The First Lady lauds the "strength, pride and courage" of military families on an upcoming episode
Former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw and his wife were involved in a three-vehicle accident Friday in which one person died, a network spokeswoman said.
Tom Brokaw and his wife were involved in an auto accident in which one person was killed.
"Late Show With David Letterman" bandleader Paul Shaffer is a walking Wikipedia of rock 'n' roll history -- and now he's added his own story to the mix.
As the country frets about extricating itself from the financial mess, there is one group of Americans to whom the rest of us owe the most sincere words of apology.
The Republican's slim hopes of winning rest on holding a slew of red states and stealing a big blue one like Pennsylvania, but most of all they depend on the candidate's faith in himself
CNN's Don Lemon talks with CNN political editor Mark Preston about a wide range of election issues.
Sen. Barack Obama said Sunday that Sen. John McCain was now "owning up to the fact that he and George Bush actually have a whole lot in common."
During this election, we have seen the spectacle of two presidential candidates fighting over one voter while snubbing an entire segment of the American population worthy of their attention.
The attention spans of the two competing presidential campaign organizations being what they are -- with people sleep-deprived, bleary-eyed and tense with three weeks to go -- all political thought now is being given to tomorrow night's debate in Hempstead, New York.
Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama debated in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday night. NBC's Tom Brokaw moderated the debate. Here is a transcript of that debate.
Time.com: Tom Brokawupdated: Tue Oct 07 2008 15:00:00
The NBC veteran and current host of Meet the Press will moderate the second presidential debate in Nashville
CNN's Paul Steinhauser previews tonight's debate in Nashville, TN.
There's something that Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama won't hear tonight.
Joe Biden's value as a campaign asset is undermined by his frequent misstatements, as Joe Johns reports.
Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama began to formally prepare for their first debate only this week, but their campaigns began negotiations months ago with the Commission on Presidential Debates.
The attempts by Obama's running mate to justify his pro-choice abortion views have prompted criticism from the Catholic bishops. Will this be John Kerry redux?
Those of us who toil in journalism's toy department do so under orders never to breach The Firewall. As a sportswriter, we are told, you must never allow your politics to seep into your prose. Readers come to us seeking respite and escape; surcease from the cares of the world. So it simply won't do to cause them discomfort by bringing up the policies and peccadilloes, the wide stances and extramarital romances of our elected officials. Passages on politics, favoring either red or blue, will be deleted by pencils red and blue. Lions and Bears, yes. Donkeys and elephants, no.
You've heard him remembered by former presidents, leading politicians and colleagues alike:
CNN'S Ed Henry reports on the death of former White House press secretary Tony Snow.
NBC says veteran news anchor Tom Brokaw will moderate "Meet the Press" through the November election
"I told him, 'I don't know how you do it,' " wife Maureen Orth tells PEOPLE
The 22-year-old tells mourners gathered to remember Tim Russert, "We are all a small part of a grand design"
Friends, co-workers and family gather in Washington to remember journalist Tim Russert.
Still reeling from Tim Russert's death, NBC News must now contemplate replacing the man with many different roles
The moderator's chair on NBC's "Meet the Press" stood empty on Sunday in remembrance of Tim Russert, the man who had occupied it for 17 years.
Bob Schieffer and Larry King discuss the impact Tim Russert had on politics.
People.com: Tim Russert Dead at 58updated: Sun Jun 15 2008 17:47:00
The Meet the Press host dies of coronary artery disease in his NBC office
Tim Russert, who became one of America's leading political journalists as the host of NBC's "Meet the Press," died Friday, the network said. He was 58.
Tom Brokaw, Katie Couric and Brian Williams are among the journalists remembering their colleague
The death of the Meet the Press host and media institution is a blow not just to NBC but all of political journalism
A gathering of Presidents and prime ministers looked impressive. But the unspoken question was whether this forum would lead to real change
Journalist/author Tom Brokaw stops by to talk with CNN's Melissa Long about his new book, "BOOM! Voices of the Sixties."
Hillary Clinton had a question when Tom Brokaw told her he was working on a book on the 1960s.
He led NBC Nightly News and praised the Greatest Generation. Now he puts '60s society in the spotlight with his new book, Boom! Voices of the Sixties. Tom Brokaw will now take your questions
What's green and plastic and costs $10 billion dollars? The newest addition to Boeing's fleet: the 787 Dreamliner
Boeing Co. unveiled its lightweight, carbon-composite 787 Dreamliner Sunday in front of 15,000 cheering employees, customers and suppliers, capping a weekend of hype and a flurry of orders for the new fuel-efficient plane.
The business of booking after-dinner speakers for corporate events was once straightforward: A few established agencies - like the Washington Speakers Bureau, whose clients include Colin Powell, Al...
The idea behind one of the most innovative and influential philanthropic organizations of our time sprang from one of the more boneheaded macroeconomic calls ever made on Wall Street. Or as hedge f...
Leslie Moonves got a little carried away last year talking about the changes he was mulling for the CBS Evening News after the departure of Dan Rather. "On the one hand we could have a newscast lik...
Here are some of the entertainment stories that dominated 2005:
One Sunday morning last April, a somber, well-turned-out crowd of 100 or so gathered in Manhattan's Madison Square Park for a memorial service. It was a sunny day, and in an adjacent playground dad...
Longtime ABC anchor Peter Jennings has been diagnosed with lung cancer, the broadcaster announced on his evening newscast Tuesday.
NBC Universal CEO Robert Wright said Thursday that talk of the impending death of evening news shows on broadcast television have been greatly exaggerated, and criticized rival CBS for thinking about ending the traditional format.
showbuzzupdated: Mon Jan 31 2005 16:16:00
Tom Brokaw has signed a two-book deal with Random House, the publisher announced Monday, although what the former NBC anchor will actually write and when the books will be published remain unknown.
Wizards, trivia buffs, millionaires and political players all had prominent parts this past year in the entertainment industry.
This week, Tom Brokaw leaves NBC's anchor desk. In March, it'll be Dan Rather's turn to depart at CBS.
Longtime anchor Dan Rather will leave the "CBS Evening News" on March 9, the network said Tuesday, just months after Rather's use of questionable documents in a report critical of President Bush's National Guard service.
Cautious callingupdated: Wed Nov 03 2004 16:29:00
It seems everyone got the memo.
Thousands of people gathered on Washington's National Mall on Saturday to pay tribute to the millions of Americans who served during World War II in the military and on the home front.
NBC announced Wednesday that "Nightly News" anchor Tom Brokaw will remain with the network's news division through 2014.
We came expecting a little comic relief from long hours, subzero temperatures and too much junk food. But what comedian Jon Stewart delivered Saturday night was a little more serious.
Even if you're among the best in the business, launching a new product isn't easy. Here the business is restaurants--where by some estimates 80% fail or change hands within two years of opening. Th...
Money Magazine: The Internet Evolutionupdated: Wed Nov 01 2000 00:01:00
Robert Gordon, a professor of social sciences at Northwestern University, recently penned a study that questions whether the Internet deserves a place alongside the great innovations of the Industr...
Dramatic theme songs have opened national network news broadcasts for years. To viewers they're as familiar as Walter Cronkite's face and as powerful as Tom Brokaw's hair spray. But where did they ...
One man's synergy is another man's mirth. To boost its new auction business, Amazon.com has introduced a feature on its Website that suggests auction items whenever you search for a book, CD, or an...
It's hardly a surprise that underwriters distribute the bulk of popular new issues to their biggest customers, such as mutual funds and institutional investors. But who comes next? Often it's celeb...
Ted Turner drank iced tea. Bill Gates downed prodigious amounts of Cherry Coke. They shared a lunch of cold salmon, sizing each other up across the dining-room table of a dream house built by Micro...
The recent $140 million Netscape IPO wasn't the largest in history, but it was unquestionably the most hyped. The big question was, How do I get the stock? You didn't. Not at the $28 offering price...
He fishes, surfs, kayaks, and climbs mountains. But does Yvon Chouinard, 54, know how to run a $117 million company? The founder and owner of Patagonia, maker of top-end outdoorsy wear, recently st...
In which Keeping Up seeks to build upon Yuletide merriment by presenting its first annual list of the year's ten most hilarious happenings. A funny thing about this exercise is that it started out ...
Hey, what ever happened to Tom Brokaw? How can the arguably most handsome of the network anchorpersons suddenly be in a ''ratings swoon'' (the New York Times's succinct summary)? What would cause T...
In which your correspondent, egged on by hardly anybody, resumes his still unexplained habit of windily propounding questions guaranteed to remain unanswered. -- How could the mighty American media...
Fortune: Nightly news updateupdated: Mon Aug 03 1987 00:01:00
Poor Larry Tisch. First his CBS management team got bad-mouthed by Dan Rather and others in the news division for closing bureaus, firing employees, and slicing $30 million from the $300-million ne...
In our latest (January 5) report on the interchangeable squishy-soft liberals who for some reason dominate network news, we got to guffawing over handsome Tom Brokaw's analysis of the country's lat...
After giving up on handsome Dan Rather because CBS News is ''such a sucker for squishy-soft liberal formulations'' and furthermore is ''dumb'' (see our October 27 groan for some examples), the next...
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