Libby Montana gets day in court over asbestos

Asbestos-ravaged town gets its day in court
For much of the last century, people in the small town of Libby, Montana, were surrounded by toxic asbestos. It covered patches of grass, dusted the tops of cars and drifted through the air in a hazy smoke that became a part of their daily lives. Now, federal prosecutors have begun a trial of the mining company they blame for the pollution, which some doctors say left more than 1,000 people ill and more than 200 others dead. full story