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Adam May leaving WJZ for Al Jazeera America
The Baltimore SunWJZ reporter-anchor Adam May is leaving the Baltimore station at the end of the month to join Al Jazeera America as a national correspondent. May, who has been at the CBS-owned station for 10 years, will go to work for Al Jazeera in June. But he will...Tags: College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), CNN (tv network), CBS Corp.
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Enraged by kidnapping, Egyptian police block Gaza border
ReutersCAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again on Saturday, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, witnesses said. The protest began on Friday...Tags: Hamas, Gaza Strip, Hosni Mubarak, Mohamed Morsi, Kidnapping
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Influential Muslim cleric visits Hamas-ruled Gaza
ReutersBy Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, May 8 (Reuters) - Leading Muslim cleric Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi paid a high-profile visit to Gaza on Thursday, giving a boost to the Islamist group Hamas that runs the enclave, but also laying bare Palestinian rivalries....Tags: Arab Spring, Jihad, National Government, Politics, Religion and Belief
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Murdoch's News International in talks to occupy Shard neighbour
ReutersBy Tom Bill LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News International is in talks to occupy the whole of an empty office block at the foot of London's Shard, Western Europe's tallest skyscraper, two sources told Reuters. News International, part...Tags: News of the World, Rupert Murdoch, Qatar, News Corp.
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Al Gore, with reported $200 million, almost as rich as Mitt Romney
Al Gore and Mitt Romney have little in common -- except, perhaps, their net worth. Gore, the environmental activist and former U.S. vice president, has amassed a net worth that may exceed $200 million, according to an analysis by Bloomberg. That’s...
Tags: Al Gore, Current TV (tv network), Mitt Romney, Apple Inc.
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Who Will Run Al Jazeera America? Who's In, Who's Out, Who Passed (Exclusive)
ReutersMay 06 (TheWrap.com) - One of the biggest jobs in media is a new position and a high-risk opportunity: running Al Jazeera America. The job running the Qatar-based network recently bought from Current TV has high visibility and no doubt a high salary...Tags: Al Gore, MSNBC (tv network), David Westin, Al Jazeera English (tv network), Politics
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World watches weapons in Israel, Syria; Americans prefer to watch them on the big screen
Israel and Syria continue to fight, Robert Downey Jr. continues to pretend to fight, and in sunny, pastoral northern Pennsylvania, a former judge is still getting international attention a week after his sentencing over what amounts to a human-...Tags: Iron Man 3 (movie), Mother's Day, Prisons, The New York Times, National Basketball Association
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Will you watch Al Jazeera America?
Change of SubjectBy Jessica Reynolds The editorial board met with Al Jazeera America Tuesday to discuss the channel's launch, which is scheduled for late summer, although it definitely doesn't seem like that time frame is set in stone. The station plans to...... -
Carrie Brownstein of "Portlandia" Talks About Making Smart, Incisive Comedy
Funny Smart People The Connecticut Forum, Saturday, May 4, 8 p.m., The Bushnell, 166 Capitol Ave., Hartford, (860) 509-0909 or ctforum.org for tickets In honor of this month's Connecticut Forum on the subject of creativity, let's discuss satire....
Tags: The Daily Show (tv program), The Washington Post, The New York Times, Louis C.K., Book
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'Pain & Gain' has muscle. Disney makes peace with theaters.
After the coffee. Before figuring out where the heck April went. The Skinny: Sorry to start the day with a sales pitch but if you are interested in getting an email alerting you when the Morning Fix is available, send me a note. If enough people sign...Tags: Iron Man 3 (movie), Hobbies, Tennis Channel (tv network), The Washington Post, Services and Shopping
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Lots of pain but no gain at box office. AXS and HuffPost team up.
After the coffee. Before seeing if "Arrested Development" is still great. The Skinny: Like most journalists, I can be a little jaded at times. But in reality my job is not so bad. Tonight I'll get to go watch new episodes of "Arrested Development."...
Tags: Iron Man 3 (movie), Michael Jackson, The New York Times, Marketing, The Huffington Post
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Iraq shuts down 10 television channels
BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government ordered 10 predominantly Sunni Muslim satellite television channels to cease broadcasting Sunday, accusing them of encouraging the sectarian unrest that left more than 200 people dead in a week of violence in...Tags: Baghdad (Iraq), Wars and Interventions, Satellite Technology, Politics, Religious Conflicts
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