Oprah talks, we listen, and a lot of the time we do what she tells us to do. But hometowner Robyn Okrant has been taking it to the extreme over the last year: buying, reading, consuming and believing just about everything Oprah tells her to. Per Oprah's decree, she has adopted a cat, purchased garden tools for a yard she doesn't have, and even voted for Obama despite previously having leaned Hillary, and she's blogged the entire experience. Matt Lauer caught up Okrant last week to see how things have been "livin' la vida Oprah," as Today appropriately quips. more ›

The president of Proviso township's school board is being sued for allegedly defaming the district's ex-law firm on a blog. And Proviso is footing the board member's legal bills. more ›