All Things Considered

CBS News chief anchor Katie Couric is said to be in the final stages of negotiations that will conclude with her departure from the network's signature newscast.

Couric is instead seeking to land a major contract for a daily syndicated television program — like that of daytime talk queen Oprah Winfrey, who just stopped taping her weekday show to create her own network. But Couric's departure inevitably underscores the further diminishment of the role and status of the network anchor.

Adding pedestrian and bike lanes to operating regional bus system are part of 18 transportation projects selected by the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Council to receive federal funding in Weld and Larimer counties.

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MICHELE NORRIS, host:

This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Michele Norris.

Now an update on a game of musical chairs in Washington. This spring and summer could mark an unusual amount of turnover among key national security officials.

The secretary of defense, Robert Gates, plans to step down, and General David Petraeus is expected to leave his command of the war in Afghanistan, which raises important questions about who will be running what by the fall.

Governor John Hickenlooper has issued an emergency disaster declaration for the burn area from last September’s Four Mile Canyon fire west of Boulder.

Unions across Colorado are rallying today as part of a national effort to remember the 43rd anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination.