This Morning from CBS News, August 27, 2015
Mourning, praying
CBS Roanoke affiliate WDBJ-TV held a moment of silence Thursday morning for two young journalists, Alison Parker and Adam Ward, who were shot to death Wednesday while she was interviewing local Chamber of Commerce executive Vicki Gardner on the air. The area outside the station's studios has become a makeshift memorial. And dozens gathered at a vigil for Gardner in Moneta, Virginia Wednesday night.
Human Powder Keg
Reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward of Virginia station WDBJ-TV were gunned down on live television Wednesday morning. The gunman, a former reporter at the station, later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Who was he and why did he do it?
Policing Social
Social media played a prominent role in the wake of the fatal shooting Wednesday of a reporter and camera person for a Roanoke, Virginia TV station as the reporter was conducting an interview on the air. From spreading word that the shooting had happened to becoming a vehicle for the gunman to spread his video of the incident as well as his views, social media were at center stage. That's prompting questions about how social media sites police themselves and protect users from being flooded with graphic images.
Biden factors
As Vice President mulls a White House run, he's sure to be studying New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary landscape. Most Democratic voters have settled on either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders, but some 60 percent have said they could change their minds. CBS' Jacqueline Alemany examined his history as a candidate there and talked to some of the Granite State Democratic insiders about the factors working for and against him.
Uniting over Trump
Donald Trump's fiery rhetoric continues to be the talk of the 2016 campaign trail, and candidates from both parties -- and journalists -- are responding to his attacks. The targets of two Trump media feuds met Wednesday night when popular Univision anchor Jorge Ramos appeared on Fox News' "Kelly File" following a contentious exchange with the GOP frontrunner. But as CBS News correspondent Julianna Goldman reports, television journalists weren't the only ones responding to Trump's attacks.
Defendant takes stand
The defendant in the New Hampshire prep school rape trial testified Wednesday. Owen Labrie, 19, is charged with raping an underage freshman girl at the elite St. Paul's boarding school last year.
Worrisome strategy
Years before China was drawing attention with its ongoing economic slowdown, U.S. tire and steel producers were crying foul over what they alleged was Beijing's flooding the world with cheap goods. Now there are signs that "dumping" strategy is adding to the deflationary pressure weighing on global economic growth.
Weighing in
What difference does birth order make? It has long been the source of debate in many families, and now a study suggests that compared to their younger sisters, firstborn women are slightly more likely to be overweight or obese as adults.
Voices of Katrina
Hurricane Katrina forced countless residents to flee their homes on the Gulf Coast, but many left their mark with makeshift messages scrawled on their storm-ravaged properties. Ten years later, CBS News caught up with many of these residents and discovered some ultimately stayed in the region, while others never returned. These are their stories.
Photos: Katrina 10 years later: New Orleans
Photos: Katrina 10 years later: Plaquemines Parish, La.
Photos: Katrina 10 years later: Mississippi
Record-keepers
The first Guinness Book of World Records was created 60 years ago today and has prevented many pub arguments from becoming bar room brawls. What started as a bit of harmless promotion for the brewery has become one of the best-selling books of all time. Debora Patta reports.
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