This Morning from CBS News, Feb. 11, 2015
Mueller's captivity
Sources tell CBS News there is a belief in the U.S. intelligence community that ISIS hostage Kayla Mueller was given as a bride to an ISIS fighter. The American's family confirmed yesterday that she died in captivity.
Kayla's writings
She was the fourth American hostage to die. In journalists, ISIS tried to extinguish truth. With humanitarians, they tried to kill compassion. But light defines the darkness. In these deaths, ISIS is revealed. In her words, Kayla Mueller captured the long struggle for a better world. "CBS Evening News" anchor Scott Pelley says a letter Mueller wrote while a hostage of ISIS embodies the same spirit seen in the writings of some of our most remarkable humanitarians.
Boston digging out
Subways and commuter trains are running again in Boston, but the city is racing against the clock, as plows and shovels chip away at nearly six feet of snow. Another storm is expected tomorrow. CBS News correspondent Jericka Duncan reports on the growing problem of where to dump all that snow.
Authorize force
The Obama administration is expected, perhaps as early as today, to send Congress a request for an authorization for the use of military force against ISIS. The document, reports CBS News congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes, attempts to define a middle ground between Democrats leery of another protracted Mideast conflict involving ground troops and Republicans who largely believe the U.S. needs maximum flexibility to pursue ISIS.
ISIS atrocities
In once peaceful farmland in northern Iraq, men showed CBS News correspondent Holly Williams what they said is a mass grave. Eyewitnesses told her ISIS killed at least 50 Yazidi men at the site. Though Williams cannot verify who or what is buried under the mound of earth, villagers told her the men were shot one by one, and their shallow grave covered in dirt.
Sniper trial
Opening statements are scheduled to begin today in the "American Sniper" murder trial, in which former Marine Eddie Ray Routh stands accused of killing Chris Kyle, the former Navy SEAL depicted in the Oscar-nominated movie. CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann reports Routh's attorneys are expected to mount a defense based on insanity. According to a journalist who spoke to the defendant's family before the judge issued a gag order, even his mother thought Routh should be punished.
Tongue hearing-aid
At age 47, John Williams developed tinnitus, a sensation of hearing high-pitched ringing in the ears. In the search for a cure, Williams began to study hearing devices, one of them being the popular cochlear implant that stimulates the auditory nerve. But he wanted to explore other ways the brain could receive information -- ways that didn't require expensive surgery.
Secure dating
Several factors account for the risk around dating apps. People who use them often offer up a trove of personal information, while many mobile apps treat security as an afterthought. A study found 63 percent of the leading dating mobile apps were at risk of being hacked.
Submissive women
"Fifty Shades of Grey" opens Friday, and the steamy love scenes are generating controversy because of the leading lady's "submissive" role. CBS News contributor Lee Woodruff spoke to two famous and powerful women who say they are submissive in their marriages, but in a much different way.
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