By: Linda Wertheimer and Dina Temple-Raston //
November 14, 2012
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Paula Broadwell, the woman at the center of the scandal that cost CIA director David Petraeus his job, has lost her military security clearance. FBI and military investigators are trying to determine whether Broadwell had classified information she was not entitled to see.
Dan Brown, author of the blockbuster The Da Vinci Code, is back with his first novel in four years. Inferno follows academic hero Robert Langdon on a chase through Italy as he attempts to avert a biological catastrophe.
Designer Katie Shelly's upcoming cookbook offers 50 illustrated recipe "blueprints" for basic meals — from simple snacks to more hefty dishes like eggplant Parmesan. She hopes they'll inspire any level of cook to improvise in the kitchen.
NPR's Peter Overby reports on the Congressional testimony of IRS officials in response to the scandal over special scrutiny of tea party groups. Underneath all the politics, there's a policy question that hasn't been addressed.