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While many Americans are hoping the fellows running for president will give them a tax cut, President Obama has already given all of us one that saves the average family about $1,000 extra a year. So how can you put that bonus to the best use?

The Gulf oil spill and the unemployment picture have caught up to President Obama's poll ratings. According to a New York Times/CBS News survey, 54% of the public believes the president has no clear plan for job creation; only 34% of respondents say that he does.

If you're looking for a metaphor for the decline of network news, look no further than CBS's decision to replace Walter Cronkite as the disembodied voice of CBS Evening News with actor Morgan Freeman.

Barely a month after the death of Walter Cronkite, CBS News has lost another legend. Don Hewitt, creator of 60 Minutes and one of the leading pioneers of television news, has died at age 86. He had been reported to be undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer. Over the course of more than half a...

In 1950, when Edward R. Murrow convinced Walter Cronkite to join CBS News, the television news industry was still in its infancy. Nineteen years later, Cronkite left the network's anchor desk as one of the most trusted names in America and the primary news source for millions of Americans. When...