A week after Cyclone Nargis flattened low-lying villages and killed whole families at a time, the military junta finally agreed Friday to allow a U.S. cargo plane to bring in food and other supplies to the isolated country.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain speaks to Katie Couric about the situation in Myanmar and criticism that he would be the equivalent of a third Bush term. The candidate's mother also chimes in about her son's time as a POW.

Barack Obama has almost erased Hillary Clinton's once-imposing lead among national convention superdelegates and won fresh labor backing as elements of the Democratic Party began coalescing around the Illinois senator for the fall campaign.

Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized control of key parts of Beirut from Sunni rivals loyal to the U.S.-backed government, in a dramatic show-of-force certain to strengthen the Iranian-allied group's hand.

Oil prices surpassed a record $126 per barrel on the eve of the U.S. driving season as a weakening dollar drove investors to snap up commodities.

A rare international alert seeking a man shown in dozens of raw child porn images quickly led to the arrest of a small-time actor, who painted faces at children's parties and performed as "the best Santa Claus anyone has ever seen."

Former of Congress can double their earnings as lobbyists, paid by special interests to directly influence their former colleagues. Sometimes, what they take with them from their old war chests matters, Sharyl Attkisson reports.

The U.S. military says the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq has been not been captured, despite a claim by the Iraqi government. A military spokeswoman says it was a case of mistaken identity on the part of the Iraqi security forces.

Science has provided the souped-up seeds to feed the world, through biotechnology and old-fashioned crossbreeding. Now the problem is the dirt they are planted in.

Three teenagers were arrested after two of them told police they dug up a secluded grave north of Houston, removed the skull from the coffin and converted it into a marijuana bong.

Depression, teens and marijuana are a dangerous mix that can lead to dependency, mental illness or suicidal thoughts, according to a White House report.

A construction company owner who lost two homes in Hurricane Katrina claimed a $97 million Powerball prize, a jackpot won off a ticket he bought at a convenience store where he stopped to buy his wife a gallon of milk.

The House passed a massive homeowner rescue plan to provide cheaper, government-backed mortgages to half a million debt-ridden borrowers and bolster an economy crippled by the housing crisis.

Spain has laid formal claim to a shipwreck that yielded an estimated $500 million in treasure, saying it has proof the vessel is Spanish and demanding that a Florida deep-sea exploration firm that recovered the booty give it all back.

The CIA must let a judge view a 2002 memo purportedly including waterboarding among interrogation methods to be used on prisoners in U.S. custody so he can decide whether it should be made public, the judge ruled.

Hand-scrawled records taken from a polygamist sect are helping untangle the spider-web network of family relationships at the Yearning For Zion ranch, where some husbands had more than a dozen wives.

Now that he's 50, Alec Baldwin tells 60 Minutes correspondent Morley Safer that political office is looking more appealing. Safer's report airs Sunday, May 11, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.