Jan 09 Watch Essay: Crime in L.A. Anne Taylor Fleming considers the crime problem in Los Angeles. Continue watching
Jan 08 Teen Acquitted of Hollywood Piracy Charges In a finding perceived as a setback in the entertainment industry's legal struggle to protect digital media from unauthorized copying, a Norwegian criminal court Monday acquitted Jon Johansen, 19, of DVD piracy charges. Continue reading
Jan 01 Supreme Court History By Admin, PBS News Hour "It is relatively easy to describe in one or two sentences the role of the Supreme Court of the United States in our nation's system of government," Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote in his book, "The Supreme Court."… Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch Telemarketers: Hold That Call 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… Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch Central Park Justice 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,… Continue watching
Dec 20 Wall St. Firms to Pay $1.4 Billion in Settlement With Regulators Ten of Wall Street's largest firms on Friday agreed to pay $1.4 billion to settle allegations by state and federal regulators that they provided misleading stock advice to investors for the benefit of corporate investment banking clients. Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch Cardinal Law Steps Down Boston Cardinal Bernard Law submitted his resignation to the Pope following months of public outrage over the widening Church sex abuse crisis. Continue watching
Dec 11 Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Virginia Cross-Burning Law By Admin The Supreme Court will now decide how far states can go to prevent cross-burning and whether the act legally constitutes intimidation or if it is a form of constitutionally protected speech. Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch Improving Intelligence Two senators discuss the 9/11 report examining the failure of intelligence agencies to prevent the terrorist attacks. Continue watching
Dec 11 Watch Background: Improving Intelligence Kwame Holman looks at the Congressional report issued on intelligence failures prior to 9/11. Continue watching