Category: 2007

Download MP3 Headlines(5:47) FORMER LEADER OF PAKISTAN DEPORTED UPON RETURN The former prime minister of Pakistan was arrested and deported today immediately after his return from exile. Nawaz Sharif had announced his plans to...

Download MP3 Headlines HABEAS CORPUS The centuries-old writ of habeas corpus may be on its way back into the list of inalienable rights recognized by the US legal system. The House Judiciary Committee has...

Download MP3 Headlines (6:30) JUDGE STRIKES DOWN PROVISION OF PATRIOT ACT A federal judge in New York today struck down the National Security Letter provision of the USA Patriot Act. National Security Letters have...

Download MP3 Headlines(5:47) GERMANY CLAIMS TERROR ATTACK FOILED German authorities claim to have foiled a major terror plot that would have targeted facilities frequented by US military personnel stationed in Germany. Three suspects have...

Download MP3 Headlines(6:00) HURRICANE FELIX MAKES LANDFALL AS CATEGORY 5 Hurricane Felix smashed into the Nicaragua/Honduras border region this morning as a devastating Category 5 hurricane. It’s the first time in a single Atlantic...

Download MP3 Headlines (6:00) TONY SNOW TO RESIGN White House spokesperson Tony Snow has become the latest in a series of Bush Administration officials to resign. News of Snow’s plans to step down comes...

Download MP3 Headlines TEXAS COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE HOURS BEFORE EXECUTION An unexpected turn of events has saved Texas Death Row inmate Kenneth Foster from his scheduled execution tonight. Katie Heim reports from KPFT in...

Download MP3 Headlines(4:57) BUSH WANTS EVEN MORE MONEY FOR THE IRAQ WAR The Washington Post is reporting that President Bush is seeking additional funding for the war in Iraq to the tune of 50...

Download MP3 Headlines(5:02) SPLIT VERDICT FOR ABU GHRAIB OFFICER A military jury has returned a split verdict in the case of the only officer put on trial as part of the Abu Ghraib prisoner...