E! News host Guiliana Rancic announced Monday that she plans to have a double mastectomy to remove not only her breast in which cancer has been detected but also her apparently healthy other breast. Rancic’s decision to undergo that prophylactic, or preventative, surgery is reportedly based on her desire to be done with worrying about breast cancer . As she said when announcing her decision on the Today show, “All it came down to was just choosing to live and not looking over my shoulder for the rest of my life.” Read full article > >

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With breast cancer, remove one breast or both?

After replacing Katie Couric five years ago as co-host of NBC’s Today show, the No. 1 morning news and talk program in the U.S., Meredith Vieira has made the long-expected announcement that she will be leaving the show in June. Vieira, holding back…

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Vieira Confirms Today Exit

Matt Lauer, meet your new co-host: NBC is expected to announce on Monday that Ann Curry will replace Meredith Vieira on Today. Curry, currently the show’s news anchor, will likely take over in June; Natalie Morales, who hosts the 9 a.m. hour of Today,…

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Ann Curry to Replace Vieira on ‘Today’

NBC is expected to announce Monday that Ann Curry will succeed Meredith Vieira as co-host of Today, most likely starting in June. Natalie Morales, the 9 a.m. anchor of Today, would replace Curry as the show’s news anchor. The selection of Vieira to…

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Ann Curry to Replace Vieira

Jeff Zucker may be putting the old team back together: Katie Couric and Matt Lauer are in serious discussions to team up for a new show. Zucker, the former NBC chief who originally put them together at the Today show, has been involved in the talks and…

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Couric, Lauer Discuss New Show

Has former Alaska governor Sarah Palin peaked politically? (AP Photos/India Today) Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin may have peaked, politically speaking.

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Sarah Palin’s tipping point

The Today Show may be in for a complete overhaul: After reports that Meredith Vieira will soon leave the show, ET says that Matt Lauer will be leaving too. According to a source, Lauer has already notified his bosses that he will move on when his…

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Matt Lauer to Leave Today Show?

The D.C. Board of Education will hold hearings next week to review a report in USA Today that standardized tests in the district show high rates of “erasure”-evidence, some say, that teachers were changing answers from wrong to right after students…

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D.C. to Review Test Scores

Washingtonpost.com A new look for our Web site Today we’re excited to share some changes to our Web site, intended to provide you with a better news experience. We hope you’ll find that washingtonpost.com now offers more ways for you to engage with and discuss our reporting and makes it easier to…

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Washingtonpost.com debuts redesigned Web site

Washingtonpost.com A new look for our Web site Today we’re excited to share some changes to our Web site, intended to provide you with a better news experience. We hope you’ll find that washingtonpost.com now offers more ways for you to engage with and discuss our reporting and makes it easier to…

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He will come off this high eventually: “I’m on a drug. It’s called Charlie Sheen,” Sheen says in his interview with ABC News that will air on Tuesday. When asked about his partying and substance abuse on the Today show Monday, Sheen called it “epic,…

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Charlie Sheen’s Insanity Continues

Janet Jackson, in an interview with Today’s Meredith Vieira, confesses that she struggled violently with her appearance in her 20s. “I would literally bang my head up against the wall because I didn’t feel attractive,” she said. “There was a lot of…

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Janet Jackson: Brothers Verbally Abused Me

Super Bowl watchers are big fans of dogs, at least judging by their taste in ads. The two most popular spots both featured pooches, according to USA Today’s Ad Meter. One featured a hungry pug running for a bag of Doritos; another was a Bug Light ad…

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The Best Super Bowl Ads

Explorer Bruce Parry has recently travelled to the Arctic and tells Today that it could become a new environmental battleground.

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Bruce Parry’s Arctic fears after drilling deal

Ronald Reagan and Tip O’Neil knew when to argue — and when to share lunch.

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What Ronald Reagan and Tip O’Neill could teach Washington today