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  • In an in-depth interview with NPR, Roxana Saberi says she made a false confession to her Iranian interrogators that she was a U.S. spy in hopes that she would be freed. She says her confession was made under psychological duress and she soon recanted because her "conscience got the better" of her.
    Roxana Saberi On Her Imprisonment In Iran
    In her first in-depth interview, Roxana Saberi, who spent four months in an Iranian prison, talks about the events leading to her arrest, why she gave a false confession to the Iranian authorities that she was a spy, and what ultimately kept her going.
  • U.N. Report Puts Global HIV Infections at 38 Million
    A United Nations report on the status of the global AIDS epidemic estimates that there are 38 million people infected with HIV. The spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is slowing in the Caribbean and some parts of Africa. But it is taking off in Russia and Eastern Europe.
  • Legislation to get tough on unions has labor crying foul
    A package of Republican bills in the state Legislature would boost penalties for public workers who go on strike. The legislation would also let employers…
  • A Michigan school district considers banning two books
    Two award-winning novels are at the center of a book-banning effort in the Plymouth-Canton school district.One of the books up for review is Toni…
  • Plymouth-Canton school district banning books
    There’s an interesting controversy going on in the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools, a middle-class school district in Western Wayne County. It has to do…
  • Libyan rebels watch smoke rising from an oil pipe just outside the town of Ras Lanuf, where many anti-regime fighters retreated after artillery and airstrikes from government troops Wednesday.
    U.N. Security Council Votes To Sanction Gadhafi
    The unanimous vote came as supporters of the Libyan leader imposed a virtual reign of terror over Tripoli. Earlier in the day, President Barack Obama said Gadhafi has lost his legitimacy to rule and urged the Libyan leader to leave power immediately.
  • IAEA Officials Consider Resolution on Iran
    The governing board of the International Atomic Energy Agency meets Thursday in Vienna to consider Iran's nuclear activities. The board is considering a draft resolution offered by Britain, France and Germany that calls on the IAEA to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council. Linda Wertheimer talks to Rob Gifford.
  • Sundance Film Fest Feels Pinch of Writers Strike
    During the first week of the Sundance Film Festival, buyers compete for films in earnest. Competition for films is expected to be tougher this year because the screenwriters' strike means supply is limited. But the highest bidder might not be the best distributor for an independent film.
  • 3 Michigan ministers say U.S. hate crimes act is unconstitutional
    The head of the American Family Association of Michigan is appealing a court ruling that upheld a federal hate crime law.The law, called the Matthew…
  • U.S. Aid Effort Criticized in New Orleans
    Days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall east of New Orleans, thousands are still stranded in the city. And the city's mayor has issued what he called an "Urgent SOS" for help. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is overseeing the biggest recovery operation in U.S. history.
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