Sports
July 13, 2007 ·
Michele Norris talks with our sports commentator Stefan Fatsis of The Wall Street Journal about David Backham's arrival in Los Angeles. The English soccer star was formally introduced as a player for the Los Angeles Galaxy. Beckham is by far the highest-profile European player to join Major League Soccer. Fatsis says Beckham's entry into the MLS is being carefully choreographed like a product rollout.
Politics
July 13, 2007 ·
With the defense spending bill, the Iraq report and the testimony of a former White House aide on the U.S. attorney firings, it has been a busy week on Capitol Hill.
July 13, 2007 ·
Edward McGaffigan, head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, talks with a Senate committee about how a sham company set up by undercover agents from the General Accounting Office received a license from the NRC to buy enough radioactive material to build a so-called dirty bomb.
Election 2008
July 13, 2007 ·
Following in the footsteps of former presidential hopeful and New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, Edwards will set off on a 12-city tour of poor America this weekend.
July 13, 2007 ·
The Democratic-run House passed a bill requiring a U.S. troop pullout from Iraq to begin within four months. Similar legislation is pending in the Senate.
Election 2008
July 13, 2007 ·
As the only African-American in the Democratic field of presidential contenders, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was the subject of much adulation at the NAACP annual convention. Delegates speak about an African-American running for president who has a chance to win.
Business
July 13, 2007 ·
The Dow Jones Industrial average's rise of 283 points, to 13,861.33, has many on Wall Street speculating about its next feat: sweeping past the 14,000 mark sooner than expected. Standard & Poor's 500 Index, meanwhile, hit a new record of 1,547.70.
July 13, 2007 ·
Foreign workers were elated when the State Department allowed them to finally apply for the final stage in getting a permanent visa to seek citizenship. But the backlogged Citizenship and Immigration Services refused to accept the applications. Now both agencies face lawsuits.
July 12, 2007 ·
For the second time in two years, whistleblowers are accusing their air-traffic control colleagues of a wide-ranging conspiracy to cover up errors at one of the nation's busiest airports. The latest accusations charge that Dallas-Fort Worth controllers blame near collisions on pilot error.
Politics
July 12, 2007 ·
Squabbles over state spending plans usually break down along party lines — as in Pennsylvania, where a budget fight between the Democratic governor and Republican lawmakers has shut down parts of the government. But in Illinois, Democrats are fighting Democrats.
July 12, 2007 ·
Despite U.S. and coalition efforts, the terror network has rebuilt its operating capability thanks to a safe haven along the Afghan-Pakistan border, the report says.
Health Care
July 12, 2007 ·
President Bush's nominee to become the next surgeon general said Thursday he would resign rather than allow politics to push aside science. Dr. James W. Holsinger's Senate confirmation hearing came just two days after the last surgeon general told Congress that the Bush administration had manipulated the office for political purposes.