Diane Sawyer

Many viewers who tuned in to ABC News' election night coverage on Tuesday were surprised to find the usually impeccable Diane Sawyer acting, well, a little loopy. Throughout the evening's broadcast, the anchor frequently slurred her speech, stumbling multiple times over President Obama's name and, at one point, calling him “President Barack.” She also seemed distracted and easily excited, asking off-topic questions about the Obama campaign's use of exclamation points while leaning heavily on her desk as if for support.

Details are leaking out of Amanda Knox's "tell-all" memoir, "Waiting to be Heard," which is scheduled to be published in the U.S. on April 30. But its release is now being indefinitely postponed in the U.K. The publication has been pulled due to fears it may run into trouble with Britain's strict libel laws, according to the Guardian. A spokesperson said: "Due to our legal system, and relying upon advice from our counsel, HarperCollins UK will not publish a British edition of Waiting to Be Heard, by Amanda Knox, at this time.

Friday's "20/20" finds Diane Sawyer in starkly different environs than the cheerily lighted Times Square studio she occupies each morning as co-host of "Good Morning America." In her latest ABC prime-time special, which examines poverty in Appalachia, Sawyer is scrubbed free of the glamour of morning television.

A former employee of Beef Products Inc. is suing ABC News, anchor Diane Sawyer, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and others, saying that their use of the phrase “pink slime” ultimately cost him his job. Bruce Smith was among 750 people laid off by the South Dakota beef processor earlier this year amid fears over the safety and quality of a meat product dubbed “pink slime” by critics.  The product, known in the industry as lean finely textured beef,...

Sawyer starts on 'News' Diane Sawyer was all business on a busy first day Monday as anchor of ABC News' flagship evening newscast, save for a brief salute at the end to Charles Gibson, whose retirement opened the job for her. "For you, Charlie Gibson, I hope you had a good day and a great night," Sawyer said, a reference to Gibson's usual sign-off. The centerpiece of the opening broadcast was Sawyer's interview with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, conducted over the weekend.

When she took over anchoring ABC's evening newscast last month after 11 years of rising before dawn to host "Good Morning America," Diane Sawyer thought she would finally get to catch up on her sleep. Charles Gibson, Sawyer's predecessor on "World News" and her former co-host on "GMA," had promised her, "Oh, you won't believe the difference," she recalled. So much for that. Sawyer kicked off her tenure by traveling to Copenhagen to confront Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about his nuclear ambitions.

Television news anchorwoman Diane Sawyer will be the guest speaker at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Nov. 6, the eve of the museum's sixth anniversary. Sawyer, who co-hosts "PrimeTime Live" on ABC, is the fall speaker of the Reagan Forum, sponsored by the Reagan Center for Public Affairs. Other speakers this year have included C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb and Sen. Fred Thompson, a Tennessee Republican.

Since the news broke last month that Diane Sawyer will be leaving ABC's "Good Morning America" to replace Charles Gibson on the network's flagship evening broadcast, female broadcasters such as Ashleigh Banfield and Suze Orman have eagerly volunteered to replace her. But ABC executives are intent on finding a male anchor to pair with co-host Robin Roberts and restore the morning show's traditional male-female duo, according to multiple sources in...

ABC News sources said Monday they are taking seriously the threat that Diane Sawyer could jump ship to another network, but they said they are hopeful of re-signing her--albeit with a hefty pay increase. Sources said that ABC recently has been willing to go as high as $5 million a year to retain the co-host of the popular "PrimeTime Live," whose contract expires at the end of the month. She reportedly makes about $3 million a year now.

In one of the most publicized network exits since Barbara Walters departed NBC for ABC in 1976, Diane Sawyer on Wednesday left CBS and co-star status on "60 Minutes," also to start life anew at ABC. Sawyer, 43, will co-anchor with Sam Donaldson a new, as-yet-unititled prime-time news series for ABC. The program will start later this year, possibly in July. Her departure from CBS News, her home since 1978, had been rumored since Monday.

Many viewers who tuned in to ABC News' election night coverage on Tuesday were surprised to find the usually impeccable Diane Sawyer acting, well, a little loopy. Throughout the evening's broadcast, the anchor frequently slurred her speech, stumbling multiple times over President Obama's name and, at one point, calling him “President Barack.” She also seemed distracted and easily excited, asking off-topic questions about the Obama campaign's use of exclamation points while leaning heavily on her desk as if for support.

Armed with poise, focus and information, these notable news anchors are most memorable for their reporting skills and wit. But each also possesses a certain style hallmark that has garnered attention from audiences and that adds to her overall image. Ann Curry NBC's raven-haired"Today" co-anchor has recently been trying out fashion's big color-blocking trend. The bold pops of color, not a traditional choice for an on-camera newsperson, show well on camera and help viewers start the morning on a bright note.

The progress Gabby Giffords has made in her recovery from a close-range gun shot to the head is evident in a new book and television special (see video below) . But it's also clear she still has a long way to go. "Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope" documents the Arizona congresswoman's recovery from a Jan. 8 shooting at a constituent event outside a supermarket in Tucson. It is written primarily by her husband, retired Navy Capt. Mark Kelly, but the final chapter is Giffords' writing alone.

Days of tributes and memorials to the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11 may have taken their toll, a surplus of sadness pooling like the waterfalls at the new New York memorial. At least most of the stories showed a merciful precision. Most in the media heaped praise on the right figures -- the Goldman Sachs official who died helping co-workers to safety, the firefighter who led a perilous rescue. That restraint didn't extend, unfortunately, to one media giant's communications. In a video memorializing its $5-million contribution to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, the Walt Disney Co. put the focus squarely on that unknown 9/11 hero, CEO Robert Iger.

As 14-year-old Jaycee Dugard struggled in a crude backyard shed to deliver her baby daughter, the serial predator who had abducted and raped her stepped in to unwrap the umbilical cord that trapped the infant. "She was beautiful," Dugard said of the child she birthed three years into her captivity in Northern California. "I felt like I wasn't alone anymore. I knew I could never let anything happen to her. " In an exclusive interview with Diane Sawyer broadcast Sunday on ABC, Dugard, displaying remarkable poise and smiling often, provided chilling details about the 18-year ordeal she endured at the hands of her captors, an increasingly deranged parolee named Phillip Garrido and his wife, Nancy, who aided the abduction and condoned his rapes.

Kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard says she didn't know she was pregnant when she gave birth to her first child. Dugard had been abducted by Phillip and Nancy Garrido when she was 11 years old, handcuffed, raped and imprisoned for 18 years. Now 31, she is telling her story in the memoir "A Stolen Life" and in an exclusive interview with ABC News' Diane Sawyer. Watch a clip below. "Now I can walk in the next room and see my mom," Dugard said in her first interview. "Wow. I can decide to jump in the car and go to the beach with the girls.

When she sits down to interview Michael Jackson live Wednesday night, Diane Sawyer will have no shortage of questions--and no restrictions on what she can ask. "There are no ground rules about my questions," Sawyer says, in a recent interview, "and I'll ask [Jackson] about everything: the child-molestation allegations, his marriage, his creative process, the incredible pressures he has been living under during the past two years.

MOVIES Lisa Hartman and Emmy Award-winning "Santa Barbara" star A Martinez are filming "Not of This World," a new science-fiction thriller for CBS about a hungry alien whose life form craves electrical impulses. The alien creature is designed by Rambaldi Enterprises, the creators of "E.T." and the monster in "Alien." The movie is set to air during the 1990-91 season.

'ABC World News With Diane Sawyer' Where: ABC When: 6:30 p.m. weekdays Rating: Not rated

Quietly taking over as anchor from Charles Gibson at " ABC World News" at the end of last year, Diane Sawyer brought with her not only an impressive résumé, an excellent name-recognition rating and some pretty cool new graphics, but also a remarkably counterintuitive manner. In a world dominated by YouTube moments and professional hysterics, Sawyer exudes an alarming level of elegance. From the moment she opened her show -- "Good evening, and it is so good to be here with you tonight" -- it was clear that she was not going to so much report the news as preside over a series of conversations about the news, conversations she simply must share with you, her personally invited viewer.