LOS ANGELES – The religious controversy surroundingMel Gibson’s (search)yet-to-be released The Passion is reminiscent of 1988’s The Last Temptation of Christ, directed by Martin Scorsese. Gibson’s film, which depicts the last 12 hours of the life of Jesus Christ, between the night of the Last Supper and his death— known …

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Authorities say the caregivers of an 82-year-old woman allowed her to sit in the same chair, not moving for six months, until she died earlier this year. Prosecutors are deciding whether to charge Barbara Beam’s caregivers in her Jan. 2 death at her house in Greenville. She …

FAIRBORN, Ohio – Many young people have an undying interest in zombies, so a southwest Ohio college professor focuses a class on them. Andrea Harris of Wright State University teaches “Zombies & Gender in Pop Culture.” Her spring class filled up rapidly, and she’s been asked to teach it again. …

To watch “The Talking Points Memo” in the Screening Room click here. Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. In just a few moments, we will take you to Baghdad for an eyewitness report on what’s going on there. Our military analysts are also standing by, but first, …

CBS News’ Bob Schieffer recalls in his best-selling memoir This Just In a time when his fellow Texans were ashamed of something relating to the president of the United States. The year was 1963,and President John F. Kennedyhad just been assassinated while riding in a motorcadedown aDallas street. Schieffer, at …

This whole foreigners versus the U.S. thing brings out strong feelings. And I won’t lie to you: I have clear biases here. I love this country, so I take exception when people criticize this country. I’m no fool. I know we’re not perfect. But I know we’re still the last, …

WASHINGTON – Ahigh-ranking HouseDemocraton Wednesday tookDonald Rumsfeld (search)to task, saying the defense secretary should do the country “a service” and resign from his post. Referring to a memo leaked last month in which Rumsfeld asked his four top aides several ponderous questions about gauging the success in the war on …

And now the most absorbing two minutes in television, the latest from the political grapevine: FOX Fans: Missed the Grapevine? Watch it in the Screening Room! Causing the French to Squirm? The British tabloid The Sun handed out a special edition today on the streets of Paris. The paper’s front-page …

Controversial boxing legend Tony Ayala Jr. was found dead Tuesday at his San Antonio gym, close friends told local media outlets. Ayala, 52, was found slumped over inside the Zarzamora Street Gym where he had been trained by his father Tony Ayala Sr. He had been trying to reopen the …

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s interior minister on Wednesday announced a breakthrough in the case of last week’s Karachi bus attack that killed 47 minority Shiite Muslims, saying police have arrested the suspected mastermind and several gunmen involved in the assault. Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan’s announcement in Islamabad came just hours after …