A big celebrity wedding over the weekend that you may have heard something about. And a star gets her college degree! CBS News Correspondent Wendy Gillette has today’s Eye on Entertainment from New York. Source
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Nancy Pelosi hopes for “bipartisanship” in Benghazi probe
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., lays out the terms under which Democrats could participate in the House select committee investigating Benghazi. Source
Exit polls show Poroshenko won Ukraine’s presidential election
Pamela Falk, CBS News Foreign Affairs Analyst, takes a look at who Petro Poroshenko is and what this will mean for Ukraine moving forward. Source
5/25: Police were warned of suspect before deadly rampage; New Hampshire town’s radical way of fighting parking tickets
Law enforcement officials were warned that Elliot Rodger seemed disturbed before the deadly rampage near the University of California, Santa Barbara, but officers said they had no reason to think he posed any danger. Rodgers made chilling threats in a YouTube video and a manifesto he wrote; and, New Hampshire’s state motto is “Live Free or Die,” but one town there is finding its concept of libertarianism challenged by a group of self-described anarchists. And as Don Dahler explains, they’re using the town’s parking meters as their battlefield. Source
The world’s most valuable brand
Google is the world’s most valuable company by brand, according to Millward Brown. Oscar Yuan, vice president at Millward Brown, explains why this change is significant. Source
Egypt prepares for presidential elections
Two days of election begin Monday in Egypt. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the man who orchestrated the coup that overthrew the last president, is poised to become Egypt’s next leader. Clarissa Ward reports. Source
Barry Gibb: The last Bee Gee goes it alone
With Maurice Gibb’s death in 2003, followed by Robin Gibb’s in 2012, the Bee Gees’ long ride on the pop charts seemed to be over. But now the remaining member of the group, Barry Gibb, is back on tour, joined not by his brothers but by his son, Stephen. Anthony Mason goes on the road with Gibb, and talks with him about his music, his family, and his pop legacy. Source
Louisiana expected to adopt abortion restrictions
The governor of Louisiana is expected to sign a bill requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. There are concerns that the law would force at least three of the five abortion facilities in the state to close. Anna Werner reports Source
Pope’s historic visit to Holy Land stirs controversy
Pope Francis is making his first trip to the Holy Land as leader of the Catholic Church. But while the pope has said the visit is about celebrating improved relations between Catholics and Orthodox Christians, it comes amid continuing tensions between Christians and Jews. Allen Pizzey reports. Source
American climber documents escape from ice crevasse
John All found himself seriously injured on a narrow ledge in a 70-foot crevasse after falling through a hole on Mount Himlung. He had a broken arm and four broken ribs, but he managed to climb out of the crevasse — and shot video as he did it. Clarissa Ward reports. Source