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Why Don’t Honest Journalists Take On Roger Ailes & Fox News?

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 12th, 2010

One question has tugged at my professional conscience throughout the year-long congressional debate over health-care reform, & it has nothing to do with the public option, portability or medical malpractice. It is this: Why haven't America's old-school news organizations blown the whistle on Roger Ailes, chief of Fox News, for using the network ...

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Feud Over, Ludacris Makes Peace With Bill O’Reilly

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 11th, 2010

Feisty rapper Ludacris has made peace with Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly, bringing an end to one of the great showbiz feuds of the last decade.

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Chefs Call Proposed New York Salt Ban ‘Absurd’

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 11th, 2010

Chefs Call Proposed New York Salt Ban 'Absurd', MyFoxNY Fox 5 News WNYW:More Liberal big brother control proposed. What's next, National ID cards? Oh wait.

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Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas Exec Found Dead of Clear Suicide

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 11th, 2010

"News that Randy Kwasniewski died from an apparent self-inflicted gun wound to the head."

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How Did YOU Get Fired From Activision? [Infographic]

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 11th, 2010

Joystick Division (and just about every other gaming news outlet) was buzzing about the firing of Infinity Ward executives Jason West and Vince Zampella last week, especially Activision's mysterious charge of "insubordination". We had to wonder: What is insubordination at Activision, and how often are people fired for it? We've got the an

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What the Credit CARD Act Means for You

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 10th, 2010

The Credit CARD Act is good news for consumers and puts a stop to many of the more nefarious practices of the credit card issuers. But it doesn't stop everything, and they are already finding new ways around it.

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The 7 Dumbest Celebrity Lawsuits of All Time

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 10th, 2010

With news today that Lindsay Lohan is suing E-Trade over the use of her name in a commercial, we thought we’d take a look back at some of the most ridiculous celebrity lawsuits of all-time

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Glenn Beck: Leave Churches That Preach Social Justice

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 9th, 2010

On his daily radio and television shows last week, Fox News personality Glenn Beck set out to convince his audience that "social justice," the term many Christian churches use to describe their efforts to address poverty and human rights, is a "code word" for communism and Nazism.

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Dan Rather Uses “Obama” And “Watermelons” In Same Anecdote

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 8th, 2010

Dan Rather, longtime anchor at the CBS Evening News and now of HD Net, has been known for his analogies and anecdotes (Ratherisms). But Newsbusters has caught one that seems to have gone way off the rails during an appearance on the Chris Matthews Show Sunday - involving Pres. Obama and watermelons.

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8 Must-Have Twitter and Facebook Add-Ons

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 8th, 2010

By no means are Twitter and Facebook perfect: You might wish that Facebook made it more intuitive to hide FarmVille or certain status updates. Or, maybe you wish that Twitter would introduce a new feature like nested tweets. Good news: For many of these website tweaks or suggestions, there's likely to be a script you can download to fit the bill.

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Iran’s Ahmadinejad calls Sept 11 “big fabrication

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 7th, 2010

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called the September 11 attacks on the United States a "big fabrication" that was used to justify the U.S. war on terrorism, the official IRNA news agency reported.||Ahmad...

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Rich Canadians Cross The Border For a Better Health Care

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 7th, 2010

Canadian health care has a dirty secret. Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams listens during a news conference in Montreal, Oct. 20, 2008. Williams recently ignited a national debate about the quality of Canadian health care by opting for surgery south of the border.

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Fox: FRINGE, HUMAN TARGET Likely To Continue, But ‘24′….

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 6th, 2010

Fox execs leak news about the upcoming seasons, some good news, some bad...

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BMW to Lease All Electric 1 Series Next Year

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 5th, 2010

BMW's board member for sales and marketing, Ian Robertson, told Automotive News that between 600 and 700 units will be leased to selected customers in major global cities. Robertson said the leases will be divvied up with 200 destined for the U.S. and between 300 and 400 driving around in Europe.

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300 Horses. 30+ MPG. The new V6 Mustang rocks both ways.

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 5th, 2010

Ford's on a roll lately, selling more cars in the U.S. than General Motors last month. And it's vowed to achieve best-in-class fuel economy numbers for every new model it launches. So the news today that its revised 2011 Ford Mustang with the 3.7-liter V-6 engine has been rated at 19 mpg city, 31...

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