"60 Minutes" had a story several months ago about a type of weight-loss surgery that seemed to also cure type 2 diabetes in many people. Has more research been done on this? Do you need the full bypass of about one-third of the small intestine or just the duodenum and jejunum? My weight problem came about with/after diabetes, not before.
On October 26, a court in the Netherlands will decide whether 13-year-old Laura Dekker is allowed to fulfill her dream of sailing around the world -- solo.
The court-appointed trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff's business filed a $199 million lawsuit against four of his family members on Friday.
The court-appointed trustee in the Bernard Madoff case plans to sue four more of his family members for nearly $200 million this week, according to a broadcast report.
Don Hewitt created a remarkable system to get the best stories on the air.
The TV pioneer was 86 and directed the first 1960 Kennedy-Nixon TV debate
Television pioneer and longtime CBS executive Don Hewitt, the creator of "60 Minutes," has died, the network said Wednesday. He was 86.
I don't believe Michael Vick. In fact, while watching his 60 Minutes interview on Sunday, I pretty much thought he was full of it. But I also have no problem with his being allowed to return to the NFL, where he will no doubt juke plenty of tacklers and throw just as many inaccurate passes at the feet of his receivers. That may seem contradictory -- not buying his mea culpas and yet not objecting to his reinstatement -- but that's because the real issue is not what Vick gave us on Sunday night, it's what we expected from him.
James Brown says he spelled out the rules with Michael Vick last May when the two spoke for 45 minutes at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan. Why was the CBS Sports anchor visiting Vick at a federal prison? He was looking for The Big Get, an interview with Vick following his 18 months in prison on charges related to his illegal dogfighting operation.
Five days after the 2008 presidential election, Steve Kroft of "60 Minutes" did a profile on "Obama's brain trust," four political veterans that he reported were the president-elect's most important team members: David Plouffe, Robert Gibbs, David Axelrod and Anita Dunn.
"60 Minutes" had a story several months ago about a type of weight-loss surgery that seemed to also cure type 2 diabetes in many people. Has more research been done on this? Do you need the full bypass of about one-third of the small intestine or just the duodenum and jejunum? My weight problem came about with/after diabetes, not before.
On October 26, a court in the Netherlands will decide whether 13-year-old Laura Dekker is allowed to fulfill her dream of sailing around the world -- solo.
The court-appointed trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff's business filed a $199 million lawsuit against four of his family members on Friday.
The court-appointed trustee in the Bernard Madoff case plans to sue four more of his family members for nearly $200 million this week, according to a broadcast report.
Don Hewitt created a remarkable system to get the best stories on the air.
The TV pioneer was 86 and directed the first 1960 Kennedy-Nixon TV debate
Television pioneer and longtime CBS executive Don Hewitt, the creator of "60 Minutes," has died, the network said Wednesday. He was 86.
I don't believe Michael Vick. In fact, while watching his 60 Minutes interview on Sunday, I pretty much thought he was full of it. But I also have no problem with his being allowed to return to the NFL, where he will no doubt juke plenty of tacklers and throw just as many inaccurate passes at the feet of his receivers. That may seem contradictory -- not buying his mea culpas and yet not objecting to his reinstatement -- but that's because the real issue is not what Vick gave us on Sunday night, it's what we expected from him.
James Brown says he spelled out the rules with Michael Vick last May when the two spoke for 45 minutes at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan. Why was the CBS Sports anchor visiting Vick at a federal prison? He was looking for The Big Get, an interview with Vick following his 18 months in prison on charges related to his illegal dogfighting operation.
Five days after the 2008 presidential election, Steve Kroft of "60 Minutes" did a profile on "Obama's brain trust," four political veterans that he reported were the president-elect's most important team members: David Plouffe, Robert Gibbs, David Axelrod and Anita Dunn.
Relatives and friends of legendary newsman Walter Cronkite gathered at a Manhattan church for his funeral Thursday afternoon.
A Federal Reserve official tells CNN that the Fed has not ruled out the idea of having regular news conferences to discuss monetary policy and other issues.
I saw President Obama laugh last week on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." I saw the president giggle on "60 Minutes."
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel dismissed questions about whether President Obama is being overexposed with his recent media blitz, saying Tuesday that the American people want to hear what Obama is doing about a struggling economy.
President Barack Obama has named one of his economics advisers to the No. 2 post at the Treasury Department and will keep a Bush administration appointee in another top job, the White House announced Monday.
President Obama said in an interview aired Sunday that the hardest decision he's made since taking office was to send more troops to Afghanistan.
The venues could hardly be more different: Jay Leno's couch and Steve Kroft's hot seat.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Sunday that government officials are laying the groundwork for an economic revival and that a "depression" can be avoided - acknowledging however that a full recovery will take time and that there are still obstacles.
Anybody tuning in to Oprah Winfrey on Friday afternoon, March 13 learned at least three things about Mark Zuckerberg, 24 year-old founder and CEO of Facebook: He looks a lot like his father (the bearded man in the audience close-up). He's not interested in dating Gayle King's daughter, a 22 year-old Stanford grad (King: "She's smart!"). And he can take a poke or two - virtually and otherwise.
Is Bobby Jindal following the model of a young Bill Clinton?
NEW YORK (SI.com) -- Alex Rodriguez has admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs from 2001-2003, ESPN is reporting.
"My entire life up to that moment had been a preparation to handle that particular moment," he says
Doom and gloom were everywhere in 2008. It's not surprising, then, that people are longing for a return to normal, or at least to something a little less painful.
The Olympian is putting on pounds and enjoying the easy life
Eric Holder, President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for attorney general, met Wednesday with 12 retired generals and admirals to discuss changing the U.S. government's current interrogation and detention policies.
President-elect Barack Obama deserves extra credit for looking back even as he looks ahead. Knowing that he's about to take the helm of this floundering ship of state, he's sought some inspiration from captains who've navigated these waters before.
President-elect Barack Obama said stimulating the economy is a top priority -- even if it means adding to the nation's growing deficit.
Despite the best efforts of our politicians to convince us otherwise, there is no easy way out of the financial crisis we've created.
Barack Obama is not a Muslim, and John McCain did not tell the television show "60 Minutes" he was a war criminal who intentionally bombed women and children in Vietnam.
A new study that surveyed racial attitudes suggests that racial prejudices could tip the balance in the upcoming presidential election.
As news organizations across the U.S. tighten their belts, one non-profit group is giving away high-quality journalism for free
We all want to live in a world that's clean, healthy and prosperous.
From the conflicted soul of Mike Tyson to the changing landscape of China, as seen through eyes of the acclaimed Jia Zhangke, documentaries flood the Cannes Film Festival
An Australian man and his daughter have created a furor after going on television to admit an incestuous relationship which has produced two children.
As the Democratic Party steps in to solve the dispute over the Florida and Michigan delegates, the question now appears to be who can broker a deal before the party's convention in August.
The soccer star talks about his body art for a 60 Minutes profile
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center will pay $25,000 in the matter of the infant twins' medication
With Wall Street hit by a crisis of confidence, many are hoping the nation's central bank can save the day.
"It was a life-and-death situation," the actor tells 60 Minutes
As Roger Clemens opens a new chapter in his career -- the one where he defends everything that came before: the seven Cy Youngs, the 354 wins, the 4,672 strikeouts -- one aspect of the journey should be familiar to him. As was the case when he stared down hitters from the mound, Clemens has a single adversary with whom to do battle: his former personal trainer Brian McNamee.
Newsman Mike Wallace, 90, underwent triple-bypass surgery last week that his doctors have called a success, CBS News said Tuesday.
Veteran CBS newsman Mike Wallace is recovering from triple heart-bypass surgery performed Friday, his network announced Tuesday.
The Mitchell Report dropped bombshell allegations from former trainer Brian McNamee that he injected Roger Clemens with steroids during Clemens' brilliant career. Now the Rocket is launching a serious of denials in a campaign to salvage his reputation.
Roger Clemens answered questions for the first time Sunday night on 60 Minutes about the steroid allegations made against him by his former personal trainer, Brian McNamee, in the Mitchell Report. Please take the time to answer a few questions on how Clemens fared and what this should mean for his legacy.
Brian McNamee sits mostly stone-faced as Roger Clemens, his onetime client, brings the heat. "Ridiculous," "hogwash" -- terms used by the seven-time Cy Young Award winner to discredit McNamee's bombshell testimony in the Mitchell Report, in which the longtime personal trainer told investigators that he had injected Clemens with HGH and anabolic steroids -- fail to break McNamee's calm.
On Sunday, Roger Clemens spoke to 60 Minutes in his first interview since the release of the Mitchell Report. SI.com's Michael McCann tackles the legal questions surrounding the allegations and denials by Clemens and his former trainer, Brian McNamee. He also analyses the defamation lawsuit Clemens filed against McNamee on Monday.
With his jaw clenched and the adrenalin flowing as if he were pitching the seventh game of the World Series, Roger Clemens pounced on the question from Mike Wallace. It came 250 seconds into his interview on CBS's 60 Minutes on Sunday night, and the response was pure defiance.
Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte were asked Friday to testify before a congressional committee on Jan. 16, along with their former trainer, Brian McNamee
Roger Clemens said former trainer Brian McNamee injected him with the painkiller lidocaine and the vitamin B-12 -- not any performance-enhancing drugs.
After three acquittals and a mistrial, Dr. Jack Kevorkian was found guilty of second-degree murder and delivery of a controlled substance for his role in the death of Lou Gehrig's disease patient Thomas Youk.
"While the other guy's sleeping, I'm working. While the other guy's eating, I'm working. While the other guy's making love, I mean, I'm making love, too, but I'm working really hard at it!"
Tom Perkins, the famous venture capitalist, now regrets resigning from the board of directors at Hewlett Packard, according to a report.
All Adam Reuter wanted was the video of his graduation from Villa Julie College in suburban Baltimore. After two months the production company finally sent a DVD, but it featured the wrong graduation ceremony. Over the next two months Reuter called the firm, VPC, repeatedly, but got no satisfaction.
Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather says the $70 million lawsuit he filed Wednesday against his former employer is an effort to strike a blow against political and corporate influence that he believes threatens the independence of American journalism.
The Federal Reserve is virtually certain to cut the target on a key short-term interest rate Tuesday. There is no mystery about that.
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan acknowledges he failed to see early on that an explosion of mortgages to people with questionable credit histories could pose a danger to the economy.
From his parked car, Jack, the special agent from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, had a clear view of the entrance to the Empress Hotel in La Jolla, Calif. It was Dec. 14, an overcast day, and Jack's men were all in place. They were hoping to arrest a key figure in Mexico's steroid industry, a pharmaceuticals executive and trained veterinarian named Alberto Saltiel-Cohen, who, according to a tip, was staying at the Empress.
CBS Evening News host Katie Couric has revealed the toll that low ratings have taken on her confidence and composure, admitting she has second-guessed her move to CBS at times and even slapped a staffer on set.
As former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney tries to distinguish himself from his Republican rivals in the race for president, he's also distancing himself from President Bush.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday said the administration did not use former CIA Director George Tenet's "slam dunk" comment as the reason to invade Iraq, disputing his complaints.
In her first public speech since announcing last Thursday that her breast cancer had returned, Elizabeth Edwards appealed Monday for more federal funding for health research of all kinds, including stem-cell research.
Democratic presidential contender John Edwards and his cancer-stricken wife Elizabeth defended their decision to continue his White House bid Sunday, but the former senator said voters' questions about the decision to keep running are legitimate.
Congress cannot reverse last week's decision to send 21,000 more troops to Iraq, President Bush said in an interview intended to rally popular support for his plan.
The for-profit education sector has, for the past few years, been rife with controversy. Regulatory scrutiny, declining enrollment growth, class-action lawsuits and bad press - including disgruntled students showing up on a 60 Minutes report - have caused stocks like Career Education and Corinthian Colleges to lose 46% and 53% of their value, respectively, since May 2004.
In his seven months as a correspondent for Yahoo's news division, Kevin Sites has lugged some 20 pounds of computer and photography gear into some of the most dangerous conflict zones in the world, filed dozens of news stories, video dispatches and photo essays from places that don't even have telephones (much less broadband connections) and endured the loneliness of being a "solo journalist" - all to reach a very small fraction of Yahoo's 400 million-plus members.
This past year has been tough on the media conglomerate, and not just because of that wardrobe malfunction and the 60 Minutes Wednesday blowup over President Bush's National Guard records.
Since I didn't let the spotlight go to my head on the front end, I don't mind that it's not there now. It was crazy, right from the day--Jan. 14, 2002--when congressional staffers found my memos t...
"I'm frightened. I'm sad. I'm remorseful, and I wish I could turn the clock back" --Ex-ImClone CEO SAM WAKSAL, who is serving a seven-year sentence in a Pennsylvania prison for securities fraud, ob...
After all he's been through, Mike Kinnamon likes to remember how close he is to the potential payoff, and how spectacular it could be. "Fifty, sixty, a hundred million dollars could come my way," s...
Previously it took a career of corporate greatness or a brush with celebrity to be the star of a biographical documentary.
These are eventful times for television news, and we're not talking about impeachment or air attacks on Iraq. Take CBS News, the place where broadcast news was invented--and where its future is now...
Why aren't the French dead yet?
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In Galileo's Revenge: Junk Science in the Courtroom (Basic Books, $23), Peter W. Huber, a senior fellow at the conservative Manhattan Institute, skewers the growing willingness of gullible juries, ...
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The scene depicted in the drawing on this page refers to a wisecrack believed to have originated in embittered publishing circles. The scene is not reality- based. It is not really true that certai...
IF YOU DOUBT that bad press can wound a company, consider what is happening to Exxon. Since the Exxon Valdez dumped 260,000 barrels of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound, TV and print rep...
Richard L. Mugg, 56, spent four years in the Marine Corps. So it's no surprise that the new top gun at Audi of America gets combative when he analyzes the beleaguered luxury-car division of Volkswa...
Female speakers, take note: To gain entree to the exclusive breakfast/dinner club circuit, it helps to have cachet. Consider 60 Minutes correspondent Diane Sawyer. At the annual family dinner of th...
MOBIL cuts all contact with the Wall Street Journal and withdraws its advertising, out of anger at news stories about the company. Fighting back in response to a 20/20 program, the Bechtel Group ge...
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