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Watch VideoTot Stranded, Separated From Dad As Train Leaves

Tot Stranded, Separated From Dad As Train Leaves

A 3-year-old boy was left stranded at a commuter train platform when a door on the train malfunctioned, separating the toddler from his dad. A good Samaritan stayed with the child until the father could return. (Nov. 20) Full Story

Watch VideoCourt Says Teacher Can't Pack a Pistol

Court Says Teacher Can't Pack a Pistol

An Oregon appeals court has ruled against an Oregon high school teacher who wants to take her gun to class. She has been battling for years and says she needs the gun for protection. (Nov. 20) Full Story

Entertainment Video News

Watch VideoOprah: '25 Years Feels Right'

Oprah: '25 Years Feels Right'

Oprah Winfrey tells her studio audience Friday that she'll stop hosting her powerhouse daytime talk show in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air. (Nov. 20) Full Story

Watch VideoTwiharder

Twiharder

'Twilight Saga' fans, also known as Twihards, queued up at cinemas in Los Angeles triggering record ticket sales for 'New Moon''s opening weekend. (Nov. 20) Full Story

National

Ex-Air Force nurse acquitted of killing patients

A military judge in Texas has found a former Air Force nurse accused of killing three terminally ill patients not guilty of murder. Full Story

Entertainment

Michael Jackson glove among items at music auction

A collection of Michael Jackson memorabilia, including the rhinestone-studded glove he wore when he unveiled the moonwalk in 1983, is being sold at auction. Full Story

Health

Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC

Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday. Full Story

World

Venezuela captures wanted Colombian fugitive

Venezuelan authorities have captured a former Colombian official wanted for collaborating with outlawed right-wing paramilitary fighters. Full Story

Local

More Guilty Pleas In Federal Probe Into BR Criminal Justice System

More people pleaded guilty Thursday in an ongoing federal investigation of Baton Rouge's criminal justice system. One of those who entered a guilty plea is 52-year-old Evelyn Holden, a sister of Mayor-President ... Full Story

Sports

Holmgren interested in meeting with Browns

Former Seattle and Green Bay coach Mike Holmgren says he would be interested in working for the Cleveland Browns. Full Story

Politics

US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard

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, prosecutors said in court documents Friday. Full Story

Finance

EPA: Uranium from polluted mine in Nev. wells

Peggy Pauly lives in a robin-egg blue, two-story house not far from acres of onion fields that make the northern Nevada air smell sweet at harvest time. Full Story

Science & Tech

Astronauts finish another spacewalk, still no baby

A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday. Full Story

Strange

Police: Ohio suspect may have eaten evidence

Police say a bank robbery suspect in Ohio may have eaten evidence when he gobbled a piece of paper while handcuffed and lying across the hood of a police cruiser. Full Story