- Making News: Bernard Ebbers Convicted on All Counts
Yet another corporate scandal has ended in a "guilty" verdict. Today, Bernard Ebbers was convicted on nine counts of fraud and other crimes that pushed Worldcom into the largest bankruptcy in US history. Financial writer Brooke Masters, who is covering the trail for the Washington Post, offers some background as well as details on today's judgment, which could land the "telecom cowboy" up to 85 years in prison. - Reporter's Notebook: Judge Rules California Can't Bar Gay Marriage
There was dancing in the street late into the night, just hours after San Francisco Judge Richard Kramer came down on the side of legal marriage for gays and lesbians. Massachusetts is the only state to stretch the terms of marriage as a union beyond a man and a woman. Josh Richman of the Oakland Tribune says that if yesterday's decision skates through the appeals process, California may follow suit.
Masters' article on Ebbers trial, verdict
Government Accountability Office
New York Times article on prepackaged TV news
To the Point segment on CBS News, Armstrong Williams and Media Credibility
Judge Kramer on marriage cases
California's Proposition 22 (Knight Initiative, 2000)
President Bush's call for constitutional amendment protecting marriage
Richman's article on yesterday's ruling regarding gay marriage