In today’s Back Story, WCBS reporter Rich Lamb remembers a playful gesture from Pope John Paul II.

It was the trial of the century. In today’s Back Stories, WCBS court reporter Irene Cornell recalls when the O.J. Simpson verdict was handed down.

Sean Adams shares the story of Rose Terhune, a grandmother who might hold the record for knitting baby hats for charity.

In today’s Back Story, former WCBS reporter Steve Reed looks back on when he was “sent to a wake – a mob wake in Brooklyn.”

When WCBS turned all-news in August of 1967, the station’s first general manager was Joseph Dembo.

WCBS anchor Wayne Cabot remembers when former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey held a press conference announcing he’s gay and he’s resigning from his office.

WCBS Assistant News Director Jonathan Clark remembers working the assignment desk when the news broke that former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer may have been involved in a prostitution ring.

Some people adopt children from overseas. Roger and Michele Garrison, from Katonah, assumed responsibility for an entire orphanage in Haiti. Sean Adams shares their story in this week's 50 People To Know.

During the Vietnam War, students at Columbia University staged a number of protests.

WCBS 880's Kelly Waldron reports.