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Oprah Winfrey is expected to announce Friday that her talk show will end in 2011. Winfrey's production company, Harpo Productions Inc., said she would provide more details on Friday's Oprah Winfrey Show.
In Los Angeles, University of California regents adopted a 30-percent increase in tuition in the face of a huge system-wide deficit. The vote came as thousands of angry students converged on the UCLA campus in protest.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is expected to outline a new health care bill soon designed to meet President Obama's goal of expanding coverage without adding to the deficit. Reid wants to bring the measure to the Senate floor in the next few days.
In 45 days, there will be a mob at Times Square counting down. But what do we call the year that kicks in when the ball comes down? The four digits — 2,0,1,0 — are not in dispute, but how we say them evidently is.
In Fort Hood, Texas, investigators are collecting information about Thursday's deadly attack at a soldier processing center. Thirteen people were killed, 12 of them soldiers, and 30 were wounded when a gunman, identified as Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, opened fire in the facility.
The global economy is slowly recovering after the worst financial crisis in decades, but government efforts to stimulate growth, including the Fed's move to drive interest rates down to zero, may be creating another problem. Prices for assets — gold, stocks and real estate in Asia — are soaring, leading to warnings that a new bubble could be forming.
The lockdown at Fort Hood, Texas, has been lifted. Earlier Thursday, a gunman — identified as Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan — killed 11 people and wounded 31 others. The gunman was also killed. Another soldier is in custody.
A gunman in Fort Hood, Texas, killed 11 people and wounded 31 others. The gunman was identified as Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a mental health professional. He too was killed. Another soldier is in custody.
The lockdown at Fort Hood, Texas, is over hours after a gunman killed 11 people and wounded 31 others. The gunman, who was killed by police, was identified as Maj. Nidal Malik Hassan.
The suspected shooter in the deadly shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, has been identified as Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan. Two others who had been arrested have reportedly been released.
The suspect in the deadly shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, was a U.S. soldier who was identified as Maj. Malik Nidal Hasan, a mental health professional. Two additional suspects who were detained have been freed.
At least 12 people were killed and 31 wounded when at least three gunmen opened fire in Fort Hood, Texas. Media reports named the suspect as Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan.
Media reports, quoting sources, are naming one of the suspects in the massive shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, as Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan. He was killed, and two other suspects were apprehended. All are U.S. Soldiers. Twelve people were killed and 31 wounded in the attack.
Fort Hood, Texas, is in lockdown mode Thursday following a shooting in which at least 12 people were killed and 31 others were wounded. At least three gunmen are believed to be involved.
The Army says at least 12 were killed and 31 people wounded in a pair of shootings at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas. An Army spokesman said three shooters were apparently involved.
