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>>> And it's expanding the domain name to mid wifry, and the edu domain was restricted to four-year colleges and universities. Then in 2001, the university tech consortium ed u-cause took over. It expanded the name, and now it's extending it even further to schools approved by specialty accredit tation groups that the department of education recognizes. Critics argue that it would cheapen the edu field, but others say it will level the playing field.
>>> And likely the former head of yahoo is cheering yahoo!. Yesterday charges were thrown out against timothy koogle. French activists wanted him held responsible by allowing nazi paraphernalia auctions on yahoo. Under french law, it's il'll to sell sites with racial overtones but surfers had access to those auctions on the yahoo site. The court ruled that yahoo and koogle never sought to support war crimes or crimes against humanity. Well, i'm daniel sieberg, and now you're "hotwired."
>>> Scientists say they have proof that the universe is flat and more than 13 billion years old. A robotic probe took a picture of the earliest light of the universe. Nasa researchers say it was able to look back to nearly the dawn of time. That's further back than the hubble telescope can see. The picture also reveals the universe will continue expanding forever and that most of it is made up of matter and energy that scientists still don't completely understand.
>>> We have a winner in this year's westminster dog show. In case you forgot to tune in to the finals last night don't worry, we have it for you. The "best in show" award went to mick, a kerry blue terrier from the u.S. There he is. Now, this gives the dog show veteran the only title missing from his resume and gives america its first triple crown winner. The competition was tough. Mick had to beat out a handsome german shepherd, a popular newfoundland and a primped pekingese.
>> That dog has good anchor hair too.
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>>> New warnings about an imminent terror attack.
>> What is the greatest danger facing america today?
>>> The showdown with iraq becomes a crisis with nato. Will it split the alliance?
>>> Nasa's officials talk on capitol hill as congress looks into the loss of space shuttle "columbia".
>>> And the U.N. Nuclear watchdog agency makes a decision about the situation in north korea.
>>> Good morning, everyone. Thanks so much for checking in. I'm judy for then. We'll bring you the very latest on the crisis in north korea. Let's get our top story from thomas who is talking about iraq and nato this morning.
>> Yeah, we are. Good morning, everybody.
>>> Secretary of state colin powell says the united nations and nato face a "moment of truth" in deciding how to address the iraqi crisis. He's returned to capitol hill today with a warning about the future of both bodies. The security council hears another report from weapons inspectors friday and nato members are deadlocked on providing protection for turkey in the event of war with iraq. Powell says he still hopes for a diplomatic solution to the showdown with baghdad.
>>> Cia director george tenet is testifying before the senate armed forces committee. These are live pictures from washington as the hearing gets underway. Let's go ahead and listen in.
>> With respect to al qaeda, permanent yat the highest arms of the current administrative government?
>> Yes, sir, it does.
>> I wonder then out loud why this administration did not support evidence that i offered with respect to the appropriations that was reached in the past by the senate, amountedments that would increase on the order of $5 billion, appropriations to deal with al qaeda and homeland defense. I'm wondering out loud, do you have anything you might wonder along with me about why the administration didn't support that $5 billion?
>> Well, sir, i rarely wonder, but i really don't know.
>> Okay. Now, i then came back to three --
>> those are tough questions being asked there this morning in the wake of the nation's terror alert status being raised. You know, yesterday he warned law mikers, tenet, that is, that al qaeda may launch new terrorist attacks possibly as soon as this week. Tenet says u.S. Intelligence indicates al qaeda may use chemical or radioactive weapons against targets in the u.S. Or the arabian peninsula. The cia and fbi are taking the intelligence very seriously. We will continue to monitor the committee hearing this morning and bring you some more information from that throughout the day.
>>> U.S. Counter-terrorism experts say a taped message purportedly from osama bin laden underscores the links between iraq and terrorism. The tape broadcast yesterday on the arab news network al jazeera urges muslims to support iraq against the united states. Now, U.S. Officials knew of the tape before it was broadcast. Colin powell said it strengthened the U.S. Contention. He says there is a partnership between bin laden and saddam hussein.
>>> Saddam hussein's government is repeating its denials of claims it has links to al qaeda and has harbored members of the organization. Nic robertson reports on how the story is being received among the people in iraq's capital city.
>> Reporter: Well, very few people here have actually been able to hear osama bin laden's message. Number one, it was broadcast on an arab satellite channel. People here are banned from satellite television receivers. Also it came at a very important day, a muslim feast day here, so few people tuning into their international radio services which is the only way they'd pick it up here. It certainly hasn't been broadcast on iraqi television or iraqi radio. People we talked to shuned the notion that osama bin laden and al qaeda would have any ties with the people of iraq. They say that this message is bad at this time because they think that it inflames the situation, and most people here are des operately want des operately to avoid any possibility of war. So the people we talked to today said that the message really has no resonance for them at this time whatsoever. Now, on this day, there has been an on have a in baghdad. He has met with the vice president and with iryou can's deputy prime minister, tariq aziz. The message is that saddam should coop with more with the withs inspectors. These two top iraqi officials told them that iraq was doing everything it could to cooperate with the U.N. Weapons inspectors. Now, the weapons inspectors themselves making some progress today, destroying a number of gas artillery shelves at a desert military complex about 100 miles or so north of baghdad. This is a step forward. This is the first time that they've begun to destroy iraq's weapons of mass destruction. It takes forward work that was halted by the previous u.N. Weapons inspection program. And the inspectors did this in conjunction with iraqi officials. Nic robertson, cnn, baghdad.
>> Well, on the same day that the new tape urged violence against americans, religious leaders in saudi arabia seemed to contradict that argument. They issued an edict to reinforce islam's prohibition against all forms of violence. The religious scholars reminded muslims that it is against islamic law to randomly judge people as "infidels." And, they say those who carry out violence have "deviant beliefs, and misguided ideologies."
>>> Six minutes past the hour. We update you now on the shuttle disaster. Nasa's top official is testifying for the first congressional hearing into the space shuttle "columbia" tragedy. Administrator sean o'keefe is testifying today during the first congressional hearing intut tragedy. He says nasa is determined its investigation board will find out what went wrong and then take steps to to make sure that it never happens again.
>> You have our assurance that this distinguished board will be able to act with genuine independence. When the board assembled, it modified its charter to eliminate any reference to nasa directing the administration of the investigation. So those -- the framework that was contained in the contingency plan was modified and will continue to be to assure the independence of this board. Nasa accepted the changes to the charter without objection, as i will continue to do in the future as well for any changes they propose.
>> O'keefe also assured lawmakers the boaril w operate without interference from nasa insiders. Meanwhile, investigators are asking pee kee kp sending in their photos and video of "columbia"'s final moments.
>>> Time for some business news. Do you think it's okay to "fudge the numbers" when it comes to filing an insurance claim? If you do, you're not alone.
>> Carrie lee has the story from the nasdaq marketsite in new york. Hi, carrie.
>> Reporter: Hi, thomas. Hello, judy. Well, if you wonder why your insuranccilicilies are so high, this might give you a clue. Nearly one if in four americans, that's 24%, believe that it's okay, acceptable, to defraud an insurance company. Now, this according to ak sen tour t, consulting firm, which recently conducted a survey on this matter. And these results really seem to confirm the insurance company's worst nightmare, that they say fraudulent claims cost them as well as honest policyholders about $24 billion a year. Now, here's some of the details from the survey. 8% of respondents say it's, quote, quite acceptable to overstate the value of a claim to an insurance company. 16% say that it's somewhat acceptable. And then separately, 11% of people said it was acceptable to submit claims for items that aren't actually lost or damaged or for personal industry -- for personal items, excuse me, that didn't occur. Personal injuries that didn't occur, excuse me. But asked whether they were actually likely to report someone who had committed insurance fraud, and 39% of the respondents said that they were either not very likely or not likely at all t report them. So why do people commit insurance fraud in the first place? Well, 49% of respondents believe thad people did it because they felt they could get away with it. 30% of people felt that people who did this needed the money. And then this is interesting. 24% said people filed false claims because they believed they paid too much for insurance in the first place. So it's sort of a never-ending cycle here. Quick look at marngets, the dow and nasdaq both negative, not really being helped from comments by alan greenspan today. He's talking to the house financial services committee. They are in the question and answer session of the report -- of the talk today. You can see there's a live shot of mr. Greenspan on capitol hill taking some questions. So far he said that ending double taxation auto dividends will help all americans. So that's a boon to consumers. Also he said that the house and mortgage availability is a key source in sustaining the U.S. Economy and that the fed has only limited capacity to affect homeownership rates. Those are the highlights so far. We'll keep you posted. Back to you guys.
>> All right. We'll talk again in 30 minutes.
>>> Stay with "headline news." Ray d'allessio will update sports, including a surprise nfl coaching announcement.
>>> And also ahead, how will the iaea deal with north korea's nuclear program? We'll look at the prospects and possible consequences.
>>> Coming up on 12 minutes past it is hour. You're watching "headline news." It's time to check in with asieh namdar to find out what's going on around the world. It seems like so much news is world news.
>> Yes, absolutely. You have iraq, north korea and in britain, the terror threat that has prompted heightened security in london during the past two days is si tle tleptember 11th attacks. Of britain'slag lag labour oh joh john ried. Ried says he was referring to the overall threat of world terrorism not a specific one against britain. The terror threat triggered a massive security crackdown -- including deployment of tanks and hundreds of troops, to guard london's heathrow airport.
>>> Attorneys for a man accused of playing a role in the september 11th attacksare calling for his acquittal. Morrocan studentniounir el motassadeq is being tried in hamburg, prosecutors are demanding a 15-year sentence, saying he was a member of a hamburg terrorist cell led by hijacker mohammad atta. Defense attorneys are asking for acquittal, arguing that the evidence has been circumstantial and based on conflicting witness testimony.
>>> And just in the past hour, we've learned the U.N. Nuclear watchdog agency, iaea, has decided to pass the north korean nuclear dispute on to the security council. The move was the iaea also passed a resolution re bre bre bre u.N. Safeguards. The security council has the power to take steps against north ko pyongyang has said it would be a declaration of wa all this began last october when north korea admitted havinga a a a onaponapons program and kicked out inspectors and aldd we won't want to be a member -- pulled out of the 1994 nonproliferation treaty.
>> The crisis is escalating. What are north korea's neighbored in the european?
Korea, china, japan. And even what you were saying, sanctions are not the way to go, judy. They're calling for negotiations. And in fact north korea has said this is a matter between the united states and north korea, and they want dialogue.
>> I think this is heating up.
>> It will be interesting to see what happens. Because china and russia also have vote toe power of the u.N. Security council. So even if it decides, you know, to do sanctions and china and, , russia say no,n what happens?
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