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The Project for Excellence in Journalism recently released a content study of press coverage, ads and late-night comedy shows to identify the major themes they are projecting about the character of the two presidential candidates.

Gold-medal sprinter Marion Jones has avoided indictment in the BALCO performance-enhancing drug investigation, but she failed in another high-profile trial, the U.S. Olympic qualifying race for the 100-meter dash on Saturday in Sacramento, Calif. Ray Suarez discusses the doping scandal…

First Amendment attorneys went to court to ask a judge to quash the subpoenas served to the journalists who allegedly received a leak from White House officials about the identity of a clandestine CIA agent. Ray Suarez discusses the latest…

Legendary actor Marlon Brando died Thursday in Los Angeles at age 80. Arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown discusses Brando's career and lasting impact with Time magazine film critic Richard Schickel, who wrote a biography about Brando.