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- News bosses prepare to face British MPs Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:02AMRUPERT Murdoch, his son James and former exec Rebekah Brooks are preparing to face British MPs over the phone hacking scandal.
- A 2nd London police official quits in scandal Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:58AMScotland Yard's assistant commissioner resigned Monday, a day after his boss also quit, and fresh investigations of possible police wrongdoing were launched in the phone hacking scandal that has spread from Rupert Murdoch's media empire to the British prime minister's office.
- Column: Eating contests disgusting to mind, body Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:53AMCOMMUNITY VOICESBY MARTHA COERS Whenever there is a publicity picture about an eating contest, I feel disgust. Someone, usually a man, wins by choking down the most hot dogs in the shortest time. It could be hamburgers or some other popular food, but the idea is the same.
- Rupert Murdoch: The last press baron Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:49AMRupert Murdoch is the last of a dying breed: An old-fashioned press baron, a tough businessman with ink running through his veins, a hefty checkbook, and a hunger for the next big story.
- Kit Siang to Hisham: How about NST, Berita Harian? Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:24AMMalaysiakini | Jul 19, 11 DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang has urged Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein to act fairly and equally against all publications instead of indulging in selective persecution over the coverage of the Bersih 2.0 rally of July 9. Reacting to the disclosure by a PAS volunteer that he had been falsely [...]
- UK Police Inspect Laptop Of Brooks' Husband Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:18AMA spokesman for Rebekah Brooks says police have taken possession of a bag containing a laptop and papers that belong to her husband, former racehorse trainer Charlie Brooks.
- Countdown for News bosses to face MPs Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:53AMRUPERT Murdoch, son James and former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks will face British parliament tonight.
- Murdochs, Brooks face questioning by lawmakers Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:48AMRupert Murdoch, his son James and the media mogul's former top U.K. newspaper chief, Rebekah Brooks, face a grilling from lawmakers Tuesday about the intensifying phone hacking scandal, which has spread from their media...
- Chemtrails are a real concern for reader Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:30AMI was walking around Mill Lake on Sunday, July 10 when I tripped over a tree root at the north end, but after some spontaneous acrobatics, I regained my posture like 'I meant to do that.'
- Cameron's crisis Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:25AMPress mess shakes public trust in PM's judgement Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 12:50:00 LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron (pic) may survive the phone hacking scandal around Rupert Murdoch's media empire, but his standing has been damaged and already shaky public trust in Britain's political, business and media establishment has been weakened further.
- Letters to the Editor - Army Community - Army Discussions - Army Times Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 8:11AMIn response to “Seasoning new officers” [July 4], I have often asked myself the same thing, “Why do we as a military continue to put our young college graduates in charge of battle-hardened veterans who have vastly more tactical and combat experience than a 20-something-year-old Reserve Officer Training Corps grad could ever have?”
- Gardner, health event coming to NP this August Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 7:34AMThe North Platte Telegraph The message of the livewellnebraska.com tour is this: Take charge of your health. The tour will visit five cities in four days, and will be at North Platte Community College South Campus on Aug. 11. At the all the stops Olympic gold medalist and former Husker wrestler Rulon Gardner will give a short talk and sign autographs. The tour is a partnership between the Omaha ...
- Murdoch apologizes for phone-hacking and bribery scandal that has engulfed his media conglomerate Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 7:15AMLONDON — “We are sorry” the full-page ad began Saturday, as Rupert Murdoch tried to halt a phone-hacking scandal that has claimed two of his top executives with a gesture of atonement and promises to right the wrongs committed by his now-shuttered tabloid, News of the World.
- Tables turn on Murdoch as scandal rocks his empire Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 7:14AMNews about Rupert Murdoch is displayed on the Fox News ticker at a building which houses the News Corp. headquarters, Friday, July 15, 2011, in New York. Murdoch accepted the resignation of The Wall Street Journal's publisher and the chief of his British operations on Friday as the once-defiant media mogul struggled to control an escalating phone hacking scandal with apologies to the public and ...
- Lawyers for Royal family in hacking cover-up? Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:59AMThe Royal family and their lawyers are the latest to be drawn into the phone hacking scandal engulfing News Corporation.
- Kate Garraway leaving Daybreak? Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:45AMKate Garraway has reportedly quit her role as entertainment editor on the ITV breakfast TV show Daybreak.
- Ali Krieger is her older brother's "Little Miracle" Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:20AMIn the darkest time of her brother Kyle’s life when drug and alcohol addictions engulfed h in his early 20s, Ali Krieger did the only thing she knew to do: She promised herself she would never turn her back on him.
- At the HFA, a series that's all about Joe Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 3:20AMThe all-time Joseph L. Mankiewicz movie moment? That's easy. "Fasten your seat belts,'' Bette Davis announces in "All About Eve'' (1950). "It's going to be a bumpy night.'' Winking screen style - at once perfectly preposterous and preposterously perfect - doesn't come more memorable.
- JOBS: Old guys hold the keys Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 3:06AMMr. President you have been trying - and failing - to create jobs for a long time. You started up there where jobs do not come from. They do not fall from the sky. Stimulus packages do not create them. Visiting a couple of operating factories does not reveal the picture. Jobs first come from down where wealth is created by milling, mining, fishing, grazing and the like.
- Abortion Protest Sparks Confrontation Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:52AMSuzanne Cully, a middle-age woman wearing a white shirt, black slacks and a fanny pack, pulls her go ...
- Islamist threats to democracy Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:12AMFor more than five months since the January Revolution, Egyptians have had to shoulder the burdens of the last 60 years of military rule.
- No longer a Solo act Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:27AMAs the U.S. women’s soccer team prepares to face off against Japan in this weekend’s FIFA Women’s World Cup final, one player found redemption in a way that may lead the Americans to their first title since 1999.
- Not alone, not to blame Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:26AMThe North Platte Telegraph In the time it takes to read this article, approximately six women will have been sexually assaulted in the United States.
- News of the World phone hacking scandal: July 13 as it happened Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:18AMHow the News International scandal unfolded on July 13 as House of Commons prepared to debate phone hacking and press for Rupert Murdoch to drop BSkyB takeover bid.
- UGO's Deathly Hallows Part 2 Prize Pack Giveaway Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:28AMThe closest you'll get to being a wizard! Credit: Warner Bros. Attention, Harry Potter fans: today's giveaway may send you soaring like a hippogriff! You may want to tether yourself to the ground...
- THE BEST SO FAR Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:13AMDreamy "Midnight in Paris" is Woody Allen's best effort since "Match Point." The film stars Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams and is still in theaters. / AP photos
- PCC opens shop for tech-minded high school students Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:07AMWhen most people think about robots, they probably don’t picture the loud machine shop located at Portland Community College’s Sylvania campus. But the manufacturing shop is a vital part of the robot-building experience for high school students across the Portland area, who are ...
- Plain Talk: State must make it easier for voters to get IDs Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 4:34AMDoug Erickson’s story about Wisconsin’s new voter ID law, which ran in the State Journal over the Fourth of July weekend, ought to open a few eyes around the state.
- Social Media Has Good and Bad Effects on Kids: Experts Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 4:24AMMONDAY, March 28 (HealthDay News) -- Social media Web sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, have become nearly inescapable facets of modern life, particularly for kids. And a new report suggests they can have real benefits and risks for children.
- Taking Blood Pressure Drugs at Bedtime May Boost Effectiveness Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 4:21AMTHURSDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Taking blood-pressure pills at night, rather than in the morning, may better control hypertension and significantly reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, new research suggests.
- Early notice of events aids in planning, staffing Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 4:11AMAt some point in our lives, we all wish we could be in two places at the same time. Trust me, I’ve been there.
- Parents act as late Knox soldier's ambassadors Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:39AMSHIPPENVILLE — The condolence letters to Tom and Romayne McGinnis have slowed to a trickle, as have the invitations to the memorial dedications and veterans ceremonies.
- BSkyB Deal Risk Grows on Younger Murdoch’s News Corp. Links Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:21AMJames Murdoch’s ties throughout the News Corp. empire may threaten the company’s 7.8 billion-pound ($12.4 billion) bid for British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc as a phone-hacking scandal around a News Corp. tabloid escalates.
- The News story that won't go away Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 2:31AMThe News of the World scandal has become so big that even one of News' own newspapers, The Sunday Times, is reporting new information about the covert phone hacking activities that have serious consequences for the company and its executives. 11 Jul 2011 5:29 PM
- DeLand man captures vanishing ways of life on film Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 1:23AMEric Dusenbery grew up in southern Indiana where he watched the farmland around him turn to sprawl and the rural life he knew give way to development. When he moved to Central Florida, he saw the same thing happen in overdrive. Now, he's made it his work to capture rural ways of life while they're still around to be photographed.
- Labor's carbon price plan - here's what it means for you Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 1:22AMLive updates : BIG polluters are already passing the carbon price on to customers. Follow the live coverage throughout the day.
- UK media feels heat after scandal Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 4:41PMAs Britain's most powerful Sunday newspaper crashes and burns, newsrooms across London are feeling the heat.
- Jason Bateman Is Having A Moment ... Finally Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 4:34PM"I forgot Jason Bateman was in that movie" seems to be the most common reaction to the veteran actor's stacked resume, but that's about to change. ...
- UK Media Feels The Heat After Phone-Hack Scandal Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 4:18PMAs Britain's most powerful Sunday newspaper crashes and burns, newsrooms across London are feeling the heat. Media watchers and former journalists say the practices that felled the News of the World were common across the industry in Britain.
- Table For Three At Portofino in Wyandotte Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 3:54PMBlogger Vicki Briganti enjoys dinner with her old high school buddies at Portofino Italian Restaurant and Banquet Facility in Wyandotte. Have you been able to sit on a deck by the water yet this summer?
- Listen to News of the World Staff Scolding News Corp.'s CEO Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 3:37PMOne of the first reactions to James Murdoch announcing News of the World would close was sympathy for the 200 or so staffers who would lose their jobs. Surely not all 200 were involved in the phone hacking scandal that rendered the News of the World Brand " toxic ." That was the word News Corp. CEO Rebekah Brooks used when she talked the newspaper's staff for the first time since Murdoch's ...
- The Lede: News Corp. Executive Jeered by Staff Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 3:09PMRebekah Brooks, the embattled former editor of The News of the World, was jeered as she spoke to the tabloid's staff on Friday, according to a leaked recording.
- Tabloid tricks: As News of The World burns, the rest of Britain's media feel the heat Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 3:07PMLONDON - As Britain's most powerful Sunday newspaper crashes and burns, newsrooms across London are feeling the heat. Media watchers and former journalists say the practices that felled the News of The World were common across the industry.
- Journalists challenge insular world of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 3:03PM— In the insular world of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel, the fact that the news is being reported is itself important news.
- Our cover-up, by Murdoch’s son Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 2:37PMRupert Murdoch’s son and heir to his media empire has sensationally admitted that News International misled Parliament over the phone-hacking scandal.
- I’m often approached by job developers from agencies asking me to hire people with disabilities. What is the benefit ... Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 2:55AMI’m all for feeling good, but you have a business to run. The good news is that there is a lot of research suggesting that employees with disabilities have lower turnover, more loyalty, and less absenteeism than typical employees.
- Buying Articles Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 2:53AMIn February, 2009 Dunkin Donuts introduced the first breakfast sandwich featuring waffles. Feedback from guests was overwhelmingly positive, so in 2011, the popular sandwich returned in a blueberry version.
- The Big Idea Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 2:50AMGive 'em a tweet back! Wildfire Restaurants has a full-time Social Media Director who tweets people who check into their restaurant via FourSquare, to thank them for coming.
- Tanzania: World Bank Report Explains Why Development is Elusive Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 2:47AMMarket failures and government policy distortions have been cited as general causes of poor growth in many African countries.A new World Bank report also shows that successful nations on the continent whose economies are on a rebound have tended to deploy collective and home grown actions deliberately charted to avoid a repeat of past mistakes.
- Phone hacking: Rebekah Brooks stays but News of the World dies of shame Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 2:47AMA grim faced Rebekah Brooks and James Murdoch left the News International headquarters last night just hours after the most unprecedented announcement in the history of British newspapers.