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Lara Logan: I Have Post-Traumatic Stress After Assault in Egypt
Given the horrific sexual assault she survived at the hands of a mob in Cairo, Egypt, it's no surprise Lara Logan is still dealing with the aftermath.
The CBS News correspondent has revealed that she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and that memories of the incident continue to haunt her nearly a year after the Feb. 11 attack.
A Fire Alarm Won't Budge Brian Williams From Reporting the News
And that's because he's what you would call a professional.
NBC Nightly News' Brian Williams was delivering a story about American Airlines filing for bankruptcy on last night's broadcast when he was rudely interrupted by a fire alarm! (Don't worry, it was just a drill.)
"You'll forgive us, we have a fire alarm announcement going on here in the studio," he told the audience.
EXCLUSIVE!
Meredith Vieira's Today Show Sendoff? Pizza Party!
Meredith Vieira admits her exit from the Today show is bitter sweet.
"I will miss the group," the news anchor recently told us at the 36th Annual Gracie Awards in Beverly Hill. "It's a phenomenal group of people."
But one thing she will not miss about being part of the hit NBC morning show?
CNBC Anchor Mark Haines Dead at 65
Respected journalist Mark Haines, the CNBC anchor who had been with the network since 1989, died at his home Tuesday evening. He was 65.
The sad news of Haines' passing was announced this morning by CNBC anchor Carl Quintanilla while reading a statement onair from the network's president, Mark Hoffman, who called Haines "one of the building blocks of CNBC from the very beginning."
Katie Couric Signs Off From CBS Evening News
It was the end of an era.
An era much shorter than the storied ones that came before it, sure, but it had to be a little emotional when Katie Couric signed off Thursday after almost five years of anchoring the CBS Evening News.
Lara Logan Opens Up on Her Horrific Assault: "Everything Went Wrong"
No one could have imagined the horror that Lara Logan experienced as she was sexually assaulted by a mob in Cairo the night Hosni Mubarak's government fell in February.
But now, the 60 Minutes correspondent has decided to open up and talk about that horrendous night.
Hear what she had to say...
Katie Couric Confirms Worst-Kept Secret—She's Ditching CBS News
Well, this isn't exactly what you'd call breaking news.
Just weeks after a rep for Katie Couric informed the world that the anchor was more than ready to leave her post at the CBS Evening News, along comes Couric herself with a formal statement that she is indeed vacating the house Edward R. Murrow built.
Glenn Beck Quitting Fox News Show
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert won't have Glenn Beck to kick around anymore.
The polarizing TV host and Fox News jointly announced Wednesday that Beck will be exiting his daytime soapbox to concentrate on producing various tube projects for Fox and other platforms, via his Mercury Radio Arts company.
Guess the end really was near.
Katie Couric Ready to Bail From CBS News, Rep Says...But Does She Want to Be Next Oprah?
Anchor's away...almost.
Katie Couric is likely leaving her chair at the CBS Evening News just shy of her five-year anniversary of becoming the first solo network evening news anchor, her rep confirms to E! News.
And Couric, who has not officially announced her intentions, apparently has an interesting future in the works.
Anderson Cooper Fears for His Safety in Japan
Maybe Anderson Cooper should just stick to the studio.
A little over a month after his handsome mug was used as a punching bag while covering the civil unrest in Egypt, the CNN anchor is worried he might be in harm's way once again this weekend as he reported live from Japan in the wake of the country's deadly earthquake.






