For sale: West’s deadly nuclear secrets

A WHISTLEBLOWER has made a series of extraordinary claims about how corrupt government officials allowed Pakistan and other states to steal nuclear weapons secrets. Sibel Edmonds, a 37-year-old former Turkish language translator for the FBI, listened into hundreds of sensitive intercepted conversations while based at the agency

Japan proposes Net censorship, watermarking

The Japanese government may begin to more heavily scrutinize websites mobile content and file sharing if a series of proposals go through. "Harmful" content could be censored and copyrighted files would be watermarked under two of the proposals.

How Children Are Abused in the Name of God

Children cannot benefit from the readily-available medical treatments that might save their lives, or at least mitigate their suffering. Because the tenets of their parents’ religious faiths mandate it, their ailments are treated by prayer rather than medical science. The results are tragic.

Bill Moyers Journal: Crashing The Parties? Viewer Comments

Bill Moyers interviews Ron Paul & Dennis Kucinich. Does the two-party system adequately provide citizens with real choices on various issues? If not, can citizens reform the parties to change this?As Ron Paul’s Web-based, grassroots-driven campaign has seen some success, do you think the Internet can democratize the political process?

Answer Desk: Questions we didn’t get to in 2007

We get all kinds of business and financial questions at the Answer Desk. Here are some we didn’t get to in 2007. The Answer Desk, by msnbc.com’s John W. Schoen.

Sky-High Year for Boeing

Boeing wins a record 1,413 orders in 2007, delivering 441 jets.

Don't Get Drunk, Get a Raise!

Holiday office parties are a great place to get a new job.