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The Supreme Court overturns the conviction of the accounting firm Arthur Andersen. The company had been convicted of instructing employees to shred documents, hindering an investigation of Andersen's role at Enron Corporation. Andersen said its officials had been reminding employees of the firm's policy of disposing of documents that are no longer needed.

Reacting to proposed job cuts at General Motors, United Autoworkers officials say the U.S. car giant can't shrink its way out of its financial problems. GM plans to eliminate 25,000 jobs and close some of its plants by 2008. The automaker lost more than $1 billion in the first quarter of 2005.

A new exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art of Forth Worth — "Women Painting Women" — shows viewers what happens when women are both the subject and the artist. The result: something raw and real.

Jackie Northam provides an update on the cases of military men and women accused of being involved in the prisoner abuse scandal at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. Five of seven guards involved in abusing prisoners have pleaded guilty or been found guilty of charges against them, and a senior officer has been demoted.

The West African nation of Mali is one of the impoverished countries that could benefit from the debt relief proposed by British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Economic development has been slow in Mali, but with debt forgiveness its potential for growth is rife.

House Republicans have put funding for public broadcasting on the chopping block. They say their action isn't related to ideological concerns. The move comes at a time when public broadcasters are confronting allegations of liberal bias.

Democrats on Capitol Hill hold a hearing today on the so-called Downing Street Memo. The memo for British Prime Minister Tony Blair reportedly suggests that U.S. intelligence was ''being fixed" in 2002 to back up President Bush's desire to invade Iraq.

Jean-Pierre will also be the first openly gay person to have the most visible post at the White House aside from the president.

She and daughter Wynonna were due to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Her death was announced by Wynonna and actress Ashley Judd.

President Biden's critics accuse his administration of organizing "secret" migrant flights to communities around the country. But those critics get some key facts wrong.