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Army medic made famous in Iraq photo dies
A former Army medic made famous by a photograph that showed him carrying an injured Iraqi boy during the first week of the war in March 2003 has died of an apparent overdose, police said. The photograph of Joseph Patrick Dwyer running to a makeshift...Tags: Photography, Defense, Television Industry, Hospitals and Clinics, Armed Forces
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TV One to offer extensive Obama coverage
AP Television WriterTV One, the cable network aimed at African-American viewers, will cover Barack Obama's nominating convention but is ignoring John McCain's. The network is telecasting live, prime-time coverage of the Democratic convention in Denver Aug. 25-28, followed...Tags: Barack Obama, National or Ethnic Minorities, Minority Groups, Political Candidates, John McCain
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NBC announces intention to cover Olympics thoroughly
WatchdogIf, perchance, you have an interest in the Beijing Olympic Games next month, NBC is prepared to accommodate you, far beyond the capacity of any single human to consume. Click below for 1,850 words or so of details direct from......Tags: Softball, Equestrian, Pentathlon Swimming, Awards and Prizes, Weightlifting
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Comcast clients get digital push
THE Q: Michael Baehr wrote in to say that Comcast informed him last month that if he wants to continue receiving the four Washington-area stations affiliated with major networks - WRC-4, WTTG-5, WJLA-7 and WUSA-9 - he will have to switch to digital....Tags: Television Industry, Consumer Electronics Industry, Marketing
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Larry Harmon, longtime Bozo the Clown, dead at 83
Associated Press WriterLarry Harmon wasn't the original Bozo the Clown, but he was the real one. Harmon, who portrayed the wing-haired clown for more than half a century, died Thursday of congestive heart failure, said his publicist, Jerry Digney. He was 83. As an...Tags: Death and Dying, Bozo the Clown, Walt Disney, Television Industry, Goofy
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On July 8, 1822, English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley drowned off Livorno, Italy; he was 29. In 1889 The Wall Street Journal began publishing. In 1907 Florenz Ziegfeld staged his first "Follies" show in New York. In 1919 President Woodrow Wilson...Tags: Adelphia Communications Corporation, Florenz Ziegfeld, Douglas MacArthur, United Nations, Ojai
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Shares of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae fell to their lowest price in 13 years in New York Stock Exchange composite trading as concerns grew that the two largest U.S. mortgage-finance companies may need to raise more capital to overcome writedowns and...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, New York Stock Exchange, Consumer Confidence, Transportation, NBC
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Weather Channel deal reached
The Associated PressNBC Universal and two partners said Sunday they have reached a deal to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications Inc., ending a drawn-out process that had attracted interest from several major media companies. Financial terms weren't...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, CBS Corp., NBC, Comcast Corp., Deutsche Bank AG
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NBC to gauge Olympic viewership on TV, cable and the Internet
Bloomberg NewsNBC Universal, General Electric Co.'s entertainment unit, will use the 2008 Beijing Olympics to measure viewership patterns across television, cable and the Internet. NBC will tap its 3,600 hours of Olympic coverage to issue daily usage patterns to gauge...Tags: NBC, Multi-Sport Events, General Electric Company, Beijing Games
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Myers takes big step forward
It was Johnny Cash Night, and as Brett Myers made his way from the bullpen to the dugout after completing his warmup pitches Monday night, someone piped ''Folsom Prison Blues'' through Coca-Cola Park's sound system. Which was appropriate, seeing as he is...Tags: Contracts, Television Industry, Johnny Cash, Coca-Cola Company, Ricky Bottalico
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