The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case next year on whether and when privacy rights extend to text messages sent by public employees on work-issued devices. In the private realm, employees have almost no expectation of privacy when using company-issued equipment. Full Story »
The White House plans to transfer a limited number of detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba to an underutilized state prison in rural Illinois. It will be transformed into a facility that will "exceed perimeter security standards at the nation's only 'supermax' prison in Florence, Colo.," officials say. Full Story »
Two more big banks — Citigroup and Wells Fargo — said Monday they have come to terms with the Treasury Department on paying back the money taxpayers invested in them. Is that a sign that the economy is returning to normal? Or, that banks don't want government controlling their executives' pay? David Wessel of The Wall Street Journal talks to Renee Montagne about the banks' decisions. Full Story »
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency likes to run contests for geeks. Previously they held a robot race in the desert. DARPA is interested now in social networking. The agency recently held a challenge mobilizing thousands of people worldwide to find out how people gather and report information using tools like Twitter. DARPA's Dr. Peter Lee talks to Ari Shapiro about the experiment to find balloons. Full Story »
The White House has reached agreement with two watchdog groups that sued to see certain e-mails that the Bush administration had said were lost. Computer technicians have found 22 million of them, and the deal lets the groups pick 94 specific days to recover. Still, it could take years to sort them out. Full Story »
When the 200-room W Hotel in New York's Union Square sold at auction for just $2 million, New Yorkers were stunned. In fact, the buyer took on a big chunk of debt from a Dubai company to seal the deal. The eyebrow-raising transaction says a lot about the real estate markets in New York and Dubai. Full Story »
Marvin Rogers' political profile may sound familiar: He's an energetic African-American leader, a community organizer, and a charismatic speaker who talks about bringing civility to politics. He's also a Republican from South Carolina who's determined to help his party succeed. Full Story »
Repaying the loans given them under the Troubled Asset Relief Program will free them from close regulatory scrutiny. The announcements marked the latest step toward recovery for the U.S. financial system. Full Story »
The bank's announcement Monday comes hours after Citigroup said it would repay $20 billion worth of taxpayer funds. The move will extricate Wells Fargo from the pay restrictions and close oversight that came with the bailout program. Full Story »
Two groups made the announcement as they settled lawsuits filed against the Executive Office of the President over the failure of the Bush White House to install an electronic record-keeping system. The e-mails will now go through the National Archives normal process for releasing presidential and agency records. Full Story »
