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With the New Hampshire primaries looming, Charlie Cook of The Cook Political Report says one message from Iowa is that Democratic voters appear to be looking for a candidate without strong ties to Washington.

White House lawyers are heading to a federal court Friday to ask a judge to hold off on looking into destroyed CIA videotapes of terror suspect interrogations.

The caucuses in Iowa on Thursday mark the official start of the presidential campaign. But how many people actually know what a caucus is? Alex Cohen takes a look at how the Democratic and Republican caucuses in Iowa work.

Pakistani opposition leader and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated after she finished a speech at a campaign rally. Washington Post reporter Griff Witte discusses the scene in Pakistan.

A leading medical journal says dark chocolate may not be as good for you as you think. According to an editorial in The Lancet, many chocolate makers remove flavenols — the heart-healthy ingredient — due to their bitter taste.

Attorney General Michael Mukasey appoints John Durham, a federal prosecutor in Connecticut, to examine whether CIA officers broke the law when they destroyed videotapes of the harsh interrogation methods used by the agency.

Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid, a regular guest on Fresh Air, returns to discuss developments in Pakistan, where former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto died today after an attack at a political rally that also killed at least 20 others.

The political landscape has been remade ahead of the New Hampshire primaries next week. The win for Barack Obama redefines the Democratic contest, as he was backed by a variety of constituents. Mike Huckabee's boost comes from conservative voters and a strong turnout.

Record-breaking numbers of Iowa voters attend Democratic caucus meetings that made Barack Obama the decisive winner of the nation's first official contest in this year's presidential race. John Edwards came in second, slightly ahead of Hillary Clinton. Joe Biden and Chris Dodd drop out.

The Environmental Protection Agency says that the air inside your house could be more polluted — especially with lead, radon, and tobacco smoke — than the air outdoors. Guests talk about toxic dangers in common household products and in the very materials that make up your house.

Ten years ago, the phrase "Web log" — which was then shortened to "blog" — was born. Now there are more than 100 million blogs, and about 100,000 new blogs are created daily.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits the Iraqi city of Kirkuk. The goal of her unannounced visit is to urge reconciliation among Kurds, Arabs and Turks in the oil-rich region 150 miles south of Baghdad.

Many fans of professional baseball say they're not all that surprised by findings of widespread use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs. Fans around the country speak out about the use of steroids in baseball, which has been whispered about as early as the 1980s.

Two weeks before the Iowa caucuses, Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson is still introducing himself to voters. The former senator from Tennessee is following a more traditional political path — a bus tour across the rural sections of Iowa.

Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed after being shot in the neck and chest as she was leaving a rally in Rawalpindi. Rashed Rehman, the executive editor of the Post newspaper in Lahore, recalls meeting Bhutto when she was campaigning in Lahore.

The chaos following the assassination of Pakistan's opposition leader Benazir Bhutto may mean the parliamentary elections she planned to contest will be postponed. Government officials are due to decide Tuesday whether to go ahead with the vote now scheduled for next week.

Presidential candidates Mike Huckabee, a Republican, and Barack Obama, a Democrat, win decisive victories in the Iowa caucuses. Obama won by a nine-point margin over John Edwards and Hillary Clinton. Huckabee beat Mitt Romney.

Slate.com's John Dickerson discusses how the presidential hopefuls are incorporating the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto into their campaigns.

Denzel Washington's Great Debaters offers a lot of history and a good dose of fiction, shaping events so that they fit in the Hollywood mold ... not that that's entirely a bad thing.

The FBI is trying to develop a system that could make your voice as unique and recognizable as your fingerprint. Although not yet at its peak potential, the technology currently helps investigators with tasks such as authenticating Osama bin Laden videos and locating gunshots.

President Bush's final State of the Union address prompts praise from Republicans and a lukewarm reaction from many Democrats.

President Bush announced in Monday's State of the Union address that he plans to double the funding for his Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. But critics say there's less to that increase in money than meets the eye.

The No Child Left Behind Act — which Congress approved with overwhelming bipartisan support — is now drawing sharp bipartisan opposition. The law is up for reauthorization, and many — including those who originally supported it — are pointing out its flaws.

The president and prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) has died after leading millions of Mormon faithful for nearly 13 years. Gordon B. Hinckley was 97. He had spent most of his adult life in the Mormon leadership.

In his final State of the Union address, the president hailed the policy shift in Iraq which he said had brought success there, and he cautioned against a quick withdrawal of U.S. troops. He also urged Congress to extend his tax cuts.