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It’s a measure of Oprah Winfrey’s outsize stature that the news that she would shut down “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in September 2011 buckled the media world.

Students occupied campus buildings at Berkeley and Santa Cruz on Friday, the day after a 32-percent increase in tuition was approved by the University of California Board of Regents.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said flu activity was declining in all regions of the country.

The Chinese government has held an American oil geologist on suspicion of stealing state secrets for nearly two years, prompting President Obama to raise the issue during his visit to Beijing.

The south west of Scotland remains on flood alert with more rain forecast to hit the area over the weekend.

Banks are still finding "sneaky ways" to make money out of people, says the consumers' association Which?.

The e-mails and documents hacked from a computer server at a British university will undoubtedly raise questions about the actions of some scientists.

The Large Hadron Collider experiment, designed to shed light on the cosmos, restarts after 14 months of repairs.

Hershey is considering bidding for Cadbury, a proposal that would top the $16.7 billion hostile bid from Kraft, people briefed on the matter told DealBook on Friday.

Tottenham goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini leaves hospital after undergoing wrist and pelvic surgery, but is unlikely to play again this season.

Tributes are paid to a 14-year-old boy who died in a quad bike accident in Maghera on Thursday night.

Top names from the worlds of TV, music and theatre are taking part in this year's Children In Need show.

The leader of a plot to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago is sentenced to 13-and-a-half years in prison.

German law enforcement officials arrested 17 on Friday in connection with what was described as the biggest match-fixing scandal yet uncovered in European soccer.

When Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta closed its dialysis unit, many illegal immigrants had to scramble to find treatment.

An attorney for the Army psychiatrist charged in the mass shooting at Fort Hood says his client will have his first court hearing in his hospital room on Saturday.

After spending $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq since 2003, the U.S. is concerned that Iraqis won’t be able to maintain the facilities once the Americans have left.

Hundreds of people in Cumbria are forced to spend the night away from their homes after the county's devastating floods.

A body found after a bridge collapse in what the Environment Agency says is "unprecedented" flooding is that of missing Pc Bill Barker.

Stars turn out for a gala concert, as BBC presenters dance-off, all helping raise money for the 30th BBC Children in Need.

The Bloomberg administration, which has said it wants to avert layoffs, has not disclosed the change to the public.

Will Clinton's approach to Afghan leader pay off?

In the suit, the state’s attorney general asserted that Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch Ratings provided misleading ratings that led to hundreds of millions of losses for state funds.

The French Football Federation turns down the Republic of Ireland's request for a replay of their controversial World Cup play-off game.

The UK apologises to Spain after the Royal Navy uses a buoy with Spanish colours for target practice off Gibraltar.

Officials from six countries and the European Union expressed disappointment that Iran had not accepted a deal to export most of its enriched uranium.

A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates say via video footage that they fear they may be killed within a week.

Eccentric chart-topper Lady Gaga is to sing for the Queen at the Royal Variety Performance at Blackpool's Opera House.

About 200 football ties are under investigation in what one Uefa official calls Europe's biggest match-fixing scandal.

England's university funding chief says a golden age may be over as funding falls behind overseas competitors.

Health officials in Cardiff say a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu has spread between hospital patients.

A man who carjacked a mother-of-four leaving her fighting for her life is found guilty of deliberately running her over.

Police are injured as Egypt fans' anger over reported violence after a World Cup game erupts in Cairo.

Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid worked Thursday to nail down the votes needed to move to a final debate on health-care legislation, but a tepid assessment of the public insurance plan he crafted emerged as the latest potential obstacle to the passage of the far-reaching changes.

Colin Banks can talk to you about World War I and World War II planes until you're not interested anymore. He likes to TiVo aerial dogfights on the History Channel. The 17-year-old can't drive the distance from Maryland to Richmond by himself, but he's flown it.

The Pentagon is launching an urgent review of whether military procedures hinder the identification of service members who pose a threat to their fellow troops.

Women can delay having their first Pap test for cervical cancer until they turn 21 and many can wait longer to go back for follow-up screenings, according to new guidelines released Friday by a major medical group.

When a team of senior U.S. officials led by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton entered the presidential palace in Kabul on Wednesday for a dinner meeting, they had little indication of what Afghan President Hamid Karzai planned to discuss, or whether questions about corruption and governance...

Growing discontent over the economy and frustration with efforts to speed its recovery boiled over Thursday on Capitol Hill in a wave of criticism and outright anger directed at the Obama administration.