QUOTE OF THE DAY Do not attempt to do a thing unless you are sure of yourself; but do not relinquish it simply because someone else is not sure of you. Stewart White DID YOU KNOW? In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons RIDDLE Six glasses are in a row. The first three are full of juice; the second three are empty. By moving only one glass, can you arrange them so empty and full glasses alternate? SOLUTION Find out on Monday! Good luck! TONIGHT ON THE CBS EVENING NEWS Here's a look at what we are working on for tonight's broadcast of The CBS Evening News from Anchor and Managing Editor Katie Couric: Hi everyone, Eight years after Elizabeth Smart was dragged from her bedroom, a federal jury convicted Brian David Mitchell of kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor across state lines for the purposes of illegal sex. The real issue was whether Mitchell is sane and the jury concluded that he is. Smart was found nine months after she was kidnapped and testified against Mitchell, who now faces up to life in prison. CBS News Correspondent John Blackstone is following the case. Police in London have launched a big investigation into that security lapse during yesterday's student protests. An angry mob attacked the car carrying Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla. A window was smashed and the car was smeared with white paint. All of this, after police had supposedly cleared the neighborhood. This is a big deal for police and the government, with the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton coming up in just a few months. CBS News Correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports tonight from London. When you book a cruise, you hope it will be memorable. But 88 Americans will remember their cruise for all the wrong reasons. Their ship was battered by giant waves in the seas off Antarctica. Everyone's safe and sound in Argentina now. But they've got some story to tell. 48 Hours Correspondent Erin Moriarty reports. Finally, CBS News Business Correspondent Anthony Mason reports on today's auction of some notable historic artifacts. One is an original copy of the Emancipation Proclamation once owned by Robert F. Kennedy. Another is the typewritten 13 original rules of basketball, by the game's inventor, Dr. James Naismith. See you then. Katie Here's an early look at one of the stories we are working on for next week's broadcast of The CBS Evening News: Boom and gloom. Baby boomers now make up the majority of men and women divorcing in this country. Why are so many splitting up? We'll take a look next week as our special series Senior Moment continues only on The CBS Evening News. THIS WEEKEND ON THE CBS EVENING NEWS In addition to coverage of the latest news, here are some of the stories we are working on: ON SATURDAY, JEFF GLOR ANCHORS FROM NEW YORK BABY SPORTS -- In Los Angeles, there's a new parenting craze: teaching sports to babies. From soccer to baseball to tennis, kids as young as 18 months are becoming miniature athletes! And guess what -- it's risk-free. CBS News Correspondent Bill Whitaker takes a swing at the popular new trend. TAX CUTS -- We'll have the latest on tax cuts and whether Congress will approve the deal President Obama struck with Republicans. Senior White House Correspondent Bill Plante will report on Democratic opposition to the deal, reaction from the White House and a look ahead to the upcoming Senate vote on the Bush era tax cuts, which are set to expire at the end of the year. MADOFF ASSOCIATES -- Two years after the fall of Bernie Madoff, his former employees are still feeling the fallout. John Kelly, a 52-year-old trader, is surviving on food stamps, Medicare, and unemployment to support his wife and three kids because no one will hire him. Elaine Solomon, Peter Madoff's former assistant, moved to Miami to reinvent herself as a real estate agent after she was unable to find a job in New York. CBS News Business Correspondent Anthony Mason takes a look at the aftermath -- both financial and psychological -- on the former Madoff employees who are still paying the price for being associated with the now notorious Ponzi scheme. ON SUNDAY, RUSS MITCHELL ANCHORS A WEST COAST ONLY BROADCAST FROM NEW YORK THE NEW JOURNALISM? -- Russ Mitchell reports on a new AOL start-up called "Patch," a network of local online sites across America covering everything from politics, fires, and business to high school football. Patch expects to hire 800 journalists in 2010. Contrast that with the traditional newspaper industry... which lost 13,500 jobs between 2007 and 2009. While seemingly a boon to the economy, Patch does have its critics; they have been accused of focusing on creating content that attracts advertisers and shying away from controversial stories. START TREATY -- Congress is about to head home for the holidays but they've got a huge to-do list: tax cuts, the START treaty and the DREAM act, just to name a few. CBS News Correspondent Wyatt Andrews reports from Capitol Hill on what's left and what's likely to really get done. If you would like more information on any of these stories or the broadcast, please click on the following address and e-mail us: evening@cbsnews.com TONIGHT ON DAVID LETTERMAN Tonight, actress Reese Witherspoon joins Dave to give you a sneek peek at her new romantic comedy How Do You Know, which co-stars Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson and Jack Nicholson. Plus, funnyman Colin Quinn stops by to talk about his one man Broadway show Colin Quinn Long Story Short! SATURDAY MORNING ON THE EARLY SHOW Chris Wragge and Rebecca Jarvis anchor from New York. Betty Nguyen will bring us the headlines. Lonnie Quinn will bring us the weather. PARTY SURVIVAL GUIDE -- December usually means holidays... and holidays mean lots of unhealthy food and drink. So how do you avoid the winter weight-gain? There are healthy and delicious choices you can make that won't have you looking like Santa this season. Ellen Kunes and Frances Largeman-Roth, co authors of the New York Times best seller The CarbLovers Diet: Eat what you love, get slim for life!, will join us with tips on what to eat at holiday parties so you can enjoy the festivities without packing on the pounds. DIY SAVINGS -- Want to make your home more energy efficient, more comfortable and add style? Well, you don't need to spend big bucks to do so. Matt Blashaw, host of D-I-Y Network's Money Hunters will join us and offer some very simple ways to increase your home value while shrinking your expenses. WINE & SPIRIT GIFTS -- Is it ok to give alcohol as a gift? What type of gift is appropriate for your boss? What about your boyfriend or girlfriends' family? Food & Wine Magazine's Executive Wine Editor Ray Isle will join us with valuable tips on how to give wine & spirits as a gift and offers some of his recommendations. FAREWELL CHRIS AND ERICA -- After more than two years, this weekend will mark the final appearance for Chris Wragge and Erica Hill on The Early Show on Saturday, as they get ready to takeover The Early Show during the week! Rebecca and Lonnie join Chris and Erica as they take a look at some highlights of their time together on air, chat about their most memorable moments, and look ahead to their exciting future. 2ND CUP CAFE -- Joining our Second Cup Cafe this week, to help get us in the holiday spirit, is American Idol Season 5 runner up, Katharine McPhee. Recently this American Idol alum released some of her favorite Christmas songs for her third album titled Christmas Is The Time...To Say I Love You. She will perform the title track along with an original song she wrote for the album called It's Not Christmas Without You. CHEF ON A SHOESTRING -- Chef Alex Stratta is an award winning chef with two restaurants at the Wynn hotel on the Las Vegas strip. Stratta is a Michelin two star fine dining restaurant, while his second restaurant, aptly named ALEX, is the perfect spot for a casual yet stylish dining experience. As our Chef On A Shoestring, he'll prepare a cozy inter meal on our budget of just $40. He'll start with chickpea and roasted vegetable soup, followed by slow roasted short ribs with butternut squash and Brussels sprouts, and for dessert he'll prepare coconut tapioca pudding with fresh fruit. To get the recipe Click Here SATURDAY ON 48 HOURS MYSTERY, 10pmET/9CT Here's an early preview of what's coming up on 48 HOURS MYSTERY: "Live to Tell: The Railroad Killer": It was Labor Day weekend, 1997, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, and Holly Dunn's world seemed full of possibilities. She was a popular sorority sister, and had a new boyfriend named Chris Maier. That August night, the couple took a midnight stroll to the railroad tracks, when suddenly a man appeared out from behind an electrical box; he was holding what looked like an ice pick. He asked them for money and then tied them up and gagged them. While Holly and Chris were trying to break free, the attacker picked up a large rock and smashed it against Chris's skull, killing him. Then he raped Holly and bludgeoned her with a wooden board, breaking her jaw and eye socket. The man fled, leaving her to die... but Holly miraculously survived. In more than two years following that attack, Angel Resendiz, better known as "the Railroad Killer" would kill again. In fact, over the span of his crime spree, Resendiz allegedly murdered 9 people in at least three states - Kentucky, Texas and Illinois. Authorities nicknamed him the "Railroad Killer" because all of the murders occurred in close proximity to train track locations. In a special b48 Hours Live to Tell Holly relives that tragic evening, how she was able to bring her attacker to justice, and how she's since rebuilt her life to help other victims of sexual violence. If you would like more information, please click on the following address and e-mail us at: 48hours@cbsnews.com HERE'S WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR SUNDAY MORNING CHARLES OSGOOD ANCHORS FROM NEW YORK We hope you'll join us this Sunday Morning for all these stories and so much more: GROUPONS -- Looking to save some money this holiday season? Have we got some deals for you! Online sites like Groupon and LivingSocial are pioneering the hottest thing in retail marketing. You sign up, and every day you get a coupon for half off or more at a local business: everything from restaurants to spas to painting lessons. It saves consumers money, and it brings merchants enormous numbers of new customers. The sites are some of the fastest-growing businesses on the planet. Groupon has gone from 400 subscribers to 40 million in just two years. It just turned down an offer of $6-billion from Google. CBS News Business and Economics Correspondent Rebecca Jarvis will talk with the CEO's of Groupon and LivingSocial, as well as merchants and customers. And we'll look into the future of this online phenomenon. ELTON JOHN & LEON RUSSELL -- Elton John is one of the most beloved pop musicians of the last few decades. But even icons have heroes. And it turns out one of Elton's heroes is Leon Russell, a hard-rocking piano player who was a backbone of the Woodstock generation. After playing major roles in a couple of defining rock and roll events such as "The Concert for Bangladesh" and Joe Cocker's "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" tour, Leon Russell fell largely off the charts during the 1980's and 1990's. Elton and Russell briefly crossed paths in the 1970's. And through a quirk of fate, they got back in touch two years ago. The result was a new album and a national tour, and a chance for Leon Russell to take back the spotlight. CBS News Correspondent Russ Mitchell talks with Elton John and Leon Russell about a rock-and-roll second chance. 'TIS THE SEASON...PUDDING! -- It's a tradition that takes Brits back to the days of Charles Dickens. Families gather around the Christmas table as the pudding they've made is set ablaze before the children dig in to find treasures hidden in the middle. And while families typically buy their puddings these days, the tradition of eating pudding at Christmas is still very much alive. It's said that 90% of the population will have a bite of pudding over the holidays. But only the lucky few will get a taste of the hottest must-have purchase this Christmas -- an orange-centered pudding made by celebrity chef, Heston Blumenthal, which immediately sold out of grocery stores and is now selling on eBay for nearly two-thousand dollars. This Sunday Morning, CBS News Correspondent Martha Teichner travels to London to make Christmas pudding with British TV chef, Nigella Lawson and visits family-run pudding maker, Cole's Traditional Foods, which churns out more than a million puddings a year. Teichner also attends the annual charity Christmas pudding obstacle race! 'TIS THE SEASON...ELECTRONICS -- David Pogue of the New York Times, gives us his take, in verse no less, on the year's best tech gadget Christmas presents. From iPads and Kinect to Scrabble flash cubes and prank gifts, Pogue's version of Santa Claus has some brilliant ideas for those of us stressing over what to put on our shopping list. DICK VAN DYKE -- Actor Dick Van Dyke is celebrating his 85th birthday with a new show... a musical memoir. CBS News Correspondent Rita Braver profiles this icon of American stage and screen. If you would like more information on any of these stories or the broadcast, please click on the following address and e-mail us: sundays@cbsnews.com SUNDAY ON FACE THE NATION BOB SCHIEFFER MODERATES FROM OUR STUDIO IN WASHINGTON, DC This week on CBS' Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer, we'll talk tax cuts and divided Democrats. On Thursday, House Democrats voted to reject President Obama's tax deal in its present form -- extending the Bush tax cuts for two years, while lengthening unemployment benefits to millions for an additional 13 months. Bob will speak with Senior White House Advisor David Axelrod, Representative Jerrold Nadler (R) of New York, and Former Governor Howard Dean (D) of Vermont. There will be, as always, a final word. That's all on Face the Nation, this Sunday. SUNDAY ON 60 MINUTES, 7:00PM/6:00PM CT THE NEXT SPEAKER -- Rep. John Boehner will become the speaker of the House next month, but few know this Ohio republican beyond his life in Washington. Lesley Stahl profiles the man whose new role will place him at the top of the Republican Party and third in line for the presidency. BRAZIL -- As the U.S. and most of the world's countries limp along after the crippling recession, Brazil is off and running with jobs, industry, and resources. The economic juggernaut is poised to become the fifth largest economy in the world. Steve Kroft reports. JERRY JONES -- A disappointed Cowboys owner, GM Jerry Jones says even his friend, the late George Steinbrenner, would fire him for the poor performance of his Dallas football team that many predicted would go to the Super Bowl. Scott Pelley reports. MONDAY MORNING ON THE EARLY SHOW Harry Smith, Betty Nguyen and Whit Johnson anchor from New York. Dave Price brings us the weather. In addition to the day's top news headlines, here's an early look at some of the stories we are working on for Monday morning's broadcast: Consumers spend 2.6 billion dollars on gift-wrapping decorations a year! So why spend a dime on gift wrapping when practically everything you need is right in your own home? On Monday morning, Lifestyle Guru Laurin Sydney will show you why you don't need fancy and expensive wrapping paper to wrap your gifts. She'll have some great tips and tricks for using things around your house this holiday season. News you'll definitely use! More than 21-thousand women this year will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer -- and nearly 14-thousand will die from it. It's difficult to catch early -- and a new study from the National Cancer Institute says the best screening tests only slightly reduce deaths. So what can women do to reduce their risk? On Monday morning, CBS News Medical Correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton will have all the details about the study and tell you what you can do to protect yourself from this disease. If you would like more information on any of these stories or the broadcast, please click on the following address and e-mail us: earlyshow@cbs.com TO SUBSCRIBE Click here to subscribe to the Inside Scoop. TO UNSUBSCRIBE Unsubscribe information is included in each e-mail you receive. TRANSCRIPTS AND VHS TAPES For transcripts of our CBS News broadcasts, please call 1-800-777-TEXT. 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