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Katie Couric is a broadcast journalist, and one of the most recognizable and popular television news personalities.

Born January 7, 1957 in Arlington, Virginia she graduated from the University of Virginia in 1979 and became as a desk assistant at ABC News in Washington, D.C.  In 1980, Couric became an assignment editor, and for a short time a producer, at CNN. From 1984 through 1989 she worked at local affiliates, in Miami and Washington D.C. During that time, she won an Emmy and an Associated Press Award for her work. She joined NBC News in 1989, as national political correspondent, and became the permanent co-anchor of Today on April 5, 1991. Couric also did regular reports for Dateline NBC.

On September 5, 2006 she became the first solo female anchor of the weekday evening news on one of the three traditional U.S. broadcast networks. She currently serves as the anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News. CBS Evening News with Katie Couric was given the 2008 Edward R. Murrow Award for best newscast.

Katie Couric married John Paul Monahan in 1989, they had two daughters. After his death in 1998, due to colon cancer, she helped found the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance, (NCCRA).


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  • Katie Couric Stars in Milk Mustache Ad With Her Daughters


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    Katie Couric stars in a new milk mustache ad with her two daughters, Ellie, 21, and Carrie, 17. The ad was unveiled Friday, May 10th on Katies daytime talk show, Katie . It depicts the host and her daughters sharing breakfast in bed - while sporting the iconic Milk Mustache. Katie said in a statement, "When youre ...
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  • Bing It On Hits the Katie Couric Show and Hollywood Boulevard


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    Kicking off today, Bing has sponsored the concert series on Katie Courics daytime talk show "Katie." With performances by the legendary Rod Stewart, the innovative will.i.am, and the newly branded Snoop Lion, the Bing It On Challenge will be featured prominently on "Katie" broadcasts for the rest of the week. As ...
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  • Katie Couric: Met Ball 2013 Red Carpet with John Molner


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    Katie Couric steps out in style on the red carpet at the 2013 Met Gala held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday (May 6) in New York City. The 56-year-old television personality was spotted walking the carpet with her beau John Molner . “There were a lot of great pics from last night but I think ...
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  • Boring Guy Tom Hanks Tops ’100 Most Trusted People in America’ List


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    Reader’s Digest just published a piece titled the “ 100 Most Trusted People in America ” and Tom Hanks took the top spot. This is not surprising. Hanks is perhaps the most boring dude alive. You know those dreams you have where nothing significant happens and you wake up knowing you had a dream so you feel ...
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  • Robin Roberts Tops TV News Personalities on ‘Most Trusted’ List


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    Several television news journalists have landed on Reader’s Digest list of “The 100 Most Trusted People in America.” At #12, “Good Morning America” anchor Robin Roberts is the most-trusted television news personality on the list. In addition to Roberts, the morning shows are well represented: ...
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  • Daytime TV: Katie


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    Katie Couric is Hanging Out in HollywoodKatie CouricKatie (local listings) - Maya Rudolph and Mindy Kaling are making us laugh. Why is Mindy dreaming about saving Ben Affleck’s life? Then, Eva Longoria on life after Wisteria Lane, and she and Katie whip up a little margarita madness together. Plus, set secrets from ...
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  • Katie Couric’s absurd video game scare exposé


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    So after watching 42 minutes of Katie Couric’s fear mongering and clichéd piece of investigative journalism meant to provide real answers to the real questions, we get another media outlet avoiding the real questions and blaming the video game entertainment industry. Trying to stay level-headed during these ...
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  • Katie Couric Interviews Vanna White–and Learns to Crochet!


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    Vanna White joined Katie Couric on Katie’s show this week to talk about her love of crochet, working with Lion Brand, and our $1 million donation to St. Jude Children’s Hospital . She even shows Katie how to single crochet! If you missed the segment, watch it below: If you’re viewing this blog post in your ...
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  • Celine Dions Two-and-a-Half-Year-Old Son Wears High Heels


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    And, as she revealed on todays episode of Katie , shes fine with that. Read more...        
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  • Did you know Taylor Swift and Reba McEntire are cousins?… And more surprising celeb cousins…


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    They say there is a 7 degrees of seperation in the world and no more so than in Hollywood and celeb circles where famous families thrive and everyone can be linked within 7 moves through Kevin Bacon! However there may be more relation between these darlings than you realised. Lets take a look at some celebs that are ...
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  • Celine Dion Gets Candid with Katie Couric on “Katie” April 25


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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GPXmCf69Wo On the Thursday, April 25th edition of the nationally-syndicated talk show “Katie,” music icon Celine Dion opens up to Katie Couric from Studio at the Palms recording studio inside Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas for a revealing conversation about her family, her ...
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  • Katie Couric Returning to Today Show?


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    (GettyImages.com) Is Katie Couric returning to the “Today Show”? The National Enquirer is trying to make it happen. According to the tabloid, NBC executives “have decided the only way to save the war-torn show is to bring back” Couric, who co-anchored the program from 1991 to 2006. “With viewers ...
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  • Amazing How Quickly The Internet Has Changed Our Lives!


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    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUs7iG1mNjI&w=500&h=304]Had to share this classic...
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