September 9, 2013 - 4:44am
Monroe Isadore, the 107-year-old man who died in a shootout with a SWAT team Saturday in Arkansas, had been asked to move out of the house he was living in and into an apartment. That detail comes from Isadore's roommate, who says the centenarian was very angry. Pauline Lewis tells...
September 9, 2013 - 3:25am
A painting that had earlier been thought to be a fake and had been stored for decades in a Norwegian home's attic has now been identified as a long-lost work by Vincent Van Gogh. Sunset at Montmajour has been authenticated thanks to "extensive research into [its] style, technique, paint, canvas,...
September 9, 2013 - 3:18am
Good morning, here are our early stories: -- Strike On Syria: Meaningless Gesture Or Necessary Response? -- Obama Presses Lawmakers For Authorization On Syria. And here are more early headlines: In Formal Interview, Syria's Assad Denies Using Chemical Weapons. ( CBS ) Congress Returns To Debate Syria; Budget, Surveillance Issues...
September 9, 2013 - 2:30am
The arguments for and against taking military action against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad for its alleged use of chemical weapons against civilians were laid out Monday on Morning Edition . Making the case for a "legitimate, necessary and proportional response was Samantha Power , the U.S. ambassador...
September 9, 2013 - 2:06am
The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. Last week, Batwoman writers J.H. Williams and W. Haden Blackman resigned , saying DC Comics forced them to cancel a gay marriage plot in which Batwoman married her girlfriend. But DC Comics co-publisher Dan DiDio said on a...
September 9, 2013 - 1:45am
The weekend brings some higher-profile screenings, and my schedule on Saturday and Sunday reflects that. If some of the Thursday/Friday films were an opportunity to see what you may never hear about again, some of the Saturday/Sunday films are a chance to get a jump on the next four or...
September 8, 2013 - 11:00pm
Look in the mirror, and you won't see your microbiome. But it's there with you from the day you are born. Over time, those bacteria, viruses, and fungi multiply until they outnumber your own cells 10 to one. As babies, the microbes may teach our immune systems how to fight...
September 8, 2013 - 11:00pm
President Obama is ratcheting up pressure on lawmakers to support his request for limited U.S. military strikes in Syria. The White House says the Syrian government is responsible for a chemical weapons attack last month near the capital, Damascus. On Sunday night, the president stopped by a dinner Vice President...
September 8, 2013 - 11:00pm
The World Health Organization says the Syrian civil war is currently the worst ongoing humanitarian crisis on earth. Aid groups have been scrambling to provide shelter, food, water and health care to the huge numbers of people who've been uprooted by the fighting. The big question now is whether U.S...
September 8, 2013 - 11:00pm
A new faith-based boys group is taking shape, just three months after the Boy Scouts of America decided to change its membership policy to allow gay youth to join. The group, dubbed Trail Life USA, calls itself a Christian alternative to the Boy Scouts. They recently revealed the name at...
