Nation briefs 11/6/06

Prosecutors rejecting more FBI terror probes

WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department increasingly has refused to prosecute FBI cases targeting suspected terrorists over the past five years, according to private researchers who reviewed department records. The government says the findings are inaccurate and "intellectually dishonest." The report released today by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University raises questions about the quality of the FBI's investigations.

National Mall will have memorial to MLK

WASHINGTON -- On a hot August afternoon in 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech to a mostly black audience from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. On Nov. 13, a half-mile from Lincoln's iconic statue, a diverse group of celebrities, corporate leaders and ordinary Americans will help turn the first shovels of dirt for a memorial honoring the civil rights leader who was slain 38 years ago. It will be the first monument to an African American on the National Mall.

-- From wire reports