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Oprah's departure presents problem for TV stations about 14 hours ago CHICAGO (AP) - For more than two decades, Oprah Winfrey has been the inspirational, change-your-life champion who reigned over daytime television much like Johnny Carson once ruled late night. Now she  Read Story.

NFL union pans reporting on teammates' concussions about 14 hours ago The NFL Players Association opposes commissioner Roger Goodell's call for players to tell their teams' medical staffs if they think a teammate shows symptoms of a concussion, saying that is not an ade  Read Story.

US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard about 14 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutor  Read Story.

GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care about 14 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care - and to try to chip away support by  Read Story.

Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin about 16 hours ago ROME (AP) - A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian ma  Read Story.

Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote about 16 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) - Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisia  Read Story.

Mich. police nab wrong-way driver twice in 3 days about 17 hours ago KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) - Authorities in western Michigan arrested a person twice in three days for driving the wrong way down the highway Kalamazoo County deputies said they were alerted about 1:30 a.m  Read Story.

Afghan police are weak link in security force about 17 hours ago KABUL (AP) - Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so   Read Story.

Floods devastate UK Lake District, much of Ireland about 17 hours ago COCKERMOUTH, England (AP) - Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trappin  Read Story.

Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found about 17 hours ago ROME (AP) - Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again, a Florence museum said Friday. Paolo  Read Story.

Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken about 17 hours ago FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually ass  Read Story.

More states add jobs, but many for temporary staff about 18 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) - In a sharp improvement, more than half of U.S. states added jobs in October, though economists said many of the gains likely occurred in temporary employment. That's customarily a po  Read Story.

Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC about 18 hours ago ATLANTA (AP) - Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that's resistant to the drug Tamiflu. It's the first cluster of that many cases seen in t  Read Story.

Resort island reels after deadly attack by gunman about 18 hours ago SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) - The Pacific resort island of Saipan was reeling Friday from one of the most violent attacks in its history, when a gunman killed five people, including two smal  Read Story.

Researcher says text proves Shroud of Turin real about 19 hours ago ROME (AP) - A Vatican researcher claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact revered as Jesus' burial cloth. The claim made in a new book by historian  Read Story.

Pacquiao's PPV numbers add to megafight momentum about 19 hours ago LAS VEGAS (AP) - Manny Pacquiao proved he can be a box office hit. Now it's up to Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. to see what they can do together. Pacquiao's big win over Miguel Cotto on Saturday w  Read Story.

CDC: Swine flu cases seem to be dropping in US about 19 hours ago ATLANTA (AP) - Health officials say swine flu cases appear to be declining throughout most of the U.S., but the specter of Thanksgiving gatherings makes it hard to predict what will happen next. The C  Read Story.

UK man cleared of wife's death during nightmare about 21 hours ago LONDON (AP) - A British man who said he strangled his wife during a nightmare about fighting off an intruder has been found innocent in her death. Prosecutors had originally asked a jury to find Brian  Read Story.

Jayson Williams plea hearing delayed indefinitely about 21 hours ago NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Retired NBA star Jayson Williams will not be in a New Jersey courtroom Friday to enter a plea in the 2002 shooting death of a hired driver. State Superior Court Judge Edward M. Col  Read Story.

Senate Dems moving ahead on crucial health vote about 21 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) - With no margin for rebellion, Senate Democratic leaders pushed ahead Friday toward a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill amid indications the rank-and-file w  Read Story.

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