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WASHINGTON -- If you're considering Botox to erase frown lines or liposuction to get rid of love handles, you might want to move fast. The "botax" may be on the way. Read more

WASHINGTON -- A retired State Department employee and his wife are expected to plead guilty Friday in federal court to charges that they have been spying for Cuba for decades. Read more

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Roland Burris was rebuked Friday by the Senate Ethics Committee, which issued the Illinois Democrat a "public letter of qualified admonition" for his actions in connection with his appointment by disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod... Read more

CHICAGO — 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. Read more

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, one of three moderate Democratic senators wavering on whether to allow debate on health care legislation to proceed, said Friday that he would vote to move the bill forward. Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Democratic Sen. Roland Burris for misleading investigators about his maneuvering to get Barack Obama's old Senate seat from the governor who was ousted for trying to sell it. Read more

WASHINGTON — A retired State Department worker and his wife accused of a three-decade-long plot to spy for Cuba have pleaded guilty in federal court. Read more

WASHINGTON — 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. Read more

BERKELEY, Calif. — Students barricaded themselves inside buildings on University of California campuses to protest a 32 percent increase in student fees and budget cuts that have led to slashed programs and lost jobs. Read more

MIAMI — The ringleader of a group of men convicted of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices has been sentenced to 13 1/2 years in prison. Read more