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A failure of the FBI's computerized system to match fingerprints allowed a wanted sex offender to walk free in Georgia. Authorities say after he was released, Jeremy Brian Jones went on to kill four women. Melissa Block talks with Kenneth Moses of the company Forensic Identification Services about the technology that the FBI uses to match fingerprints.

British composer Thomas Tallis was born 500 years ago. One of his most celebrated pieces of choral music was "Spem in Alium," a motet he wrote to be sung by eight five-voice choirs, each singing a different part.

Federal Emergency Management Agency director Michael Brown has resigned, three days after losing his onsite command of the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Brown had been harshly criticized for FEMA's response to the Gulf Coast disaster.

Pearlington, Miss., had no help for days after Katrina struck the Gulf Coast. Now, the town that had no relief is filled with workers from the federal government and charitable organizations.

Joey Zanaboni uses the full range of the English language to call games in Virginia for the Fredericksburg Nationals. His trademark homerun call: "Lock it, cock it, rock it, restock it."

While most people were able to recover from the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, researchers in New York are trying to understand why a small number of people went on to develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, a serious psychiatric illness. The researchers have been using imaging technology to investigate how the trauma of 9/11 works on the brain. Stephen Smith of American Radioworks explores the brain science of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Developers want to build a casino just outside of a Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg. But many local residents and Civil War buffs say their town and nearby battlefield is the wrong place for gambling.

Finland's president wants his country to join NATO. The White House faces pressure to protect abortion rights after a Senate bill failed. Schools in Las Vegas experience a sharp rise in violence.

Merck Chairman and CEO Raymond Gilmartin will step down ahead of his planned retirement next year. He says the decision for an early departure from the pharmaceutical company is his own. Merck faces thousands of lawsuits from people who suffered heart attacks or strokes while taking the painkiller Vioxx.

Coco Chanel's legacy has been carried on by designer and devotee Karl Lagerfeld. An exhibit opening Thursday at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art demonstrates how Lagerfeld has extended Chanel's vision.