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Gen. David Petraeus resigned as director of the Central Intelligence Agency after admitting to an extramarital affair, with his biographer Paula Broadwell. In his "War Stories" column for Slate, Fred Kaplan wrote that this case shows "the danger of getting too close to the swooning sirens of would-be intellectual proteges."

The CIA, an extramarital affair, and shirtless photos — host Michel Martin and the Beauty Shop ladies weigh in on the scandal surrounding former CIA chief David Petraeus. They discuss who is involved, who risked the most, and what the fallout might be.

One demographic group was overlooked in this year's presidential election, according to host Michel Martin. That's the 65.7 million Americans who are unpaid caregivers for adults, children or both. In her regular essay, Martin explains why it's important for political leaders to pay more attention to caregivers.

For the first time in eight years of doing surveys of Afghans, the Asia Foundations reports that more than half say the country is headed in the right direction. But some respondents might have been saying what they thought pollsters wanted to hear.

The House minority leader said the question was offensive and some of the female legislators flanking her called it age discrimination.

It’s been three weeks since Sandy caused damage up and down the Eastern Seaboard, including extensive damage in New York City and areas just north of the…

With the fiscal cliff looming, questions continuing to be raised about the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and a scandal having forced the director of the CIA to resign, President Obama had his first post-election news conference.

This was the first time protests and strikes went pan-European since the sovereign debt crisis took hold of the continent.

During a meeting of the Dover, N.H. school board in October, board member Paul Butler proposed a ban on high school football. The idea received stiff opposition. He told the board he believes they have "a moral imperative" to start ending the game in light of concussion research.

Maine, Maryland, and Washington passed same-sex marriage on the ballot in the 2012 election. Minnesotans struck down a proposed constitutional amendment that would define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Now, people on both sides of the issue are reevaluating their strategies.