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Syria's Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan has committed suicide, Damascus reports. Formerly Syria's intelligence chief in neighboring Lebanon, Kanaan was among Syrian officials questioned by a U.N. envoy investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.

An excerpt from Harold Pinter's recent play, Voices, which premiered Oct. 10 on BBC's Radio 3, as part of the BBC's celebration of Pinter's 75th birthday. Voices is a collaboration between Harold Pinter and composer James Clarke.

A Colorado woman faces misdemeanor charges for refusing to show an ID to Department of Homeland Security guards while riding a public bus. Guards routinely seek ID before the bus goes through a federal office complex in Denver. Deborah Davis says she's resisting unconstitutional intrusions on her personal liberty.

General Motors has announced that it will cut 30,000 jobs by 2008. Now, its workers are coming to grips with the idea that they may lose their jobs, and questions remain about how much the cuts will help the struggling automaker going forward. Jerome Vaughn of Detroit Public Radio reports.

For those who struggle with their weight and body image, the focus on food around the holidays may create anxiety. Guest host Farai Chideya talks with Robyn McGee about her sister, who died from complications following gastric bypass surgery.

The highest judicial court of the United Methodist Church recently decided to defrock a lesbian minister and to reinstate a minister who refused to allow a gay man to join his congregation. Jason DeRose reports on how students and professors at a Methodist seminary are responding to the prolonged battle over homosexuality and the church.

Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin's new book is Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. Goodwin, who won the Pulitzer Prize for her previous book, No Ordinary Time, recounts the life and work of our 16th president, as well as the work of the principal characters of his administration.

CBS and NBC have joined ABC in making some TV shows available to viewers on demand. But for TiVo and other digital video recorder users, this is nothing new. And since each network's deal is with a different provider, is this big news for the average viewer without a DVR?

Sometime today, millions of people will check out of this world and into the world of online games. And many of them will think nothing of pulling out real credit cards to buy virtual gold, swords — even humans.

A piece of Detroit music history is torn down to make way for Super Bowl parking. The Motown Center, which once housed the famous record label, had been abandoned for more than 30 years.