Nov 02 Tuesday: Republicans Poised for Gains; Bombers May Have Planned Test-Runs House Minority Leader John Boehner. Photo by AFP/Getty Images Updated 10:45 a.m. ET As voters cast their ballots Tuesday, Republicans appear poised to take control of the House of Representatives, riding a wave of anti-incumbent sentiment and frustration… Continue reading
Nov 02 Watch Court Evaluates Violent Video Game Case The Supreme Court heard arguments on whether California can ban the sale of violent video games to minors. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal explains the details. Continue watching
Nov 01 Mexico Dispatch: Authorities Jockey for Control in Violent Drug War By Jenny Marder Funeral for some of those killed in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Photo by Jesus Alcazar/AFP/Getty Images Less than a month before Mexicans celebrate the centennial of their revolution, some of them have the feeling the country is in a time of… Continue reading
Oct 28 Watch Shootings Elicit Fear Across Mexico Gunmen killed six men in Mexico City on Thursday, the latest incidents of violence in Mexico's drug war. Margaret Warner talks to Nicholas Casey, a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal in Mexico City. Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch Attacks Escalate in Mexico’s Drug War Three large-scale attacks in the past few days add to the death toll in Mexico's drug war. Margaret Warner has more. Continue watching
Oct 28 Foreclosure Issues Elicit Strong Debate Name: John Magill Question: In response to your Oct.14 article on foreclosures and specifically the woman who may lose her New York home but had taken $500,000 out of it. I know she had a $6,000 water main break… Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch French Retirement Shift Stokes Strong Emotions Mildrade Cherfils of GlobalPost gives details on what's to come after the French Parliament voted in favor of pension reform. Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch French Parliament Passes Retirement Reform Despite heated street protests, France's parliament voted in favor of pension reform, including an increase in the retirement age from 60 to 62. Continue watching
Oct 27 Your Mortgage Questions Answered: Consumer Lawyer Max Gardner Editor's Note: In Show Me the Mortgage, Paul Solman talked to "the dean of the bankruptcy bar," North Carolina lawyer Max Gardner, about the possibly fraudulent paperwork banks are under investigation for using. Gardner answers viewer and reader… Continue reading
Oct 26 Watch News Wrap: Former Hussein Aide Aziz Sentenced to Hanging In other news Tuesday, Iraq's High Tribunal convicted former Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz of crimes against humanity and sentenced him to death by hanging. Aziz served as one of Saddam Hussein's most-prominent aides. Continue watching