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In a world full of economic indicators, the best one during the holiday season may prove to be a furry toy hamster.

Holding back tears, Oprah Winfrey told her studio audience Friday that she would end her show in 2011 after a quarter-century on the air, saying prayer and careful thought led her to her decision.

Eminem's comeback year of 2009 was expected to include the release of two new albums.

An eastern Ohio police chief accused of breaking into the home of the woman who carried twins for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick says he never discussed selling items from the home.

Wesley Snipes' attorneys asked a federal appeals court Friday to review an "unreasonable" three-year prison sentence for the film star, who was convicted a year ago on federal tax charges.

The driver of a Miley Cyrus tour bus was killed Friday when the bus overturned, but the 16-year-old "Hannah Montana" star wasn't on board, Virginia State Police said.

A 20-year-old top South Korean model who was a fashion week regular in New York, Milan and Paris has been found hanged in her Paris apartment, a police official said Friday.

Jennifer Lopez plans to include fireworks and an on-stage costume change in her performance at the American Music Awards. "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert will incorporate leather and chains and into his.

An interactive exhibit featuring life-size models of Leonardo da Vinci's 500-year-old inventions and machines is opening in New York City's Times Square.

When the apocalypse comes, China will save the world.

Choppers and cheese may soon become official Wisconsin symbols.

An attorney for a condemned killer says Ohio's new lethal-injection plan is so untested it would amount to human experimentation if used for the first time next month.

South Carolina lawmakers plan to formally consider impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week, the chairman of the committee beginning that work said Friday.

Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska is a "yes" in a crucial weekend test vote on health care.

A retired State Department worker and his wife are preparing to plead guilty to conspiring to send sensitive information to Cuba, according to a Friday court filing.

The Pentagon said Thursday it will scour its procedures for identifying volatile soldiers hidden in the ranks following the Fort Hood shooting rampage and lapses that might allow others to slip through bureaucratic cracks.

The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the seat once held by Barack...

The Salvation Army plans to serve 10,000 free dinners across the city this Thanksgiving - meals planned by a star chef, cooked by one of New York's ritziest caterers and cleaned up by employees of one of Wall Street's most...

The Local News 8 team led by Jay Hildebrandt and Karole Honas put on the infamous red aprons and rang the bell for the 2009 Salvation Army kettle season Nov. 16 - 19. Here is how they did...

Ammon city councilors vote to withdraw a proposal to add land to the city's impact zone.