Oprah Winfrey announced this week that she will discontinue 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' in 2011. Her timing is impeccable. Daytime
TV is on a steep decline.
The loss of Oprah Winfrey's show could affect local tourism and businesses in Chicago. But many Chicagoans seem unconcerned
about her potential departure from the city.
An Illinois woman is charged with a hate crime for berating a Muslim woman about the Fort Hood shooting and then pulling at
her headscarf. The charge could lead to three years in prison: justice or prosecutorial overkill?
Any surge of US troops to Afghanistan is likely to be tougher than it was in Iraq, because of the dearth of good roads and
airfields, say defense officials.
In the wake of the Fort Hood shooting, the Pentagon will conduct an inquiry to assess its ability to identify and root out
internal threats. The review will be headed by two retired service chiefs.
Several lawmakers and terror experts at Senate hearings on the Fort Hood shooting Thursday called the incident a terrorist
attack, and warned of the danger of homegrown jihad.
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Batdorj Gongor convinces residents to set up savings groups as a way of teaching them the power they gain by banding together in neighborhoods.