AP - WASHINGTON (AP) — Public figures brought their talking points to "Meet the Press." Tim Russert brought his laser intensity, a skeptical gaze and facts they'd rather forget.

AP - An investor group led by NBC Universal moved closer to buying The Weather Channel Friday after Time Warner Inc. dropped out of the bidding.

AP - Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

AP - WASHINGTON (AP) — Tim Russert, a political lifer who made a TV career of his passion with unrelenting questioning of the powerful and influential, died of a heart attack Friday in the midst of a presidential campaign he'd covered with trademark intensity. Praise poured in from the biggest names in politics, some recalling their own meltdown moments on his hot seat.

E! Online - Jack Bauer has a new nemesis.

AP - Fox News Channel referred to Michelle Obama as "Obama's baby mama" in a graphic on Wednesday, the latest in a trio of references to the Democratic presidential campaign that have given fuel to network critics.

AP - Mike Huckabee, a former Republican presidential hopeful, has been hired by Fox News Channel as a political commentator.

AP - It's crunch time for Marissa Jaret Winokur, who is busy preparing for the birth of her first child.

AP - It has all the trappings of a chatty viewing party for "The Hills," but with an after-school-special twist.

E! Online - Is Madonna a wee bit nervous about her brother Christopher Ciccone's about-to-be-released memoir?

Reuters - Former Bond girl Denise Richards, currently starring in a reality television series about her chaotic life, has one key thing to say to ex-husband Charlie Sheen now that he has remarried: stop picking on me.

AP - Albert Brooks' mordant on-screen neuroticism has lifted his films and characters to comedic heights, with "Defending Your Life," "Lost in America" and his Oscar-nominated turn in "Broadcast News" among the prime examples.