Waiting in Studio A of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, where the ghosts of soul icons swirled around students who sang in loud clear voices, U.S. Army veteran, author and businessman Wes Moore knew what he was looking at.

2. Colbert Gets Conditional OK on Campaign Finance - Friday, July 01, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Election Commission said Thursday that comedian Stephen Colbert can use his TV show's resources to boost his political action committee, but he must disclose some major expenses as in-kind contributions from the show's corporate owners.

3. Marlo Thomas Book Looks at Laughter - Tuesday, October 26, 2010

A lesson learned with laughter, it is said, is a lesson learned well.

In learning about comedy, Marlo Thomas had some of the best teachers in the world in her father Danny Thomas and the other legendary entertainers who were fixtures in the Thomas household, where they would swap stories and entertain each other.

4. Murdoch, Bloomberg Embrace Immigration Reform - Friday, October 01, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) – Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, a man with his own immigration story, told Congress Thursday that securing the U.S. borders must be matched with efforts to ensure that employers can't hire people who are here illegally.

5. Despite Economy, Americans Don't Want Farm Work - Tuesday, September 28, 2010

VISALIA, Calif. (AP) – As the economy tanked during the past two years, a debate has raged over whether immigrants are taking jobs that Americans want. Here, amid the sweltering vineyards of the largest farm state, the answer is no.

6. Colbert Faces Off with Ford Jr. Over NY Residency - Wednesday, February 03, 2010

NEW YORK (AP) - Stephen Colbert grilled potential U.S. Senate candidate and Memphis native Harold Ford Jr. on Monday about his shifting beliefs on gay marriage and abortion rights, while Ford defended himself as open-minded to change.

7. Is Twitter the News Outlet for the 21st Century? - Thursday, July 02, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) - Cassy Hayes and Jasmine Coleman were among the first fans to arrive outside the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles where Michael Jackson was brought and later pronounced dead.

8. Six Months in D.C., Cohen Still Finds Inspiration at Home - Monday, July 09, 2007

Three months into his term as a newly minted U.S. congressman, Steve Cohen rose to speak on the floor of the House chamber in the Capitol Building. The Democratic representative from Tennessee's majority-black Ninth District began to read a prepared statement in support of House Resolution 162, which honored the Negro Baseball Leagues.