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There's widespread agreement that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should be abolished. But what will the mortgage market look like when they're gone?

After 25 years on the air, Oprah Winfrey, the queen of daytime television, brings her show to an end Wednesday. Chicago will miss its iconic talk show host; Winfrey brought the city plenty of attention — and money — over the years.

Ah, Christmastime along the beach in San Diego: Palms sway in a balmy sea breeze; warm sunlight glistens off the sand; breaking surf rumbles offshore; and … skate blades scrape ice?

Several ministers quit the newly formed Cabinet as hundreds of demonstrators massed in the capital city to demand that the government be purged of the old guard that served ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Nearly 80 civilians have died since the unrest that began last month and has spread to other parts of the region.

As more women postpone motherhood, they're hitting that age-old constraint: the biological clock. Now, technology is dangling the possibility that women can stop that clock, at least for a while. As one doctor put it, freezing eggs offers the biggest game changer since the birth control pill.

Poet, writer, activist and longtime San Francisco resident Tillie Olsen died earlier this week. Olsen was best known for her poetry and writing, which depicted the hardships of ordinary working people.

El Cajon’s Jimmie Johnson, named NASCAR driver of the year, gave more than $420,000 to several San Diego County Schools.

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A million Americans get shingles every year, and many are left with pain that lasts months and years after the distinctive red rash goes away. While there's a vaccine to prevent the painful viral infection, only about 10 percent of the 50 million people who should get it actually have.