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Fiery meteor explodes over Russia; 1,100 injured
Associated PressMOSCOW (AP) - With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across the sky over Russia's Ural Mountains region Friday and exploded with the force of an atomic bomb, injuring more than 1,000 people as it blasted out windows and spread...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Government, Science and Technology, Greenpeace
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UPDATED: Media set to converge on Danville
dbrock@amnews.comOne week from today “DANVILLE, Ky” will be one of the most prevalent datelines in the news business. At the conclusion of Wednesday night’s broadcast of the first presidential debate in Denver, moderator Jim Lehrer informed the audience...Tags: Joe Biden, U.S. Department of State, MSNBC (tv network), BBC, Chris Matthews
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GUEST EDITORIAL: Open records: Your right to know
The right to know. That is the purpose of the state’s open records/meetings laws — to mandate the transparent operation of our government. And this month, Kentucky celebrates the 20th anniversary of the laws’ major rewriting. All...
Tags: Freedom of Information Laws, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Laws
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In defense of FOX viewers
I am writing in response to a letter last week by Jim Porter regarding Fox News viewers’ knowledge of current events. While I have little use for the 24-hour cable news extravaganzas, I noticed some glaring flaws with his logic and conclusion. He...Tags: Rachel Maddow, Sean Hannity, Occupy Wall Street, Anderson Cooper, Television
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Policinski: Where do you get your news?
When it comes to a free press, Americans seem — more than ever — to be of at least two minds.
In several surveys, a majority of us say the press is biased, often inaccurate and too likely to be influenced by powerful people or groups —...Tags: Facebook, Television, Mass Media, Weather Reports, Social Media
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Should photos, video of executions be shown?
Guest columnistThe images would be the ultimate in “reality” programming: A TV broadcast or online streaming video of an actual execution. Would you watch? Would you want news organizations — or anyone with a computer, for that matter — to...Tags: Ethics, Mass Media, Prisons, Crimes, Photography
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Network newscasts expand Oklahoma tornado coverage
Channel Guide MagazineABC, CBS and NBC have announced that on the evening of Tuesday, May 21, they will be having expanded newscasts and/or news specials to further cover the devastating Oklahoma tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City metropolitan area on Monday... -
Idiots on the loose
Has the administration gone completely off the rails in Washington? I write here of the IRS taking aim for "extra scrutiny" of tax-exempt status requests from Tea Party and Patriot groups and the outrageous Justice Department subpoena of telephone...Tags: Taxation, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, The New York Times, Richard Nixon
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Syria's government presses battle in key rebel city of Qusair
BEIRUT -- Renewed clashes were reported Monday in the strategic Syrian city of Qusair, where government forces pressed an offensive aimed at chasing rebels from the supply and logistics hub. There were conflicting accounts from the government and the...
Tags: Lebanon, Rebellions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government, Wars and Interventions
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Syria launches major assault on strategic rebel stronghold
BEIRUT — Syrian forces launched a large-scale assault Sunday on the city of Qusair, a rebel stronghold near the Lebanese border, in the government's latest effort to push back opposition fighters from strategic areas of the country. The opposition...
Tags: Government, Islam, Bashar Assad, Politics, Religion and Belief
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Past time for heads to roll in Washington
AUSTIN, Texas - The twin revelations of the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative political organizations and, now, that the U.S. Justice Department was spying on the Associated Press -- all in a few days -- mean this: It is time to air the...Tags: Taxation, Eric Holder, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress
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Jodi Arias to be subject of Lifetime movie 'Dirty Little Secret'
Well, that didn't take long. Barely a week after being found guilty of murder, Jodi Arias is the subject of a planned Lifetime movie. The story of Arias will be dramatized in "Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret," which has been scheduled for June 22. The...Tags: HLN (tv network), Tania Raymonde, Arrested Development (tv program)
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