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Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is in self-exile outside Pakistan but faces prosecution should she return. Even so, she has vowed to return to Pakistan to lead her party in elections later this year. Bhutto discusses her political prospects and the country's current ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf.

Shortly after the Six Day War ended in 1967, Israel annexed East Jerusalem, a highly controversial move that is still not recognized internationally. Part of the fallout — the ownership of a Palestinian home in an East Jerusalem neighborhood on the frontline between Israel and Jordan — remains in dispute.

Self-driving cars have flooded San Francisco's streets, and not everyone is happy. Street activists have been using a low-tech solution to incapacitate the vehicles.

One in two of persons newly infected with HIV in the U.S. is African-American, according to a new report from the Black AIDS Institute. Given the alarming numbers, some are pushing for more government resources aimed at resolving the country's domestic health crisis, particularly among minorities. Phill Wilson, of the Black AIDS Institute, explains.

In Northern California, Shasta County's board of supervisors voted to overhaul their voting system based on unproven claims of election fraud. Their new hand-counting system will be costly.

New York beams as the birthplace of hip-hop but other cities share credit for the genre's early success.

Ellison's exploration of race and identity won the National Book Award in 1953 and has been called one of the best novels of the 20th century.

In God's Bankers Gerald Posner explores the history of money, power and the church. During World War II, he says, the Vatican made money off of the life insurance policies of Jews sent to death camps.

Included in the trio of now open shows is a show by world-renowned visual artist Nicolas Africano, who lives and works in Normal.

Astrakhan, on the Volga River, once was known as Russia's caviar capital — but no more. As the fish neared extinction, Russia banned all commercial sturgeon fishing in the area and the export of all black caviar. Now, both the sturgeon and the local people struggle to survive.