caught up in the schemes, and an SEC analyst… Continue watching