Iowa-Missing-Girls
An Iowa family that's been hoping for good news since two young cousins disappeared in July is now grappling with the worst.
Washington-Same-Sex-Marriage
Shortly after the clock struck midnight, two Seattle women legitimized their 35-year love affair early Thursday by becoming the first same-sex couple to receive a marriage license in King County, Washington.
Washington-Marijuana-Legalization
The crowd at the base of the Space Needle in Seattle began counting down as midnight approached. It wasn't New Year's Day they were anticipating, but the moment that marijuana would become legal in Washington state.As midnight hit, smokers hit their pipes and joints to celebrate.
FEA-gender-toy-marketing-petition
With more people shopping for children's toys during the holiday season, people are reviving debate over the effects of gender-biased toy marketing in a year that has seen intense discussion on the issue and even some progress.
US-West-Point-Cadet-Quits
Military development. Academics. Athletics. Three pillars of Army values that cadets at America's most prestigious military academy live by. But West Point cadet Blake Page says there is one other unspoken pillar at the academy: religion. That's why, with just five months left before graduation, Page quit. And he did it in a most public fashion -- in a fiery blog post.
POLITICS
POL-Romney-Adviser
A top adviser for Mitt Romney's failed presidential bid weighed in on some of the campaign's low moments, pointing to Clint Eastwood's unexpected monologue, the '47%' comments and Superstorm Sandy as three challenges for Romney's team in the final months of the campaign.
POL-Adelson-Super-Pac-Contributions
Nevada casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam contributed $33 million to two major Republican super PACs in the closing weeks of the 2012 campaign, according to campaign finance disclosure reports filed Thursday with the Federal Election Commission.
POL-Fiscal-Cliff
Both sides agree the wealthy will pay more, so now fiscal cliff talks come down to how much Republicans can wring out of the White House in return for giving in on taxes.
POL-Christie-Storm-Aid-Fiscal-Cliff
After a series of meetings with both President Barack Obama and congressional leaders, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who is rarely at a loss for words, declined to answer questions from reporters Thursday and left Washington in near total silence.
POL-DeMint-Resigns
South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint announced Thursday that he's resigning to take over as head of the conservative Heritage Foundation, saying "I can do a lot more on the outside than I can on the inside."
POL-Fiscal-Cliff
Both sides agree the wealthy will pay more, so now fiscal cliff talks come down to how much Republicans can wring out of the White House in return for giving in on taxes.
POL-Chris-Christie-Washington
New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie will be in Washington, D.C. Thursday for meetings on Capitol Hill and with White House officials regarding relief for Hurricane Sandy, according to a senior Christie adviser.
POL-Latourette-GOP-Taxes
Republican Rep. Steve LaTourette of Ohio said Thursday he's starting to see more openness among House Republicans for the president's pitch to raise tax rates on the top 2% of income earners.
POL-Polls-Taxes-Wealthy
A new poll indicates a majority of Americans are OK with raising taxes on incomes over $250,000 per year as part of a deal to prevent the country from falling off the fiscal cliff.
POL-DeMint-Successor
On the list of people who might be appointed to fill departing Sen. Jim DeMint's Senate seat, there's Rep. Tim Scott and everyone else.
FREEDOM PROJECT
Freedom-Project-Operation-Hope
This is the story of a boy who not only survived a brutal assault but is now the key witness in a trial that has forced Bangladesh to confront the cruel but overlooked practice of forced begging. It is also the story of strangers, half a world away, who set out to show the boy that good exists in equal measure as evil -- and who set off a chain reaction of kindness to make him whole again.
Freedom-Project-Operation-Hope-Sidner
CNN correspondent Sara Sidner recounts how she first met the boy who is the subject of the upcoming CNN documentary, "Operation Hope."
MED-Penile Reconstruction
It was a horrific act that brought the boy to an operating room in Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore. A gang on the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh, had cut off the entire right side of his penis, including the right testicle. He was only 7 at the time.
COMMENTARY
COMMENTARY-Orloff-Violence-Against-Women-Act
