AT&T announced plans today to eliminate up to 10,000 jobs. It’s part of the nation’s largest telecom company’s move to get even larger, with its offer to buy Bell South for 67 billion dollars. That deal includes Cingular Wireless. Officials said both of the job reductions would come through attrition.The federal death penalty trial of Zacarias Moussaoui began in earnest today in Virginia. In opening statements, a federal prosecutor charged Moussaoui lied to investigators to cover the 9-11 plot. Moussaoui has admitted training with al-Qaida but denies any role in the attacks.
The US supreme court today upheld a law on military recruiting at colleges and universities. In an 8-0 unanimous decision, the justices agreed schools taking federal money must let recruiters on campus. Justice Samuel Alito did not take part in the decision because he was not on the court to hear the argument.
The governor of South Dakota signed a bill today banning nearly all abortions statewide. It’s designed to set up a direct challenge to Rowe v. Wade, the supreme court decision that legalized abortion in 1973. The South Dakota law bars any abortions except when the mother’s life is endangered. There are no exceptions for rape or incest.
