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Tuition protests day 3: Students sit tight    full story

Demonstrators entered their third day of a building takeover at UC Santa Cruz on Saturday in protest of a tuition increase, an undertaking that a school spokesman called futile. Protests are also occuring at Berkley and UCLA.

CDC: H1N1 cases down, vaccine availability up    full story

Health officials on Friday reported a slight decrease in H1N1 flu activity nationwide.

Charge against Blackwater guard dropped    full story

Federal prosecutors in Washington announced Friday they will dismiss a manslaughter charge against one of the Blackwater contractors charged in a high-profile shooting incident in Baghdad, Iraq, two years ago.

Oprah ending talk show in 2011    full story

Oprah Winfrey will announce on Friday's "Oprah Winfrey Show" that she is ending the talk show, said a spokesman for Winfrey's Harpo Productions.

Soldier guilty of abusing subordinates in Iraq    full story

A U.S. military court demoted and jailed a soldier for mistreating troops in Iraq, behavior discovered during the investigation of another soldier's suicide.

'Summers were the worst,' says woman in sex abuse case    full story

Graphic details of bestiality, child rape and sodomy emerged in court documents filed Thursday in the case of a Missouri family accused of horrific crimes against their relatives.

Senate vote next step on what could be a long road for health care    full story

If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has his way, his chamber will vote Saturday to proceed with debate on its version of the health care bill.

Attorney: Fort Hood suspect to be held in hospital    full story

Prosecutors have requested a pretrial confinement hearing for accused Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan in his hospital room on Saturday, Hasan's attorney told CNN on Friday.

Burned Florida teen having skin graft surgery    full story

A Florida teenager attacked and set on fire last month, allegedly by five teenage friends, was undergoing skin graft surgery Friday, the first procedure in his recovery, a hospital spokeswoman said.

New cervical cancer screening guidelines released    full story

The new mammogram recommendations out earlier this week caused quite an uproar. Now comes another change in screening tests for women -- this one for cervical cancer.