diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 65d97d94f..eec8bff16 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ from .canal13cl import Canal13clIE
 from .canalplus import CanalplusIE
 from .canalc2 import Canalc2IE
 from .cbs import CBSIE
+from .cbsnews import CBSNewsIE
 from .ceskatelevize import CeskaTelevizeIE
 from .channel9 import Channel9IE
 from .chilloutzone import ChilloutzoneIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/cbsnews.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/cbsnews.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0bce7937f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/cbsnews.py
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import re
+import json
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+
+
+class CBSNewsIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_DESC = 'CBS News'
+    _VALID_URL = r'http://(?:www\.)?cbsnews\.com/(?:[^/]+/)+(?P<id>[\da-z_-]+)'
+
+    _TESTS = [
+        {
+            'url': 'http://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-and-spacex-elon-musks-industrial-empire/',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'tesla-and-spacex-elon-musks-industrial-empire',
+                'ext': 'flv',
+                'title': 'Tesla and SpaceX: Elon Musk\'s industrial empire',
+                'thumbnail': 'http://beta.img.cbsnews.com/i/2014/03/30/60147937-2f53-4565-ad64-1bdd6eb64679/60-0330-pelley-640x360.jpg',
+                'duration': 791,
+            },
+            'params': {
+                # rtmp download
+                'skip_download': True,
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            'url': 'http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/fort-hood-shooting-army-downplays-mental-illness-as-cause-of-attack/',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'fort-hood-shooting-army-downplays-mental-illness-as-cause-of-attack',
+                'ext': 'flv',
+                'title': 'Fort Hood shooting: Army downplays mental illness as cause of attack',
+                'thumbnail': 'http://cbsnews2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2014/04/04/0c9fbc66-576b-41ca-8069-02d122060dd2/thumbnail/140x90/6dad7a502f88875ceac38202984b6d58/en-0404-werner-replace-640x360.jpg',
+                'duration': 205,
+            },
+            'params': {
+                # rtmp download
+                'skip_download': True,
+            },
+        },
+    ]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+
+        video_info = json.loads(self._html_search_regex(
+            r'(?:<ul class="media-list items" id="media-related-items"><li data-video-info|<div id="cbsNewsVideoPlayer" data-video-player-options)=\'({.+?})\'',
+            webpage, 'video JSON info'))
+
+        item = video_info['item'] if 'item' in video_info else video_info
+        title = item.get('articleTitle') or item.get('hed')
+        duration = item.get('duration')
+        thumbnail = item.get('mediaImage') or item.get('thumbnail')
+
+        formats = []
+        for format_id in ['RtmpMobileLow', 'RtmpMobileHigh', 'Hls', 'RtmpDesktop']:
+            uri = item.get('media' + format_id + 'URI')
+            if not uri:
+                continue
+            fmt = {
+                'url': uri,
+                'format_id': format_id,
+            }
+            if uri.startswith('rtmp'):
+                fmt.update({
+                    'app': 'ondemand?auth=cbs',
+                    'play_path': 'mp4:' + uri.split('<break>')[-1],
+                    'player_url': 'http://www.cbsnews.com/[[IMPORT]]/vidtech.cbsinteractive.com/player/3_3_0/CBSI_PLAYER_HD.swf',
+                    'page_url': 'http://www.cbsnews.com',
+                    'ext': 'flv',
+                })
+            elif uri.endswith('.m3u8'):
+                fmt['ext'] = 'mp4'
+            formats.append(fmt)
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'thumbnail': thumbnail,
+            'duration': duration,
+            'formats': formats,
+        }
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