Octuplets Mom Has 6 Other Kids

Doctors Karen Maples, left with Harold Henry, right and Mandhir Gupta center take questions at a news conference at the Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center in Bellflower, Calif. on Jan. 26, 2009.

 

(CBS) Doctors say the octuplets born Monday outside Los Angeles are doing well.Vodpod videos no longer available.

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Interfaith dialogue

It’s a thrilling time to be a believer and to so ground yourself in scripture and tradition that you are able to accept and be open to what other people are believing and where they are growing.

The atrocities we are witnessing in the Islamic world and the Middle East really are the worst we can imagine. But forget radical extremists abroad for a moment. What about us? Not all of us in the Western world are wholly exempt from regimented thinking and religious arrogance. A mindset has surfaced here in our own country, where we should know better, and, more importantly, where we can certainly do better.

The Myth of Lost Innocence

The Myth of Lost Innocence

At a journalism conference a couple of years ago, I met Linda Perlstein, the author of “Not Much Just Chillin’: The Hidden Lives of Middle Schoolers.” This meeting occurred right in the middle of the “rainbow party” craze – that is to say, the media frenzy around the alleged oral activities of oversexed (and lipsticked) tweens.

Senate Approves Children’s Health Bill

WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a bill on Thursday to provide health insurance to more than four million uninsured children, as a newly empowered Democratic majority brushed aside Republican objections.

Blagojevich Ousted by Illinois State Senate

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich arriving home in Chicago after speaking in his own defense at his impeachment hearing at the state capitol in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois State Senate on Thursday convicted Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich on a sprawling article of impeachment that charged him with abusing his power. The vote prompted the governor’s immediate and permanent ouster, and ended nearly two months of political spectacle in which he sought unsuccessfully to salvage his reputation and career here and across the country.

Military Judge Refuses to Halt Trial of USS Cole Bombing Suspect

Military Judge James Pohl has refused the Obama administration’s order to delay the arraignment of Abu al-Nashiri, the accused planner of the 2000 USS Cole attack in Yemen.

Blagojevich Declares His Innocence at Impeachment Trial

In his closing argument at his Senate impeachment trial Thursday, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich asked how he can be ousted based on a criminal complaint that hasn’t been proven.