Retiring House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) says he attempted to pass legislation that would have forced the Texas-based Belo Corp. to drop one of its Dallas media properties.

The Federal Communications Commission kicked off its monthly open meeting with a call to overhaul the decades-old limit on media cross-ownership, which could lead to dramatic changes for newspapers and radio and television stations.

United Nations prosecutors have filed a legal brief insisting that a former Washington Post reporter testify in the case of a Bosnian Serb accused of genocide, elevating the debate over journalists testifying in front of international war tribunals.