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Winfrey to announce Friday show will end in 2011

By: Caryn Rousseau

"The Oprah Winfrey Show," an iconic broadcast that began as a local Chicago talk show and grew over two decades into...

Resort island Saipan reeling after gunman opens fire; 2 children among dead

By: GEMMA CASAS

The gunman who carried out Saipan's most violent attack in recent memory ended his life on the same rocky cliffs where numerous Japanese leapt to their deaths to avoid capture by U.S. troops during World War II.

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Police: Thieves kill 5 in rural Arkansas for expensive wheel rims, flat-screen televisions

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LA prosecutors say no appeal of Missouri mom's dismissed conviction in MySpace suicide case

Prosecutors say they will not appeal the dismissal of a woman's convictions in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide.

Army allows media at Palin event in North Carolina despite concerns about anti-Obama politics

The U.S. Army said Friday it would open Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media, a reversal from earlier in the week when the military wanted the event closed out of fears it would prompt political grandstanding against President Barack Obama.

Philly transit union ratifies labor pact that was reached following strike

A labor agreement for Philadelphia transit workers has been ratified overwhelmingly by union members.

CA judge rules there's enough evidence to try late porn mogul's son in ex-girlfriend's death

Authorities say man who fastened lizards to chest caught at Los Angeles airport customs

Parents in case of Liberian girl allegedly raped by 4 boys arrested on abuse charges

GOP report: Deal with Sacramento mayor was rushed

Levi Johnston's mother gets 3 years in painkiller distribution case

At least 842 US military deaths in Afghanistan region since 2001, Defense Department says

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,364 Friday, according to Associated Press count


 


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