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Military services caution personnel against accessing WikiLeaks site
CNN - Fri Aug 6, 2010
Washington - US military personnel are being warned not to log onto the WikiLeaks website to view the tens of thousands of leaked military documents there, saying it could be considered a security violation. More»

Rare photo shows Marilyn Monroe with JFK, RFK
CNN - Mon May 31, 2010
Los Angeles, California - Marilyn Monroes sultry rendition of "Happy Birthday" sung for President John F Kennedys 45th birthday celebration marked the actress last major public appearance before her mysterious death in August 1962. More»

Fox host Van Susteren asks blog readers to gauge her intelligence
Yahoo! - Fri May 28, 2010
For journalists, hate mail comes with the territory. More»

Atty: Video shows police fired into Detroit home
Associated Press - Sun May 16, 2010
DETROIT - Police who carried out a raid on a family home that left a 7-year-old girl dead over the weekend were accompanied by a camera crew for a reality television show, and an attorney says video of the siege contradicts the police account of what happened. More»

White House targets Fox as it goes after press critics
AFP - Mon Oct 12, 2009
WASHINGTON - The White House has gone on the offensive against its critics in the press, singling out Fox News and going so far as to accuse the News Corp-owned network of waging a "war against Barack Obama". More»

Washington Post offers access: $25,000+
Politico - Wed Jul 1, 2009
For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post has offered lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, non-confrontational access to "those powerful few": Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and - at first - even the papers own reporters and editors. More»

Fox sticking with schedule instead of Obama
Associated Press - Sun Apr 26, 2009
NEW YORK - The Fox network is sticking with its regular schedule over President Barack Obama this week. More»

Suspicious powder mailed to Wall Street Journal
Associated Press - Tue Jan 20, 2009
NEW YORK - Police evacuated the newsroom and executive offices of the Wall Street Journal at the Dow Jones building Wednesday after about a dozen envelopes that contained a white powder were received. More»

Facebook's War on Nipples
Time - Wed Dec 31, 2008
The breast-feeding wars have long followed a familiar pattern: A woman gets thrown off a plane for nursing her toddler; she sues Delta. More»

'Colbert,' 'SpongeBob' may go dark on Time Warner
Associated Press - Tue Dec 30, 2008
LOS ANGELES - "SpongeBob SquarePants" and Stephen Colberts "The Colbert Report" may be getting squeezed off of Time Warner Cable. More»

AP study finds $1.6B went to bailed-out bank execs
Associated Press - Sun Dec 21, 2008
Banks that are getting taxpayer bailouts awarded their top executives nearly $1.6 billion in salaries, bonuses, and other benefits last year, an Associated Press analysis reveals. More»

Drug Maker Said to Pay Ghostwriters for Journal Articles
New York Times - Fri Dec 12, 2008
Wyeth, the pharmaceutical company, paid ghostwriters to produce medical journal articles favorable to its female hormone replacement therapy Prempro, according to Congressional letters seeking more information about the companys involvement in medical ghostwriting. More»

Tribune Co. files for bankruptcy
Associated Press - Sun Dec 7, 2008
NEW YORK - Tribune Company - owner of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun and other dailies - filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday, the first major newspaper publisher to take such a step since the Internet plunged the industry into a desperate struggle for survival. More»

The Miami Herald Is Said to Be for Sale
New York Times - Sat Dec 6, 2008
The McClatchy Company, burdened by debt and a steep slide in newspaper advertising, wants to sell one of its most-prized properties, The Miami Herald, according to people briefed on the companys plans. More»

MSNBC shake-up: Olbermann and Matthews no longer anchoring
Politico - Sun Sep 7, 2008
Less than two weeks ago, MSNBC president Phil Griffin was still defending the networks anchor team to Politico, despite reports of turmoil behind-the-scenes and on-air squabbles. More»

FBI to newspapers: Sorry about your phone records
Associated Press - Fri Aug 8, 2008
FBI Director Robert Mueller has apologized to the editors of The Washington Post and The New York Times for improperly obtaining phone records of the newspapers reporters while investigating terrorism four years ago. More»

News agency says missile-test photo digitally changed
USA Today - Sat Jul 12, 2008
An editor who transmitted an apparently doctored photo of an Iranian missile test published around the world said Thursday the gaffe shows that news organizations must be careful about using government handouts. More»

Dunkin' Donuts pulls Rachael Ray ad after complaints
Associated Press - Tue May 27, 2008
BOSTON - Dunkin Donuts said today it stopped running an online advertisement featuring Rachael Ray after complaints that a fringed black-and-white scarf that the celebrity chef wore in the ad offers symbolic support for Muslim extremism and terrorism. More»

CBS agrees to buy CNet for $1.75 billion
Associated Press - Wed May 14, 2008
NEW YORK - CBS agreed to buy online technology news and entertainment company CNet Networks Inc. More»

Film legend Charlton Heston dead at 84
Associated Press - Sat Apr 5, 2008
LOS ANGELES - Charlton Heston, the Oscar winner who portrayed Moses and other heroic figures on film in the 50s and 60s and later championed conservative values as head of the National Rifle Association, has died. More»

9/11 attacks harm First Amendment
Associated Press - Wed Mar 5, 2008
WASHINGTON - The shadow of the September 11 terror attacks is eclipsing press freedom and other constitutional safeguards in the United States, Associated Press President and CEO Tom Curley said Thursday. More»

NBC reprimands employee for Obama error
Associated Press - Tue Feb 19, 2008
NEW YORK - NBC News said Tuesday it has reprimanded the employee responsible for mistakenly flashing a picture of Osama bin Laden on MSNBC as Chris Matthews talked about Barack Obama. More»

Colbert portrait hangs at Smithsonian
Associated Press - Wed Jan 16, 2008
Stephen Colbert was denied when he tried to run for president this year in South Carolina. More»

Colbert chosen AP Celebrity of the Year
Associated Press - Sat Dec 22, 2007
While most TV characters remain boxed inside the frames of our sets, Stephen Colbert has routinely injected his on-screen persona into everything from the presidential race to ice cream. More»

FCC relaxes rules on media ownership
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Mon Dec 17, 2007
Defying powerful members of Congress, the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday voted 3-2 to permit cross-ownership of broadcast outlets and newspapers in the same city. More»

Military Keeps News Photographer Charges Secret
WGCL-TV - Sun Nov 18, 2007
BAGHDAD - The US military is planning to seek a criminal case in an Iraqi court against an award-winning Associated Press photographer. More»

FEMA forgives itself for staging fake press conference
Washington Post - Mon Nov 12, 2007
An internal investigation into a fake news conference staged by the Federal Emergency Management Agency during last months California wildfires found that the agencys press secretary directed aides to pose as reporters, secretly coached them during the briefing and ended the event after a final, scripted question was asked, according to a senior FEMA official. More»

FEMA sorry for fake news briefing
Washington Post - Fri Oct 26, 2007
WASHINGTON - The Federal Emergency Management Agencys Number 2 official apologized Friday for leading a staged news conference Tuesday in which FEMA employees posed as reporters while real reporters listened on a telephone conference line and were barred from asking questions. More»

Female journalists to be awarded
Associated Press - Mon Oct 22, 2007
MEXICO CITY - She set out to expose a pedophile ring in Cancun, naming the rich and powerful she says were involved, and became a journalism sensation after she was abducted by police, allegedly at the behest of a state governor. More»

Group renames asteroid for George Takei
Associated Press - Mon Oct 1, 2007
A piece of outer space named for George Takei is in kind of a rough neighborhood for somebody who steers a starship: an asteroid belt. More»

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