The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances

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

A teenager accused of killing a 9-year-old neighbor was sent to a mental hospital after her attorney said she showed signs of severe depression and anxiety.

Metro Police have arrested a man who allegedly heated up a bottle for a crying baby while robbing a home Friday morning.

Oprah Winfrey was set to announce Friday that her powerhouse daytime television show will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air. Winfrey, 55, is

Oprah Winfrey has racked up memorable moments during her long television reign. Some were moving, some embarrassing — to her or others — and a handful became

The Chicago Tribune reports that police were sent to a Buffalo Grove, Ill., home where the teen asked police whether his parents could legally take away his

The Procter & Gamble Co. is recalling some 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex nasal spray after the company found bacteria in some samples during routine testing.

A Chicago-area cemetery that was shut down after four former workers were accused of digging up graves in a scheme to resell burial plots is open again.

Authorities say final autopsy results show that three college softball players who drowned when their sport utility vehicle went into a North Dakota pond had

Nearly four months after investigators say he left two children in a trash can overnight, Tommie Lee Johnson Jr. was indicted by a grand jury.

A tour bus driver suffered a ruptured aneurysm before a crash on a southern Minnesota interstate that killed two people and injured 21 others, the bus

A leading auto organization is projecting a 1.4 percent increase in Thanksgiving travel this year, although fewer people will travel by air due to budget

If you missed out on Cash For Clunkers, you might be able to look forward to another day for big car discounts -- Black Friday.

A Missouri grand jury has indicted a 15-year-old on a charge of first-degree murder in the slaying of her 9-year-old neighbor.