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After 36 years heading 60 Minutes, Don Hewitt on May 25 stepped down as the program's executive producer. In the following extended interview, Terence Smith speaks with Hewitt about the changes in broadcast news, the role of the media in…

U.S. forces in Iraq continued their fight today to wrest control of the southern Shiite cities of Najaf and Kufa from militias loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Gwen Ifill gets an update from New York Times reporter Dexter Filkins…

Ahead of the president's address, three regional experts assess what the president should focus on ahead of the transition and the proposal America and Britain are pushing in the United Nations.

The Washington Post today printed new photos of alleged abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad and posted a video of the incidents on its Web site. Terence Smith discusses the decision to publish the pictures with the Post's…

Sprinter Kelli White, who won the 100 and 200 meter races at the World Track and Field Championships, was banned from the sport for two years after she admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs. Jeffrey Brown discusses the widening investigation into…