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TV Ratings: 'Numb3rs' finale helps add to CBS' Friday win

For the second straight week since switching over to two hours of "Dateline" and premiering the genealogy series "Who Do You Think You Are?," NBC nearly won the night, putting a serious scare into CBS' normally sturdy procedurals.

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Hall of Fame football star, broadcaster and actor Merlin Olsen dies at 69

Olsen was one-quarter of the Los Angeles Rams' Fearsome Foursome as well as a familiar face from 'Little House on the Prairie.' He also served for 15 seasons as football analyst for NBC and CBS.

Merlin Olsen, a Hall of Fame defensive lineman with the Los Angeles Rams who was a charter member of the team's famed Fearsome Foursome, then made a remarkably smooth transition into careers in broadcasting and acting, has died.

Accused Letterman extortionist pleads guilty

A television producer pleaded guilty on Tuesday to trying to extort $2 million from U.S. talk show host David Letterman by threatening to reveals his affairs with women who worked on his late-night program on CBS.

'Men' shuts down as Sheen enters rehab

TV News: CBS comedy halts production as star enters treatment center -- The short-term future of CBS' "Two and a Half Men" suddenly became cloudy after word emerged Tuesday that star Charlie Sheen is voluntarily entering rehab.

CBS Profit Falls 57%

CBS earnings declined 57% on write-downs but broadcast advertising trends improved. Revenue was flat.

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Members Of Congress In Serious Re-Election Jeopardy: POLL

Just 8 percent of Americans want the members of Congress re-elected, according to a CBS News-New York Times poll taken nine months before roughly one-third of the Senate and the entire House face voters.

The Feb. 5-10 survey found 81 percent of respondents saying the lawmakers shouldn't receive another term.