From Boston: Over 6000 law enforcement agencies worldwide use Tasers - guns that deliver an electric shock to incapacitate. They're touted as being a safe alternative to real weapons. But Amnesty International questions whether that claim is really on target.

From Los Angeles: Your cable TV bill might be getting bigger. Comcast is raising its rates nearly six percent next year - despite stiff competition from satellite TV.

From Washington: Tom Ridge is leaving his post as the country's first-ever Secretary of Homeland Security.

From Tucson: A federal judge in Tucson has placed a temporary restraining order against enforcement of a ballot measure passed by Arizonans last month.

From Miami: Today is "World AIDS Day," and Brazil is taking advantage of that by threatening to break patents on some foreign AIDS drugs.

From Los Angeles: France is doing less of it, and America's doing more. We're talking wine drinking, of course.

From Los Angeles: In 1999, Mark Cuban sold a company he founded to Yahoo. He took home $2 billion in cash and stock. Soon after the sale, he publicly ridiculed and sold all his dot-com shares, including Yahoo.

From London: Earlier in the week, there was optimism in Ukraine over resolving the presidential stand off there. But today, talks between the two political camps have broken down.

From Miami: The battle is on over United Airline's attempt to cut pensions for its 62,000 employees.