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Aug 31, 2011

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Activist: Syrians not backing down despite lack of international aid
CNN International
A video on YouTube shows Syrian anti-government demonstrators waving a flag in Qamishli on 26 August. (CNN) -- As reports of violent crackdowns on pro-democracy demonstrators escalate, activists say they are growing disillusioned waiting for theworld ...
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CNN International
Media mash: CNN buys Zite, Flipboard envisions video
FierceOnlineVideo
This week brought the news that cable TV news pioneer CNN is buying iPad news app developer Zite, while Zite-rival Flipboard reportedly is looking into adding TV streaming to its rapidly expandingworld of info and entertainment. CNN's Zite acquisition ...
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Rights group details death, torture in Syrian detention
CNN International
By Ivan Watson, CNN Ali Farzat, pictured August 25, produced cartoons critical of the crackdown and was attacked by pro-regime supporters. (CNN) -- Amnesty International Wednesday released a report documenting the deaths of at least 88 detainees in ...
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CNN's Erin Burnett Reveals New Show Name, Promo (Video)
Hollywood Reporter
“Erin is the kind of all-star player that knows how to connect-the-dots and translate events into relevant information for viewers,” CNN Worldwide president Jim Walton said in April when Burnett's hiring was made official. At the time, she was expected ...
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Hollywood Reporter
China mum on general's spy talk
CNN International
By Steven Jiang, CNN Beijing (CNN) -- China remained quiet Tuesday as a recently leaked video of a Chinese general's candid remarks -- apparently made at a corporate event in March -- on sensitive spying cases continued to draw international attention....
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CNN International
Lawyers: Kosovar admits shooting U.S. servicemen in Germany
CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- A Kosovar has admitted shooting dead two American servicemen and injuring two others in an attack on a US Air Force bus in Germany, his lawyers said Wednesday. Arid Uka, 21, appeared in court in Frankfurt where he faces ...
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When CNN lets nerds report ...
CNN (blog)
Wouldn't it be great if news stories about fan conventions, comic books, video games, computing and science weren't dumbed down and didn't treat the people involved like asthmatic basement-dwellers? What if those news stories were able to communicate ...
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The making of a memorial: Reshaping ground zero
CNN
By Todd Leopold, CNN Amid the hum and rumble of downtown Manhattan -- not to mention the clang of steel and the tangle of cranes -- hard-hatted workers in fluorescent orange vests yell orders, spread cement, move machines. Empty boxes litter the ground ...
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West Virginia learns Finland's 'most honorable profession': Teacher
CNN International
By Paul Frysh, CNN Former West Virginia Schools Superintendent Steve Paine went to Finland to learn how to improve West Virginia schools. (CNN) -- When newly minted West Virginia Schools Superintendent Dr. Steven Paine told parents, teachers and ...
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Lowenthal speaks, Otakus listen
CNN (blog)
(Cartoon Network, like CNN is owned by parent company TimeWarner.) He's even investing his talent in ShelfLifeSeries.com, an animated webseries he developed with his wife and frequent collaborator, Tara Platt, which takes an anime-like, direct approach ...
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Red Hot Chili Peppers: We never went away
CNN
CNN spoke with the three-time Grammy winners during a break in shooting their musicvideo for "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" -- the first incarnation. CNN: It's been five years since your last album, but that included a two year hiatus. ...
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Should Journalists Get Out of the News?
Huffington Post (blog)
Get a grip, Anderson. Dude, you live in my laptop video setting. "We always had Twitter and Skype to stay in touch during their captivity," Matthew Chance told CNN. The socials have given a lot of people hope and a platform around the world. ...
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Debate: Does America overuse drones?
CNN (blog)
THAT is the real world, and is not always just, and it is not always fair. It simply is. Drones are the best way to engage the enemy unless you have another tactic to mitigate the threat. Clearly CNN is right-wing since we don't hear about the tens of ...
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Where my Goths at?
CNN (blog)
Those of us who stumbled through the dark alone may have toned down our lipstick shade (which didn't stop a makeup artist from suggesting he style me as "CNN Goth" as he was prepping me for a recent live TV shot) and spider web necklaces to meld more ...
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Youngest TV reporter: Five-year-old Jane Haubrich sets world record (Video)
World Records Academy
DOYLESTOWN, PA, USA -- As Hurricane Irene pounded the East Coast with powerful winds and heavy rains, 5-Year-Old Jane Haubrich did updates throughout the day through CNN's iReport - setting the world record for the Youngest TV weather reporter,...
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World Records Academy
Elusive African golden cat captured on video
DigitalJournal.com
“I don't think I can put (capturing the video) into words,” Laila Bahaa-el-din, a Panthera scholar and graduate student who is leading the team, told CNN. “I live and dream golden cats most days. To get back to camp and put the (footage) on the ...
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DigitalJournal.com
Robots aren't good at talking to themselves
CNN International
By John D. Sutter, CNN (CNN) -- Have you ever looked at your smartphone or laptop -- or even a robot, if you're lucky enough to come in contact with one -- and wondered, "What the heck are you thinking?" Cornell's Creative Machines Lab posted a video ...
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AP Technology NewsBrief at 9:55 am EDT
TMC Net
CNN gets more personal, buys iPad magazine ZiteSAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ CNN has acquired Zite, an iPad service that learns about readers' tastes and customizes a digital magazine with stories from hundreds of different websites. CNN, a cable news channel ...
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Secret Buyer Offers to Take Kim Kardashian Sex Tape Offline [VIDEO]
International Business Times
A letter was sent to Vivid entertainment by attorney Adam Dread asking to start negotiations for the sale of the tape, featuring Kim Kardashian and R&B Singer Ray J, CNN reported. Neither party has commented. According to TMZ sources, the anonymous ...
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Ron Paul: An Enigma who Could be the Next President
The New American
As the UK's Telegraph put it: In a particularly shoddy bit of reporting, CNN refused to cover Ron Paul's speech in preference for footage of Sarah Palin. The show's host told his roving reporter, 'If you get video of Sarah Palin or a sound-bite from ...
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MTV dominant in demos
Variety
It was a busy news week (Libya, East Coast earthquake, Hurricane Irene), with Fox News averaging nearly 2 million viewers in primetime (up 19% vs. the same week last year) while CNN was the biggest news gainer (more than doubling its year-ago average...
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Variety
Special Report Transcripts * August 30th
Fox News (blog)
For now, it's Perry 27, Romney 14 in the latest CNN Poll. With Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann and Rudy Giuliani in a three-way tie for third. Perry points out regularly that he's a Vietnam era air force vet. Romney did not serve. ...
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Display Anything on Your PC onto Your TV With NETGEAR's Universal Push2TV HD ...
MarketWatch (press release)
This includes high-definition video from web sites such as Netflix, Vudu and YouTube; news from online sources including the BBC, CNN and The New York Times; and social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Google+; along with personal content ...
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The Top 25 People Crippling Scientology, No. 14: Tory Christman
Village Voice (blog)
De Vocht was featured in the St. Petersburg Times series, "The Truth Rundown," and in a subsequent series on CNN. ​Dennis Erlich caused a stir when the former high-ranking Scientology executive began showing up at the Usenet newsgroup ...
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Village Voice (blog)
The Top Ten Myths in the War Against Libya
CounterPunch
Also just a few days after Bassiouni spoke, Libyan insurgents, in collaboration with CNN, made a last-ditch effort to save the rape allegations: they presented a cell phone with a rape video on it, claiming it belonged to a government soldier. ...
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"Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience" Debuts Sept. 11 on HBO
The Futon Critic
CNN will also be airing BEYOND 9/11: PORTRAITS OF RESILIENCE, along with their other anniversary-related programming. BEYOND 9/11: PORTRAITS OF RESILIENCE is a presentation of TIME in association with HBO; executive producers, Richard Stengel and Kira ...
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The Futon Critic
China piracy spurred Apple team: WikiLeaks
Ninemsn
The unclassified embassy cable was among nearly 134000 diplomatic messages released by WikiLeaks over the past week and was first located among the sea of documents by CNN. The cable said that "as amazing as it seems" Apple did not have a global ...
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Michael Vick, I'll never cheer for you
MarketWatch
He filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and told a judge he was earning 12 cents an hour as an overnight janitor in prison, CNN.com noted. He returned to the Eagles as a lowly third-string quarterback. When he got a chance to play, he energized ...
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Appetite for Health, an Informative Series on Consumer Health and Well-Being ...
PR Web (press release)
She has appeared on the NBC Today Show, CBS Evening News, ABC World News Tonight, CNN Headline News, and Fox News Fox & Friends. She has also appeared on MTV, Access Hollywood, E! Entertainment News and Extra to provide expert commentary on Hollywood ...
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PR Web (press release)
Swapping Stories: Site allows students to share, compare summer experiences
SU The Daily Orange (subscription)
"It was cool to see what other students were up to and how they were applying what they were learning at school to the real world." The idea of Orange Report is based on CNN's iReport, a citizen journalism initiative in which people report on their ...
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Janet Jackson: Michael Tribute 'Too Difficult'
WISC Madison
By Alan Duke CNN Michael Jackson performed "We are the World" during the WorldMusic Awards at Earl's Court in London on Nov. 15, 2006. LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Janet Jackson joined brothers Jermaine and Randy on Tuesday in opposing the October tribute ...
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WISC Madison
CNN Libya Communiqué Wednesday 31 August 2011 – CNN Press ...
By rmahomed
Please find below the latest CNN articles and videos on Libya CNN staff are newsgathering and reporting for all of CNN Worldwide's platforms in Libya, providing comprehensive live coverage across:CNN/U.S. and CNN International on television; CNN. ... Follow the latest tweets from the CNN newsteam based across the region http://twitter.com/cnni/arabunrest. For the latest CNN content on the unrest in Libyavisit – www.cnn.com/AFRICA All the latest details on programming, ...
CNN Press Room
Wednesday's live video events – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs
By jdinan8271
Wednesday's live video events. August 31st, 2011. 07:46 AM ET ... This is where you will find the latest news and information from CNN's correspondents and sources around the world. We'll cover fresh stories big and small – stories that are ...
This Just In
U.S. ranks low for newborn survival – The Chart - CNN.com Blogs
By ddellorto
Babies born in Cuba, Malaysia, Portugal, and the United Kingdom have a better chance of surviving the first month compared to those born in the United States, according to researchers at the WorldHealth Organization and Save the Children. ... Once again the Communist News Network (CNN) goes to bat for the Obama mafia to support the communist healthcare law. Comparing the U.S.'s healthcare to China and Cuba, saying they are better than the U.S. The reasons for poor infant ...
The Chart
State Department says Syria YouTube video will 'backfire' – CNN ...
By pambenson1
By CNN Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jill Dougherty The State Department is slamming an amateurvideo put on YouTube showing the American ambassador being harassed by a Syrian supporter of President Bashar al-Assad, calling it a ...
CNN Security Clearance
More deaths in Syria on day of 'patience and determination' - CNN ...
The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency reported that 11 army and security forces were killed by ...CNN is not able to confirm the authenticity of the videos. ...
us.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/08/26/syria.un/index.html
Turkey: No confidence in Syrian government - CNN.com
World powers have deplored the government's actions against protesters as Syria's ... Gul told the Anatolia news agency in an interview published Sunday that Turkey ... A graphic YouTube videopurportedly shows men hurling bodies off of a ...
us.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/08/29/syria.../index.html
Middle East allies call for Syrian government to reform - CNN.com
In an amateur video believed to have been filmed over the weekend in the southern ... Syrians clapped and chanted "the people demand international protection. ... According to SANA, Syria's state news agency, Ambassador Youssef Ahmad ...
us.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/08/29/turkey.../index.html
News deluge lifts Fox News, CNN ratings in August - Yahoo! News
Read 'News deluge lifts Fox News, CNN ratings in August' on Yahoo! News. ... Fox's reign atop the cable news world continued unimpeded as the network attracted more .... Justin Bieber arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday Aug. ...
news.yahoo.com/fox-news-off-hook-discrimination-suit-0107...

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