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A British man who said he strangled his wife during a nightmare about fighting off an intruder has been found not guilty in her death.

Search warrants show that the drug blamed in the pop singer's death was bought at an Las Vegas pharmacy.

The U.S. attorney's office said Christian Daniel Castro Alvarez entered the plea Friday in federal court.

Winfrey said Friday that her decision to end "The Oprah Winfrey Show" came "after much prayer and careful thought."

Winfrey started her broadcasting career in Nashville, Tenn., and Baltimore, Md., before relocating to Chicago in 1984.

Michael Barrett was due in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles to face one count of interstate stalking.

The U.S. Postal Service is dropping a popular effort begun in 1954 in the small town of North Pole, Alaska.
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The advisers spoke Thursday on the condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak for the state Republican Party or Giuliani.

Regents say they had to raise fees because the cash-strapped state government can't meet the university's funding needs.

It was 20 years ago tomorrow that the U.N. adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The head of the U.N. children's agency says it has transformed the way young people are "viewed and treated throughout the world."

The town called the parade its "Holiday Boat Parade" last year, but decided to change it back to "Christmas" this year.

This was the first obesity survey conducted by the government.

Police say Alexandra Kerry failed a sobriety test around 12:40 a.m. Thursday.

Karzai said during his address that officials who are corrupt should be "tried and prosecuted."

A federal judge has ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina.