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Desperate Networks, a new book exploring the inner workings of the television industry, follows the sagas of top executives at the major networks through a traditional fall season. New York Times reporter Bill Carter describes the highs — the hit show Desperate Housewives, for example — to the lows, which is almost everything else on TV. The Hollywood Reporter television critic Andrew Wallenstein has a review.

Primary season kicks off in earnest Tuesday with contests in Ohio and Indiana. Ohio's Republican Senate primary has top billing.

Former CIA chief George Tenet said the Bush administration used him as a scapegoat over intelligence issues with the war in Iraq, and claims that debate among top officials was absent when decisions were made to invade the country.

Swedish director Ruben Ostlund's class warfare comedy "Triangle of Sadness" won the Palme d'Or at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, giving Ostlund the prize for the second time.

The top U.N. human rights official said Saturday that she raised concerns with Chinese officials about the impact of measures on the rights of Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang region.

In the financial markets, a lot rides on the word of a company's top executives. If a CEO tells a lie, a lot of shareholders can get hurt. Two researchers have studied earnings calls and think they know how to gauge senior executives' truthfulness.

Allegations of sexual impropriety by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi continue to top headlines in most of Europe. But thanks to his control of national TV, many Italians are far less informed about the stories swirling around Berlusconi than their European neighbors.

Toyota's gas pedal woes are turning into a full-blown crisis for the carmaker that could end up doing long-term damage to the sterling reputation it has painstakingly built up for several decades.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tells NPR that efforts to end the war in Afghanistan must be accompanied by a plan to reintegrate Taliban fighters, though she acknowledges that approach won't work with the group's top leadership. She says the evolving reconciliation process "will be a little like jazz ... you can't lay it out completely."

As U.S. Marines and Afghan troops push farther into the Taliban stronghold of Marjah, their efforts to win over locals are being made more difficult by mistakes from the air. Two American bombings in the past week have killed at least 39 civilians and prompted apologies from the top U.S. commander.