Singer Whitney Houston has died at a Los Angeles hotel at the age of 48. Her meteoric rise in the world of pop music was countered by her ongoing battle with drugs. CBS News' Bigad Shaban reports.
The top female boxers in the country will come together in Spokane, Wash., to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics and form the first-ever U.S. women's Olympic boxing team. Cynthia Bowers reports on one Olympic hopeful hoping to make history.
Fifty-four percent of Catholics voted for President Obama in 2008. Now the president could lose some of that crucial support over the controversial health care law provision regarding contraception coverage. Elaine Quijano reports.
Ohio's unemployment rate is down. Growth in manufacturing, transportation and other sectors has helped drop it to its lowest rate since December 2008. But as Michelle Miller reports, some cities in Ohio are still struggling to get back to work.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has won the Maine caucuses. It's good news for him in a rollercoaster week that had some big up's and big down's. Chip Reid reports.
Elaine Quijano speaks with former Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns for more perspective on the growing crisis in Syria and what can be done to bring it to an end.
In Syria, government forces have launched a new round of deadly attacks on protesters across the country. As Charlie D'Agata reports, the violence is not only getting worse, but also spreading.
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