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. Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel features commentaries, interviews and 10-minute news updates throughout the day. But in the competitive T.V. news market, Fox might have difficulty luring viewers away from CNN and MSNBC.

in municipal government. The country has a new law that says 20-percent of candidates for local office have to be women. Such candidates say they are fighting against a long tradition of male domination in Brazilian politics.

to relax limits on intelligence gathering by the Department's anti-terrorist division. The ATD had been operating under harsh restrictions imposed in 1984, following a court battle with the ACLU. The city council was expected to pass the new plan, with little opposition.

in the first years of life may not give lasting benefits. A new study shows that at age three, the children showed improvement... but those same kids at age eight had low I.Q. scores and behavioral problems.

has returned more than 600,000 dollars in contributions raised by Little Rock businessman Charles Yah Lin Tree. Tree is also connected to questionable contributions to the Democratic National Committee.

requested by a House subcommittee. The memo in question was from FBI Director Louis Freeh to President Clinton, and is believed to be critical of the Clinton Administration's drug policy. The subcommittee is investigating a possible cover-up by the White House Drug Czar.

of an army general, who was jailed three years ago after stating publicly that the Mexican army needed an independent human rights ombudsman. Yesterday, the human rights commission of the OAS called on Mexico to release General Gallardo immediately.

Minnesota Public Radio has confirmed with a Democratic official who has spoken to Sen. Al Franken and key aides who say Franken will resign his Minnesota Senate seat on Thursday.

Inflation is coming down. The latest cost-of-living report showed lower annual inflation in October than the month before. Falling gasoline prices get much of the credit for that.

Migrants trying to leave from the west African country of Mauritania say they are suffering brutal, inhumane and degrading treatment at the hands of security forces funded by the European Union.