Jenna Bush is getting hitched on Saturday to Henry Hager at the president's ranch in Crawford, Texas. Amy Argetsinger of The Washington Post talks with Andrea Seabrook about how you cover a wedding you're not allowed to attend.
This weekend, George Hood of Aurora, Ill., is trying to break the world record for continuous exercise. If he's successful, he will have pedaled his stationary bicycle for 132 hours straight. He talks with Andrea Seabrook as he nears the finish line.
After almost a week of refusal following a deadly cyclone, Myanmar has agreed to allow one U.S. cargo plane to make a delivery of aid. The government there is still refusing entry to worldwide aid agencies. Gordon Bacon of the International Rescue Committee is one of the few who have been able to enter the country.
The aftermath of the cyclone is still a morbid reality for millions in Myanmar, but the lax government-sponsored relief efforts haven't deterred the reigning junta. It went ahead with plans for a referendum on Saturday.
It has been a week since a cyclone devastated the Myanmar coastline. Tens of thousands of bodies have yet to be identified or buried. United Nations consultant and expert on directing disaster relief Claude de Ville de Goyet talks with Andrea Seabrook about what threats the unburied bodies pose to aid workers and survivors.
Ft. Wayne, Ind., is home to one of the largest communities of Burmese refugees. Michael Puente of Chicago Public radio reports on relief efforts being organized there.
The American Civil War has claimed another casualty. Sam White, a memorabilia collector, found a Civil War-era shell, took it to his Virginia home and it detonated in his driveway.
Police in Philadelphia are having an especially tough week. First, one of their officers was fatally shot while responding to an armed robbery. Then, in an unrelated incident, three other officers were caught on videotape beating three suspects.
One week ago, Barack Obama's campaign was shadowed with doubts about his durability as a candidate and his electability in the fall. But a big win in North Carolina and a strong showing in Indiana served him well.
After a night of heavy fighting, Shiite Hezbollah militiamen seize control Friday of most parts of Muslim West Beirut from ragtag Sunni militias. The Lebanese army has so far stayed out of the fray.
Bridget Welsh, assistant professor of Southeast Asian studies at Johns Hopkins University, talks about the military government of Myanmar and why it's been so reluctant to accept outside assistance in the aftermath of the cyclone.
Several more superdelegates threw their support behind Democratic presidential candidate Barak Obama on Friday, all but erasing the once-substantial lead of his rival, Hillary Clinton. Political analysts E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and David Brooks of The New York Times say the race is essentially over.
Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, once criticized for leaving out atheists and non-believers when he delivered a much-touted speech on faith in America, now says he missed a chance to discuss their role in society. more >>
The location of Democrat Barack Obama's just-opened headquarters here says a lot about the challenges facing him and this community as voters prepare to go to the polls in Tuesday's primary. more >>
Members of a charity group threatened with arrest while trying to feed homeless people at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point have filed a federal lawsuit against state parks officials, claiming interference with their constitutional rights. more >>
The light being cast on China by the coming Summer Games is far brighter than the flickering Olympic flame now wending its way across that vast country. more >>
A conservative legal-advocacy group is enlisting ministers to use their pulpits to preach about election candidates this September, defying a tax law that bars churches from engaging in politics. more >>
When the Senate takes up legislation next month to confront global warming, environmental groups will have some fervent new allies: evangelicals and other Christian activists. more >>
Shiite militia fighters commandeered the television station and newspaper and political offices of the Sunni parliamentary majority leader, Saad Hariri, on Friday and took control of several Beirut neighborhoods. more >>
Once a month, Manuel Maldonado leads a group on a spiritual retreat to the mountains in central Arizona, where out in nature members feel closer to God. more >>
