As FBI investigated Petraeus, he and Allen intervened in nasty child custody battle

Amy Scherzer / Tampa Bay Times via Zuma Press The woman who triggered the investigation that led to the resignation of CIA chief David Petraeus threw lavish parties for top military brass – and also racked up debt. NBC's Kristen Welker reports. By Michael Isikoff NBC News Then-CIA Director David Petraeus and Gen. John Allen, commander...

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Woman could break Chinese political glass ceiling

In a moment between two influential female leaders, Hilary Clinton and Liu Yandong shake hands in a meeting in May 2010. Hong Kong (CNN) -- A record number of American women will hold U.S. Senate seats after Tuesday's election. In China, there is speculation over whether a woman will also make history by ascending to its top political...

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A father seeks peace in a place of war

Robert Stokely: My son didn't die in vain (CNN) -- Robert Stokely fired up his computer and began a journey to a place an ocean and continent away, to a land of parched earth and dusty brush not far from the banks of the Euphrates. Yusufiya. It is the Iraqi town where Robert's son Mike was killed on a hot August night in...

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