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  • After suffering political defeats, and watching his popularity plummet, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger seems to be in the midst of a comeback. The mostly-Democratic state legislature is adopting a bold new budget that gives the Republican Schwarzenegger most of what he wants. Ina Jaffe reports.
  • After publishing an article by a proponent of intelligent design, scientist Richard Sternberg found himself the target of retaliation at the Smithsonian Institution. His case is probably the best-documented battle in the war between the vast majority of scientists and a tiny insurgency promoting an alternative to evolution.
  • The nation's leading group of pediatricians is advising that babies not sleep in the same bed with adults. In a new set of guidelines regarding Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) released on Monday, the group also stirred up controversy regarding the use of pacifiers.
  • Jack Devine, a 32-year CIA veteran, says the next person put in charge of the agency needs to rally the organization's sagging morale, and then turn his attention to the problems of Iraq and Afghanistan. Devine worked in the CIA's clandestine services. He left in 1999.
  • Management Consultant Bob Nelson talks with Renee Montagne about disgruntled employees in the workplace. After many years of service in the same company, employees can become bored, even bitter. Nelson offers some tips about when it's time for both employer and employee to move on.
  • The federal government has begun tallying the damage climate change could do to the economy and its budget. This comes as scientists warn time is running out to avoid catastrophic global warming.
  • Chess grandmaster Dorsa Derakhshani led her team at Saint Louis University to the collegiate national championship after taking on the Iranian government. Today, she took on another new challenge.
  • Pepperdine University's Douglas Kmiec and Jeffrey Rosen of George Washington University Law School and The New Republic continue discussion of Tuesday's proceedings during the confirmation hearings of Judge Samuel Alito.
  • In the debate between nature and nurture, journalist and social activist Gloria Steinem believes we are asking the wrong question. She says we are an unpredictable mix of both, a mix that creates endless possibilities for a better future.
  • Germany faces weeks of political uncertainty following the inconclusive results of Sunday's elections. The opposition Christian Democrats, led by Angela Merkel, failed to win a clear majority. The current chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, says he can form a government, and has refused to step down.
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