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Erin Andrews gets no-peep service at hotels after stalker ordeal
Hotels are making extra effort to ensure ESPN sportscaster Erin Andrews' safety after her recent stalker...


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Most New Yorkers don't want Islamic centre near Ground Zero
Two-thirds of New York City residents want a controversial Muslim community centre and mosque to be relocated farther away from the site of 9/11 terrorist attack, according to a New York Times...
Global economy is still not out of turmoil: Rupert Murdoch
News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said the global economy is still in an uncertain state and the media industry is going through a fundamental transformation that is...
Texas opens antitrust investigation of Google
Updated 1:55 p.m. PDT with additional information and background material. Google will face an antitrust investigation in Texas over charges that it manipulated search results, in what appears to a...
Sofia Coppola's 'Somewhere' debuts in Venice
Gallery: Venice Film Festival VENICE -- The world premiere of Sofia Coppola's unusual coming-of-age drama "Somewhere," which screened Friday in competition at the Venice Film Festival, is...
ABC News: Weakened Earl Headed to New England
Watch "World News" for the latest on Earl tonight on ABC. As of 2 p.m. today, the storm had maximum sustained winds of 80 mph, and it was tracking north-northeast at 21 mph and accelerating. The...
McClatchy Newspapers: California lawmaker's book pounds environmentalists
WASHINGTON — Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Visalia, fires away in a new book he hopes will spread his ideas far and wide. Former Treasury Secretary and fellow Republican Henry Paulson, Nunes writes,...
Washington Post: Mormon voices in the public square and what to make of them
In all of the media analysis and dissection of the Glenn Beck rally in Washington last weekend, and in particular his membership in the Mormon faith, there has been one conspicuous oversight. To be...
Postmedia confirms job cuts at some of its newspapers
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Time Warner Cable, ESPN parent reach deal
has ended as the two sides drew up new contract terms late Thursday. Burbank, Calif.-based Disney (NYSE:DIS) and New York-based Time Warner (NYSE:TWC) announced at about 8:30 p.m. that both sides...
Dems accuse Fox News of bolstering Ohio gov. candidate
C OLUMBUS, Ohio - The Democratic Governors Association filed an elections complaint in Ohio on Thursday alleging Fox News Network illegally helped the Republican governor nominee solicit funds during...
Israeli Teens Swipe Wristbands to Update Facebook Status
LONDON (AdAge.com) -- Coca-Cola is pioneering technology in Israel that allows users to automatically update their Facebook status by swiping a wristband across a...
McClatchy Newspapers: Opium poppy ring in Bellingham busted by Feds
Six men were arrested Wednesday, Sept. 1, on suspicion of intending to smuggle into Canada opium poppies that they allegedly picked up at a Bellingham discount store. Immigrations and Customs and...
Verimatrix at Center of Digital TV and OTT Convergence at IBC2010
Verimatrix specializes in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-screen digital TV services around the globe. The next-generation Verimatrix Video Content Authority System...
Another Ground Zero mosque poll: New York Times
New York Times poll said Friday that two-thirds of New Yorkers want a controversial mosque relocated to a site far away from the World Trade Center that was destroyed by terrorist attacks nine years...
More Twitter users tweeting via mobile apps
Thursday blog post from CEO Evan Williams.Among newbies to the site, 16 percent of them tap into their first tweet via the mobile Web. That's up from 5 percent before the company launched its...
Skype updates latest beta with 10-way video calling
(Credit: Skype) The latest release of Skype's 5.0 beta will let you make video calls to as many as 10 people at the same time, according to details posted on the...
McClatchy Newspapers: Commentary: Alaska is right to review Bill Allen sex abuse case
There are no guarantees that the state will pursue the case, but Alaskans should be glad that Attorney General Dan Sullivan is reviewing the sex-abuse investigation of former Veco president Bill...
Student Loan Scrutiny Could Hurt Washington Post
WPD ) could always rely on its Kaplan testing and education unit to help prop up results. With the company's media business still hurting, a crackdown by the Obama Administration on student loan...
Apple's Ping dinged by spam
Ping network integrates with iTunes 10 to let you follow your favorite artists and swap comments with other fans. But it took less than 24 hours for the comments sections to be swamped by phony...
Peter Orszag to Write New York Times Op-Ed Column
NEW YORK - (Business Wire) Peter Orszag, economist and former director of the Office of Management and Budget, will become a contributing columnist for The New York Times Op-Ed page. Beginning...
Time Warner, ESPN parent reach deal
as the two sides drew up new contract terms ended late Thursday. Burbank, Calif.-based Disney (NYSE:DIS) and New York-based Time Warner (NYSE:TWC) announced at about 8:30 p.m. that both sides had...
Disney/ESPN, Time Warner reach deal
Inc. (NYSE: TWC) reached an agreement Thursday to keep ABC, ESPN and the other Disney networks available to Central Texas viewers. Negotiations have extended for months as the cable provider sought...
McClatchy Newspapers: U.S., Cuba will not swap 'Cuban Five' prisoners for Gross, State Dept. says
The U.S. State Department Thursday flatly denied reports that the Obama administration is considering swapping the "Cuban Five" spies in U.S. prisons for a U.S. government subcontractor jailed in...
ABC News: Miami Airport Reopens After Security Scare
'); } A scientist has been detained at the Miami International Airport after screeners spotted a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb, prompting an evacuation, a government...
McClatchy Newspapers: Haiti's presidential candidates are spending big
Even before being deemed qualified to run, presidential hopefuls in impoverished Haiti faced a hefty bill: a $12,500 nonrefundable filing fee. Now they are finding that the amount will only get...
ABC News: Oil Platform Explodes; No Sign of Spill
An explosion on an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico early today ignited a fire that caused workers to evacuate into the water, but the U.S. Coast Guard said that all the workers survived...
EXCLUSIVE: Ynon Kreiz: Endemol finances OK
Since taking the top job in 2007, Endemol chairman and CEO Ynon Kreiz has had the global TV production group on an expansion and buying spree. The kite-surfing fanatic has diversified the ...
Dems accuse Fox News of bolstering Ohio candidate
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Democratic Governors Association filed an elections complaint in Ohio on Thursday alleging Fox News Network illegally helped the Republican governor nominee solicit funds...
Worst summer for 'Tonight Show' ever
Jay Leno NBC might have summer's most-watched show in "America's Got Talent," but the network's late-night ratings aren't so sunny. "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" is pulling a smaller number...
Pat O'Brien writes open letter to Lindsay Lohan
Pat O'Brien and Lindsay Lohan (Getty) Pat O'Brien, a guest columnist in the September 3 print edition of the Hollywood Reporter, wrote this column about Lindsay Lohan, whose movie "Machete"...
Anthony Bourdain critiques other reality shows
Anthony Bourdain Food and travel provocateur Anthony Bourdain is celebrating the 100th episode of his genre-busting Travel Channel series "No Reservations" on Monday. The host, chef and author...
McClatchy Newspapers: Obama's campaign manager waits for a call about 2012
WASHINGTON — David Plouffe's days of spending time with his family may be nearing an end again. President Barack Obama may need him to run his 2012 re-election campaign. Plouffe, who was the...
Murdoch: Global economy is still not out of turmoil
News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said the global economy is still in an uncertain state and the media industry is going through a fundamental transformation that is unpredictable "I do...
Montana Fishburne: 'I'm getting acting offers'
Montana and Laurence Fishburne at an event in 2006 (Getty) Before summer began, no one had heard of Montana Fishburne. But the daughter of Oscar-nominated actor Laurence Fishburne was eager to...
McClatchy Newspapers: AFL-CIO president: We need a second stimulus program
WASHINGTON — With the Labor Day weekend approaching, union leaders and U.S. business interests expressed concerns Thursday about the fragility of the nation's economic recovery. They...
Paris Hilton busted by Twitter pic?
It is not easy being Paris Hilton. You have to spend so much of your time focused on the "being Paris Hilton" part that it leaves very little time for much else. Like considering the state of the...
Democrats accuse Fox News of bolstering Ohio candidate
C OLUMBUS, Ohio — The Democratic Governors Association filed an elections complaint in Ohio on Thursday alleging Fox News Network illegally helped the Republican governor nominee solicit funds...
Hugh Dancy, Olsen twins' sister to star in film
Hugh Dancy and Elizabeth Olsen are set to star in the indie drama "Martha Marcy May Marlene" from BorderLine Films. Sean Durkin, the filmmaker behind the Grand Prix-winning short "Mary Last...
'Machete,' 'Going the Distance' face off
"Machete," co-directed by genre-meister Robert Rodriguez and tyro helmer Ethan Maniquis and produced by Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino and Rick Schwartz. The other two pics represent more novel...
Toronto Fest hosts 112 world premieres, opens $200 mil HQ
10 people to know in Toronto The famously unflappable Cameron Bailey is looking a touch puzzled, and has for weeks. The Toronto International Film Festival co-director is standing in his...
The New York Times' Skimpy Evidence That Women Are Suddenly Proud To Be Flat-Chested
, Sept. 2, the headline is "Where Minimal Assets Are a Plus: Many women these days want to showcase their small chests, not pad them out. Retailers are listening"; on the Web, it's...
ABC News: Stephen Hawking: God Not Needed for Creation
British physicist and mathematician Stephen Hawking, shown in this file photo, argues in his new book that there need not be a God behind the creation of the universe. (Frederick M. Brown/Getty...
ABC News: Graded: LA Teachers' Public Evaluation Raises Questions
It is a simple enough concept that has quickly turned into a raging debate: grading teachers based on their students' performance on standardized tests...
McClatchy Newspapers: Fast start: Netanyahu, Abbas meet alone for 90 minutes
WASHINGTON — The first Middle East peace talks in nearly two years got off to a quick start Thursday, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud...