NEW YORK, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton and ex-astronaut Buzz Aldrin are to attend a memorial service for Walter Cronkite, officials said.

UPI Almanac for Friday, Feb. 6, 2009.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- NBC News announced Sunday that David Gregory has been made the host of the network's "Meet the Press" program.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has agreed to sit down with Tom Brokaw for a "Meet the Press" Sunday morning exclusive interview, NBC announced.

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- I watched the second presidential debate in the residence of a Western ambassador yesterday. I had set up phone calls afterward with a selection of diplomats, journalists, business folks and ministers from different countries. They were left mostly unmoved and unconvinced by either candidate. Even the debates themselves were critiqued as unnecessary.

NASHVILLE, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- A combative John McCain tried to duke it out with rival Barack Obama during Tuesday's U.S. presidential debate, but neither side landed a telling blow.

NASHVILLE, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Nashville is gearing up for Tuesday's presidential debate, the first ever held in Tennessee.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- The president of NBC News said a decision on who will replace the late Tim Russert as "Meet the Press" moderator should be made in November or early December.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Pulitzer Prize-winner Edwin Guthman, press secretary for Sen. Robert Kennedy in the early 1960s, has died at the age of 89, the Los Angeles Times said Tuesday.