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Lara Logan Out of Hospital

CBS reporter resting at home with family after Egypt assault

By John Johnson, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 16, 2011 12:56 PM CST

(Newser) – One bit of good news in the Lara Logan story: She's out of the hospital and resting at home in Washington, DC, with her husband and two children, reports ABC News. The 39-year-old CBS journalist was earlier said to be in "remarkably good spirits" despite her sexual assault and beating in Egypt. Click to read about an NYU fellow and journalist's resignation after his tweet making light of the attack met with overwhelming indignation.

In this Feb. 11 photo released by CBS, '60 Minutes' correspondent Lara Logan is shown covering the reaction in in Cairo's Tahrir Square the day Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down. (AP Photo/CBS News)

In this photo provided by CBS, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and daughter Elise, center, talk with CBS correspondent Lara Logan, right, and her son Joseph, 14 months, outside the makeup room for... (AP Photo/CBS Face the Nation, Karin Cooper)

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