Article: CBS News takes home 10 Emmys Network leads news division honor roll even as staff cutbacks loom

CBS News has been in turmoil lately, but it had reason to celebrate this week.

The eye network's news staff walked off with 10 statuettes at the 19th annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards presented Wednesday by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, more than any other network news division.

CBS scored three wins for its coverage of the death of Princess Diana. The network was brutalized by the press and chastised by affiliates for its delayed response to the breaking news event when it happened late on a Saturday night on Aug. 30, 1997. But CBS News won two Emmys in the instant coverage of a single breaking-news event category for its handling of the story on the weekend ...

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