First Person: Columbine Father Visits Va. Tech

Rev. Michael Shoels lost a son in the massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado. Now, eight years to the day after that tragedy, Shoels visits Virginia Tech and talks about his grief - on that day and this one.

Raw Video: McCain Makes 'Bomb Iran' Joke

Senator John McCain, campaigning Wednesday in South Carolina, answered a question about military action agains Iran with the chorus of the surf-rocker classic "Barbara Ann".

Raw Video: Car Slams Through Gas Pump

Police in West Virginia say a driver asleep at the wheel drove through a gas pump and into a small station where three people were inside. No one was injured in the incident.

French vote goes down to the wire

France goes to the polls Sunday after a tight presidential election campaign. Nicolas Sarkozy's tough talk about getting the country back to work looked set to put the rightwinger in pole position after the first round, but his ultimate victory is far from certain. Socialist Segolene Royal, centrist Francois Bayrou and possibly even the National Front's Jean-Marie Le Pen could give him a run for his money. A voiced report.

France's first ladies .. or man

First ladies in France have always played role alongside their presidential husbands. Some have been active while others have stood in the shadows.

Strong sterling pounds tourism

The British pound is on a high since it soared past the two U.S. dollar level on Tuesday (14.04.2007) for the first time in a quarter of a century but foreign travellers to the UK are being hit hard.

Nigeria's democratic watershed

On the eve of the Presidential election opposition parties say vote rigging is already underway but authorities are denying reports of already-completed ballot forms seized by the military in the north.

Top Democrat says "War is Lost"

Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat and leader of the Senate majority, said he had taken a message to Bush in their White House meeting that "this war is lost" and Bush's troop buildup plan "is not accomplishing anything."

Male-starved female pengiuns joy

A rare Fiordland Crested penguin is an important arrival at a Sydney zoo, the first male to join two females in 13 years.

Actor Alec Baldwin's voice-mail tirade

The website TMZ.com has posted an angry phone call left by actor Alec Baldwin on the voice mail of his 11-year-old daughter. Alec Baldwin and Kim Bassinge rhave had a long-running feud and one of Hollywood's most bitter custody battles. Jon Decker reports.

England cricket coach resigns

England cricket coach Duncan Fletcher to stand down after the side's second-round World Cup exit in the Caribbean. English Cricket Board (ECB) Chairman, David Morgan, said a caretaker coach would be appointed in the next 48 hours, and even raised the possibility that a permanent replacement would be named in that time-frame.

The secret of Ethiopia's culinary success

Ethiopia is the only sub-Saharan country whose cuisine has met with a real success abroad. Big cities in Europe or America often count several Ethiopian restaurants purveying the original and subtle fare of the Horn of Africa state. To discover why Ethiopia has the most popular African cuisine internationally, we visit the real thing. Voiced report from Addis Ababa.

Wrapping a Car

At this year's New York International Auto Show, General Motors showed off three mini concept cars collaborated from their design studios in ten different countries.

Bacon and Cured Meat linked to COPD