Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha, leader of a U.S.-backed alliance of Sunni sheiks, dies in a roadside bomb attack.

Pulitzer-prize winning Boston Globe journalist Charlie Savage, on his new book "Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy."

OPEC agrees to raise production, but oil prices go up anyway. Energy analyst Peter Beutel parses this and other related news.

The celebrated actor is also much in demand for eulogies and speeches.