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Dana Reeve, the widow of actor Christopher Reeve, has died of lung cancer at 44. Dana Reeve became an advocate in the quest for a cure for spinal-cord injuries after her husband was paralyzed in 1995. Melissa Block talks with Susan Howley of the Christopher Reeve Foundation.

If Vice President Cheney is an aggressive, loyal defender of President Bush, then David Addington is an aggressive loyal defender of Cheney.

The Supreme Court hears a case attempting to define what constitutes retaliation by an employer against an employee who has filed a discrimination suit against their company.

A Texas law allows hospitals and doctors to refuse treatment when a patient's condition is considered "futile." Legislators thought the guidelines would help doctors and families, but real-life cases have shown that families have had to fight to keep their loved ones alive. The law is due to be reviewed by the state soon, seven years after it was signed into effect.

Lt. Col. John Nagl is in charge of the Army's program to train American military advisers for Iraq. Deborah Amos talks to Nagle about the possibility of scaling back the number of American combat forces, while increasing U.S. help with the training of Iraqi forces.

Teaching science can be a heavy burden. After all, the workforce of tomorrow will be shaped by the scientific achievements in classrooms today. But sometimes science teachers need to lighten up, hav

Pope Benedict XVI led an outdoor mass in Krakow, Poland, Sunday morning, addressing a crowd estimated at 900,000. Later he moves to the site of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, where he is expected to stress his commitment to improving relations with Jews and fighting anti-Semitism.

The brutal murder of Elizabeth Short is one of the most infamous unsolved murders in Los Angeles criminal history. The 1940s case has inspired films and books in the past, and now it arrives on the screen once again. Brian DePalma's

On trial for ordering the deaths of 148 Shiite men and boys, Saddam Hussein was defiant and boisterous under cross-examination Tuesday. Melissa Block talks with Edward Wong of the New York Times.

President Bush named top White House economic adviser Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board on Monday to succeed the near-legendary Alan Greenspan.