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The finale of summer blockbuster "Survivor" propelled many local CBS affiliates to the top of the ratings charts, but WBBM-Chicago's troubled "no frills" evening newscast managed only second place.

Russian officials today seized financial and personnel files from the offices of Media-Most, a media holding company whose owner's arrest last month sparked charges of a government crackdown on press freedom.

Although a recent study showed Internet employment is on the rise, several cash-strapped media sites on the Web are slashing jobs.

Military investigators have found a document in which Army officials instructed U.S. warplanes to fire on groups of South Korean refugees fleeing toward American lines during the Korean War's early days, CBS News reported.

A Minnesota television reporter admitted he got "caught in the rush of getting the story" when he allegedly stole a tape of an illegal dogfight and used it in an on-air expose.