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The Fort Hood police sergeant who helped take down Maj. Nidal Hasan, who was given a hero's welcome just three years ago at the president's State of the Union address, says the the president has abandoned her and her fellow comrades who were victims of the attack.
The Fuse television network has turned to news veteran Rick Kaplan, who has run CNN and MSNBC and produced programs like "Nightline," to develop a music news program aimed largely at people some 40 years younger than him.
During production of his final post-midnight show, Jimmy Kimmel's studio audience waited patiently while he taped a string of promotional spots.

During production of his final post-midnight show, Jimmy Kimmel's studio audience waited patiently while he taped a string of promotional spots.
The days of watching Election Night coverage on a single television set may soon be a quaint anachronism.
The days of watching election night coverage on a single television set may soon be a quaint anachronism.

The day before the election, President Obama will be running ads during Cleveland ABC affiliate WEWS-TV's 11:35 p.m. showing of 'Nightline' for only $250 for a 30-second slot. By contrast, American Crossroads, an anti-Obama super PAC, will pay $1,000 for a same-length ad in the same time slot.

Penn State's disgraced former president is trying to convince the public he had no idea that Jerry Sandusky was a child molester — and that he most certainly did not protect one.

"Jimmy Kimmel Live" is moving into the thick of the late-night fight against Jay Leno and David Letterman, ABC said Tuesday, bumping "Nightline" from its longtime perch.
"Jimmy Kimmel Live" is moving into the thick of the late-night fight against Jay Leno and David Letterman, ABC said Tuesday, bumping "Nightline" from its longtime perch.

The news media seem obsessed with the serial affairs of a younger Newt Gingrich back in the last century. The anger of his second of three wives mysteriously became national news on ABC's "Nightline" on the eve of the South Carolina primary. Millions watched Mrs. Gingrich II complain that Newt and the current Mrs. Gingrich III had done to her (while ill) just about the same thing that she and Newt had earlier done to Mrs. Gingrich I (while ill).

Newt Gingrich has opened up a significant lead over Mitt Romney in the two latest polls as South Carolina's voters lined up at polling places on Saturday for an open-to-all primary contest that has accurately predicted the GOP nominee since 1980.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Thursday he's still the best conservative alternative to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination, brushing aside new Iowa vote results showing former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum ahead of Mr. Romney in the state's GOP caucuses.
A routine news story took a strange turn when an ABC "Nightline" anchor had a full body scan that turned up a possible warning sign.

Dredging up a past that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has worked hard to bury, the GOP presidential candidate's ex-wife says Mr. Gingrich asked for an "open marriage" in which he could have both a wife and a mistress.