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Tim Russert is the former award-winning moderator of MSNBC's "Meet the Press" and Washington Bureau chief for NBC News. Russert died June 13, 2008 at age 58 of a heart attack while recording voiceovers for "Meet the Press." Russert began hosting "Meet the Press" in December 1991 and was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine in 2008.Russert was born in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 7, 1950. He joined NBC News in 1984 after working on several political campaigns and went on to hold various supervisory positions in NBC. Russert authored two New York Times bestsellers -- "Big Russ and Me" in 2004 and "Wisdom of Our Fathers" in 2006.
Tim Russert is the former award-winning moderator of MSNBC's "Meet the Press" and Washington Bureau chief for NBC News. Russert died June 13, 2008 at age 58 of a heart attack while recording voiceovers for "Meet the Press." Russert began hosting "Meet the Press" in December 1991 and was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine in 2008.Russert was born in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 7, 1950. He joined NBC News in 1984 after working on several political campaigns and went on to hold various supervisory positions in NBC. Russert authored two New York Times bestsellers -- "Big Russ and Me" in 2004 and "Wisdom of Our Fathers" in 2006.
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6.5 reasons you're not too old for Facebook
Are you on Facebook? No? You're not? 'Cause you're too old?
Now that's just silly.
Two years ago, the social media Web site changed from college students-only to something anyone could join - no matter how many gray hairs they might have.
Facebook is...Tags: Stanley Kubrick, MySpace, Morgan Freeman, Conservation, Meryl Streep
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Biden choice might be fatal
Barack Obama's beautifully choreographed campaign — from the stunning debut in Iowa to the cheering masses in Berlin — might have just made its fatal error, and its name is Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., a U.S. senator from Delaware. Even...Tags: Parliament, Upper House, Elections, David Petraeus, Joe Biden
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Walks part of fight against heart disease
Special CorrespondentAccording to the American Heart Association, more than 3,400 people in Palm Beach County died from heart disease in 2006. But the association is fighting back. At 9 a.m. Sept. 27 at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton and at the Meyer...Tags: Palm Beach Gardens, Boca Raton, Diseases, Heart Disease, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida)
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Top 10 best-selling books
. PAPERBACK MASS-MARKET FICTION 1. Playing for Pizza, John Grisham. (Deli, $7.99.) 2. You've Been Warned James Patterson and Howard Roughan. (Vision, $9.99.) 3. Nights in Rodanthe Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $7.99.)...Tags: David Oliver, Rodanthe, John Grisham, John Grogan, Barack Obama
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Pelosi: Open to hearing drilling argument
The Swampby Katie Fretland House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that she would be open to including expanded offshore oil drilling in an energy bill, if proponents of drilling in federal waters can prove it is a good alternative to solve......Tags: Natural Gas, Human Rights, Energy and Resource Industries, NBC, Veterans Affairs
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TV is tuning in to young voters
Television networks are assigning reporters to a new beat this election year: people who don't watch the evening news. With polls showing a surge in primary-season ballots cast by voters under 30, media outlets are out to convert the newly energized...Tags: Elections, John McCain, CBS Corp., NBC, Political Candidates
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BESTSELLERS
A list of national bestsellers compiled by Publishers Weekly HARD COVER FICTION 1. ACHERON, by Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin's) 2. ROBERT LUDLUM'S THE BOURNE SANCTION, by Eric Van Lustbader (GrandCentral) 3. THE HOST, by Stephenie Meyer (Little,...Tags: David Oliver, Tori Spelling, Star Wars, Freedom of the Press, Maria Shriver
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PAPERBACK BESTSELLERS
Fiction
1. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99)
2. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
($13.95)
3. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson ($14)
4. New Moonby Stephenie Meyer ($10.99)
5. Away by Amy Bloom ($14)
6. Run by Ann Patchett (14.95)
7. The...Tags: David Oliver, Twilight, Watchmen, Amy Bloom, John Grisham
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Unconventional Politics On TV
Courant TV CriticThey won't have thousands of drummers or lip-synching little girls. Instead, some nifty balloon drops, no doubt. But the two parties' political conventions, running back-to-back the next two weeks from Denver and St. Paul, will represent the Olympics of...Tags: Diseases, Elections, Meet the Press, News Agency, CBS Corp.
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LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLERS
Fiction
1. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99)
2. The Shack by William P. Young ($14.99)
3. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson ($14)
4. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
($13.95)
5. Away by Amy Bloom ($14)
6. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99)...Tags: David Oliver, Twilight, Amy Bloom, John Grisham, John Grogan
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Hillary Preaches Unity at Convention
Associated PressDENVER -- Hillary Rodham Clinton preached unity Monday in her first appearance at the Democratic National Convention. Her first stop in Denver was a breakfast meeting for New York Democrats, where supporters waved signs declaring that "Hillary Made...Tags: Elections, Clubs and Associations, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Government
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For political conventions, cable networks are the go-to channels
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWHEN THE political parties hold their national conventions in coming weeks, network anchors Brian Williams, Charles Gibson and Katie Couric will have an hourlong special each evening to report on the gatherings. Chuck Todd will have 20 hours a day. Todd,...Tags: George Washington University, Meet the Press, News Media, NBC, The White House
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