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Students hold buildings in protest

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:34:55 EST

University of California students occupied buildings on several of the system's campuses Friday in protest of a 32 percent tuition increase.

CDC: H1N1 cases down, vaccine availability up

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:21:41 EST

Health officials on Friday reported a slight decrease in H1N1 flu activity nationwide.

Charge against Blackwater guard dropped

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:28:43 EST

Federal prosecutors in Washington announced Friday they will dismiss a manslaughter charge against one of the Blackwater contractors charged in a high-profile shooting incident in Baghdad, Iraq, two years ago.

Oprah ending talk show in 2011

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:05:27 EST

Oprah Winfrey will announce on Friday's "Oprah Winfrey Show" that she is ending the talk show, said a spokesman for Winfrey's Harpo Productions.

'Summers were the worst,' says woman in sex abuse case

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:23:57 EST

Graphic details of bestiality, child rape and sodomy emerged in court documents filed Thursday in the case of a Missouri family accused of horrific crimes against their relatives.

Senate vote next step on what could be a long road for health care

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:42:03 EST

If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has his way, his chamber will vote Saturday to proceed with debate on its version of the health care bill.

Attorney: Fort Hood suspect to be held in hospital

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:15:28 EST

Prosecutors have requested a pretrial confinement hearing for accused Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan in his hospital room on Saturday, Hasan's attorney told CNN on Friday.

Burned Florida teen having skin graft surgery

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:32:10 EST

A Florida teenager attacked and set on fire last month, allegedly by five teenage friends, was undergoing skin graft surgery Friday, the first procedure in his recovery, a hospital spokeswoman said.

New cervical cancer screening guidelines released

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:59:11 EST

The new mammogram recommendations out earlier this week caused quite an uproar. Now comes another change in screening tests for women -- this one for cervical cancer.

Ex-U.S. official, wife to plead guilty in Cuba spy case

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:31:13 EST

A former State Department employee and his wife, accused of illegally aiding the government of Cuba for nearly 30 years, say they intend to plead guilty to federal charges.