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April 6, 2006

Source: R.I's Meredith Vieira to replace Couric

NEW YORK -- A day after Katie Couric announced she was leaving for CBS, NBC has chosen Meredith Vieira as Matt Lauer's new partner on the Today show.

NBC scheduled a news conference for this afternoon to announce its new Today host, and a person close to the negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed that it was Vieira.

-- Read the full Associated Press story.

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