The foremost of many curiosities in the Alex Rodriguez mea culpa Tuesday is his assertion that his cousin made him do it. Let's explore that for a moment, shall we? ...more

February 18, 2009

The big issue isn't whether A-Rod did something many other players did. The continued deception is the problem, writes Joe Henderson. ...more

February 17, 2009

It was the hero pilot versus the mother of octuplets in the battle of the morning show exclusives on Monday. ...more

February 10, 2009

Gentlemen, start your T-shirts. It's official: He's A-Roid. ...more

February 10, 2009

Thousands of people holding signs and waving American flags cheered wildly Saturday to honor the pilot who safely landed a US Airways jetliner in the Hudson River. He told them he and his crew were only doing their jobs. ...more

January 24, 2009

Authorities in the Bahamas have charged a lawmaker and detained two other people in an alleged plot to extort money from actor John Travolta after the death of his son, police said Friday. ...more

January 24, 2009

It was a story that begged for an investigation. In a small Florida town, a well-known mother and her 8-year-old daughter are killed in an accident on a narrow, two-lane country road. ...more

January 22, 2009

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says CBS News anchor Katie Couric and comic actress Tina Fey have been "exploiting" her. ...more

January 9, 2009

Among the outtakes we're left to ponder after the presidential election is this one: candidate appearances on late-night talk shows reached a new high. For the record, there were a total of 110 candidate-appearances on the late-night comedy shows, according to the Center for Media and Public Affairs. Accounting for nearly three quarters of such on-set appearances were "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno," "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," the "Late Show With David Letterman" and "The Colbert Report" with Stephen Colbert. In contrast, there were 25 such appearances in 2004 (an election year with an incumbent). ...more

January 5, 2009

As a top adviser in Sen. John McCain's campaign tells the story, it was bad enough that Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska unwittingly scheduled, and then took, a prank telephone call from a Canadian comedian posing as the president of France. Far worse, she failed to inform her ticketmate. ...more

November 6, 2008