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Rosie O’Donnell in Talks to Join MSNBC By JACQUES STEINBERG and BILL CARTER Rosie O’Donnell, who abruptly left “The View” on ABC last spring after drawing attention and ratings for her opinions on everything from the Iraq war to her co-hosts, is in serious discussions to return to television atop a new soapbox: a prime-time show on the cable news channel MSNBC, according to executives on both sides of the negotiations who have been briefed directly. Under one scenario, Ms. O’Donnell would be given the 9 p.m. slot each weeknight on MSNBC, where she would go head-to-head with two heavyweights...

On Sunday, Bob Mette and his son, Mike, 30, will go to the game at Soldier Field to watch the Bears play the Lions. On Monday, Bob will drive Mike to Iowa, to prison. Mike Mette, until recently a Chicago police officer, is scheduled to begin serving a 5-year prison sentence. His crime? According to the judge's ruling, Mike threw one punch at an angry drunk who chased Mike down the street and attacked him verbally, physically, repeatedly. The drunk is fine now, golfing, having attended college in Dubuque. The last time I checked he was adding to his resume...

Obesity is more dangerous than smoking and will dramatically shorten the lives of millions, a landmark study has found. While smoking reduces life by an average of ten years, the research says being seriously overweight can cut life expectancy by as much as 13 years. The Foresight report, written by 250 leading scientists, says Britain's obesity crisis is so severe that it would take at least 30 years to reverse. If current trends continue, by 2050 about 60 per cent of men, 50 per cent of women and 25 per cent of children in the UK will be clinically obese...

(November 22, 2006) - - A Lockport couple who's suing a CNN journalist is breaking their silence over the death of their daughter and the search for their missing grandson. News 4's Michele McClintick reports. 21 year old Melinda Duckett was the mother of two year old Trenton Duckett, who has been missing since August. Melinda did a phone interview on CNN's Nancy Grace Show on September 7th. One day later, the young mother took her life. Her parents in Lockport were outraged by the talk show hosts harsh, accusatory line of questioning. The segment aired just hours after her...

LeROY, Minn. -- The Grinch is alive and well, and acting up in LeRoy. Mower County authorities say someone smashed piggy banks in three children's bedrooms and took a total of about $100 during a burglary at a home in the southern Minnesota community of LeRoy. The intruder entered the home through an unlocked garage door while nobody was home around 7:30 a.m. on Thursday.

Seven year-old Michael Benson gives Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry a campaign contribution of small change from his piggy bank in a small basket at a campaign stop in West Palm Beach, Florida October 18, 2004, the first day of early voting in Florida. [Reuters]