A CBS News reporter was seriously injured Friday in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan that also killed a U.S. soldier, the network said. The senator's funeral is scheduled for Saturday at Boston's Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Boston's Mission Hill section. Dozens of Kennedy's fellow senators are scheduled to attend as well as three former presidents -- Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. President Obama, who called Kennedy the "greatest U.S. senator of our time," will ...

Sen. Ted Kennedy will be buried Saturday at Arlington National Cemetery after a private funeral Mass. The senator's funeral is scheduled for Saturday at Boston's Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Boston's Mission Hill section. Dozens of Kennedy's fellow senators are scheduled to attend as well as three former presidents -- Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. President Obama, who called Kennedy the "greatest U.S. senator of our time," will deliver a eulogy at the funeral, ...

The State Department is sticking with a strict no-new-settlements policy toward Israel, its spokesman said Thursday, but he held out the possibility that Israelis and Palestinians might eventually take a different path. "The position that the secretary has stated remains our position," spokesman P.J. Crowley said at his daily briefing. "And we continue to discuss with Israel and with the other parties what they have to do on the settlement issue." But he added that, in the end, Israel and ...

All four living former presidents are expected to join President Obama at Saturday's funeral Mass for Sen. Ted Kennedy, family and law enforcement sources indicated Thursday. Presidents George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton will join Obama at the service in Boston before Kennedy's burial in Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington. Obama, who called Kennedy an "extraordinary leader," will deliver a eulogy at the funeral, according to several sources. Kennedy's body will lie in repose Thursday ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's race to save automaker Opel — and the jobs of its 25,000 employees in Germany — is beginning to look like a high-speed pileup that could cost her at the polls. To get talks with Opel owners General Motors back on track, Merkel is reportedly ready to abandon her previous plan to force GM to sell a controlling stake in its European business to a consortium of Canadian-Austrian car-parts maker Magna International and Russia's Sberbank. ...

In one of the funniest scenes in the film "The Big Lebowski," the hot-headed Vietnam veteran Walter Sobchak, played by John Goodman, explains to the Dude, played by Jeff Bridges, how much he hates nihilists because they don't believe in anything, they have no "ethos." PRINCETON, New Jersey (CNN) -- In one of the funniest scenes in the film "The Big Lebowski," the hot-headed Vietnam veteran Walter Sobchak, played by John Goodman, explains to the Dude, played by Jeff Bridges, ...

The State Department said Wednesday it continues to talk to Libyan officials about next month's visit to the New York area by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly continued to hold out the possibility of a compromise over Gadhafi's reported plans to pitch his Bedouin tent on the grounds of a Libyan diplomatic residence in suburban New Jersey during his visit to participate in the annual United Nations General Assembly. Gadhafi last week permitted a large welcome ...

After a losing presidential campaign, it became clear to Edward "Ted" Kennedy that his true calling was to help shape the country's political future from the U.S. Senate. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- After a losing presidential campaign, it became clear to Edward "Ted" Kennedy that his true calling was to help shape the country's political future from the U.S. Senate. The turning point came in 1980 when Kennedy unsuccessfully challenged President Carter in the Democratic primaries. But Kennedy's loss was not ...

Iran resumed Tuesday its mass trial of political reformists it has accused of trying to overthrow the government in the wake of the disputed presidential election in June, according to state-run media reports. The nearly 100 people on trial in Iran's Revolutionary Court include journalists, reformist leaders, and former government ministers. Saeed Hajjarian, a reformist journalist and former adviser to President Mohammed Khatami, testified during Tuesday's court session, according to Fars News Agency. He "confessed" that he met with Kian ...

As President Obama struggles to regain control of the health care debate, he's finding himself caught in a game of tug of war with members of his own party. The conservative Blue Dog Democrats don't want a bill with a government-sponsored, public health plan, and liberal Democrats have said they won't pass legislation without one. Despite strong majorities in both chambers of Congress, Democrats have been unable to reach an agreement on the legislation. And the administration has acknowledged ...