Judge Says Part of Rather's Suit May Proceed

Days away from election '08, some lingering issues from 2004 are still being settled. New York Supreme Court Justice Ira Gammerman ruled Monday that former "CBS Evening News" anchor Dan Rather can continue with his $70 million breach-of-contract suit against CBS, but he cannot sue Viacom, CBS' former parent company. CBS had filed a motion to dismiss the suit altogether.Rather stepped down from "Evening News" and later left CBS News altogether in the wake of his 2004 report about President George W. Bush's Vietnam-era service in the Texas Air National Guard. An investigation led by outsiders found that the report was flawed but not overtly politically motivated. Rather, now working for HDNet, filed his suit in September 2007 claiming he had been made a scapegoat.