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LINCOLN, Neb. – Johnny Carson (search)’s donations to his alma mater now total more than $11 million. A $5 million endowment to support theater, film and broadcasting programs was announced Tuesday by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (search). The $5 million will be used to start the Johnny Carson Fund for …

NEW YORK – A housekeeper who worked for Manhattan’s rich and famous pleaded not guilty on Friday to an indictment charging her with stealing property from her clients, including Candice B (search)ergen and Robert De Niro’s (search) wife. Wearing blue jeans, a yellow top and her hair in a ponytail, …

OKLAHOMA CITY – Charles Chibitty (search), the last survivor of the Comanche code talkers who used their native language to transmit messages for the Allies in Europe during World War II, has died. He was 83. Chibitty, who had been residing at a Tulsa nursing home, died Wednesday, said Cathy …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – An aspiring Iranian-American filmmaker who has been detained by the U.S. military for nearly two months without being charged was released Sunday, officials said. Cyrus Kar (search), 44, was taken into custody May 17 near Balad (search) when potential bomb parts were found in a taxi in …

WASHINGTON – Tom DeLay deliberately raised more money than he needed to throw parties at the 2000 presidential convention, then diverted some of the excess to longtime ally Roy Blunt (search) through a series of donations that benefited both men’s causes. When the financial carousel stopped, DeLay’s private charity, the …

The first birth control pill designed to completely eliminate periods for one year is also proving to be an effective treatment for premenstrual syndrome (PMS). The experimental low-dose combined contraceptive, which delivers estrogen and a progestin 365 days a year (with no pill-free interval), was found to be highly effective …

WASHINGTON – The United States will “get control” of its borders, and passing a temporary worker plan for foreigners is one way to do it, President Bush said Tuesday. “We’re going to get control of our borders and make this country safer for all our citizens,” Bush said amid criticism …

WASHINGTON – President Bush praised Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi (search) as “a strong partner in peace” Monday but the two leaders avoided any public discussion of Italy’s plan to pull its troops out of Iraq. “Relations between the United States and Italy are strong,” Bush said during an Oval Office …

An alliance of Internet telephony providers Tuesday petitioned the Federal Communications Commission for an administrative delay of an order requiring that providers furnish 911 service for all Internet phone users by Nov. 28. “We don’t think it is technically possible to comply with the deadline,” said Jason Talley, chief executive …

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – A booking agent who cheated Magic Johnson (search), Andy Rooney (search) and dozens of other celebrities out of their speaking fees was sentenced Thursday to five years in federal prison. Alan Walker showed no emotion as he was sentenced in U.S. District Court. But earlier, he …