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Updated at 7:19 a.m. Eastern . An Italian court began deliberations Friday in the yearlong trial of American student Amanda Knox, who is charged with murdering her British roommate.

Makayla Sitton, 6, was murdered in her bed on Thanksgiving. The manhunt for a suspect accused of a Thanksgiving Day massacre in Florida has expanded to the Midwest after he reportedly contacted a doctor in Michigan.

Last week, the website WikiLeaks released half a million pager messages that were sent on Sept.

Silence isn't golden in all cases. Particularly when it comes to crisis management.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the process by which President Obama reached a decision on pursuing a new strategy in Afghanistan is "unprecedented," and amounts to taking the fight to al Qaeda in a fashion which no other administration has done.

Adam Lambert admits he got carried away with his sexually charged American Music Awards performance last week, but he's offering no apology.

A socialite couple that gate-crashed a White House state dinner Tuesday night were able to do so because the Secret Service has been "cutting corners," and in the process endagering the life of the president, says an investigative reporter.

The Secret Service may begin a criminal investigation against the Virginia couple who crashed a high-profile White House dinner, an agency spokesman said Friday.

Maggie Rodriguez and Dave Price from "The Early Show" host coverage of the 83rd annual holiday parade.

Determining that simulated oral sex, same-sex French kissing and leather-clad S&M dancers were not appropriate for a morning show, ABC's "Good Morning America" made the only move it could Tuesday.

Trisha Calvo, executive editor of Shape magazine For their latest issues, the folks at Shape and Men's Fitness magazines teamed up for an annual sex survey.

The Early Show Harry Smith, Maggie Rodriguez, Julie Chen, Russ Mitchell and Dave Price anchor.

Updated at 11:52 a.m. EST An American student accused of murdering her British roommate in Italy had a growing hatred for the victim and killed her in retaliation during a drug-fueled sex game, a prosecutor said Friday in closing arguments at her murder trial.

Casey Anthony: Defense team says it knows Casey Anthony isn't guilty of 'intentional first-degree murder' The national morning programs usually preview movies and television series.

Michael Williams on The Early Show. Michael Williams is being called "The Steeple Man" after his car was crushed by a 12-ton church steeple when a tornado ripped through in Shreveport, La.

CBSa TMs eagerness to embrace Hillary Clinton has outpaced their embrace of facts.

Actor Johnny Depp on the cover of the 2009 "Sexiest Men Alive" issue of People magazine.

A missing 5-year-old whose mother was accused of offering her for sex was found dead off a heavily wooded road in a rural area Monday, ending a weeklong search, police said.

N.C. Police Search Highway For Missing 5-Yr-Old Share + Nov 16, 2009 12:45 pm US/Eastern N.C. Police Search Highway For Missing 5-Yr-Old SANFORD, N.C. 1 of 2 Shaniya Davis, of Fayetville, N.C., was reported missing by her mother, Antoinette Nicole Davis, who has been charged with filing a false police report.

"Early Show" anchors Harry Smith, left, Maggie Rodriguez and Russ Mitchell answer questions submitted by viewers in the "Ask It Early" series.