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June 28, 2007 · The morning after Paris Hilton's big post-jail interview, host Madeleine Brand talks with her new crisis management consultant Michael Sitrick. He'll talk about some strategies he's used with his many famous clients, like Rush Limbaugh, R. Kelly and Tommy Lee.
Fashion designer Liz Claiborne, who helped clothe early generations of working women, dies at 78.
NBA's Trail Blazers have first pick in league's draft. Who will go first? Greg Oden or Kevin Durant?
June 27, 2007 · Fashion designer Liz Claiborne, whose styles became a cornerstone of career women's wardrobes in the 1970s and 1980s, has died, the company she founded said Wednesday. She was 78. The cause of her death on Tuesday was not immediately known.
June 27, 2007 · FOX News anchor Brit Hume surfaced in CIA documents revealed this week. Hume once worked with Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Jack Anderson and shows up in the documents as "Eggnog." The documents show that the CIA surveilled Anderson, Hume and other journalists in 1972.
June 26, 2007 · Michael Moore is known for causing corporations and public officials some discomfort in documentaries such as Roger and Me and Fahrenheit 9/11. In his latest picture, Sicko, he casts a critical look at the U.S. health care system.
June 27, 2007 · Takeru Kobayashi is being treated for an arthritic jaw. That is tough news for him to take because he really needs the jaw. For six years running, he's won the Yellow Mustard Belt. That's the title handed out every Fourth of July at the hot dog eating competition on Coney Island. Last year, he ate 54 hot dogs in 12 minutes. He says he's desperate to get his jaw back into form for this year.
June 26, 2007 · Outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to be named as special envoy for the international diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East and will focus on Palestinian economic and political reform, a senior U.S. official said. The Quartet is comprised of the United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia.
June 26, 2007 · Nigerian poet and activist Aj Dagga Tolar lives in a shack in Ajegunle, a slum on the outskirts of Lagos that is also called "The Jungle." He says he tries to escape the tough reality of slum life by being creative, making music and poetry.
June 26, 2007 · Tony Blair steps down as Britain's Prime Minister on June 27, after more than 10 years in office. His has been called the longest goodbye in British political history. His legacy will always be dominated by his decision to join President Bush in the invasion and occupation of Iraq, says one analyst. Finance Minister Gordon Brown takes over as prime minister.
June 26, 2007 · Presidential candidate John Edwards appeared on the Tonight Show along with his wife Elizabeth, which caused host Jay Leno to ask about the couple's tradition of celebrating their anniversary at fast food restaurant Wendy's. "Now that you're successful, do you get the double burger?" asked Leno. "Well see, you can't spend money on food when you're spending money on haircuts," Edwards said.
June 25, 2007 · In the heart of L.A.'s Historic Core lies an alley draped in shadows and damp. Larry Marshall, aka the Emperor of the Alleyway, presides over this slice of the city as security officer, dumpster manager and "expeditor."
June 24, 2007 · The public school system in Washington, D.C., is one of the highest-spending in the country, yet it ranks near the bottom for student performance. Acting D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee has never been a principal and has never run a school district, yet she's been tasked with turning around a school district with 55,000 students.
June 24, 2007 · Judge Royce Lamberth ran the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court — under both President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush. He recently delivered a speech to the American Library Association.
June 24, 2007 · A few miles off the coast of San Francisco, warming waters and shifting jet streams have changed Farallon Island birds' feeding patterns, causing them to abandon their nests. It's another sign of climate change.
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