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21 min ago | WHTC

Justice Department defends journalist email search

The Justice Department said on Friday that senior officials including Attorney General Eric Holder vetted a decision to search an email account belonging to a Fox News reporter whose story on North Korea prompted a leak investigation.

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Related Topix: Publishing, News Corporation, Television, FOX News Network, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

1 hr ago | EDGE

Las Vegas Gets an Outdoor Makeover

Las Vegas is trying to beat its reputation as a shut-in. MGM Resorts International announced that it will sink $100 million into building a park and public promenade outside of its New York-New York and Monte Carlo casinos.

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Related Topix: us Travel, North America Travel, Travel, Las Vegas, NV, Las Vegas Travel, Hotels, House Party, MGM Mirage, New York City Travel

4 hrs ago | Examiner.com

New York's naked painting party brought out the barely clad and body art

Obviously artistic ability wasn't the criteria for the naked body painting party held in New York City on May 23, as reported by the New York Daily News, but a half naked body was.

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Related Topix: Painting, Arts, New York Daily News, Startups, Publishing, IGN Entertainment, News Corporation, Century Media Records, Ottaway Newspapers, Music

8 hrs ago | Press-Telegram

Interview: 'Before Midnight' stars Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke --...

Director Richard Linklater, left, with stars Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, reunited for "Before Midnight," a third film with the same characters.

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Related Topix: Before Midnight, 2 Days in New York, Celebrities, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Publishing, Ottaway Newspapers, Fox Filmed Entertainment, Entertainment

9 hrs ago | Sunherald.com

Details on how News Corp. split will work

News Corp. is planning to split into two companies. One company will operate as a newspaper and book publisher and will retain the News Corp.

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Related Topix: Startups, Publishing, News, IGN Entertainment, News Corporation, Television, Ottaway Newspapers, Fox Filmed Entertainment, FOX News Network

13 hrs ago | Lethbridge Herald

Jewel's music experience comes in handy for key part in Lifetime's 'Ring of Fire'

This publicity image released by A&E Television Networks shows Matt Ross as Johnny Cash, left, and Jewel as June Carter Cash in a scene from the Lifetime Original Movie, "Ring of Fire," premiering Monday, May 27 at 9pm ET/PT on Lifetime.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Western, Drama Movies, Ride with the Devil, Johnny Cash, Country, Television, AE Television Networks, June Carter Cash, Music!, Walk the Line, Biography Movies

14 hrs ago | Business Journal

Discovery to launch online network

Hoping to hook in younger viewers, Discovery Communications Inc. is launching an online network to show several original series for free, using resources from the online producer Revision3, The Wall Street Journal reports .

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Related Topix: Discovery Communications, Television, Revision3, Startups

19 hrs ago | Business of Life

Roger Ailes' letter to Fox employees

Dear colleagues, The recent news about the FBI's seizure of the phone and email records of Fox News employees, including James Rosen, calls into question whether the federal government is meeting its constitutional obligation to preserve and protect a free press in the United States.

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Related Topix: Publishing, News Corporation, Television, FOX News Network, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Thu May 23, 2013

Channelnewsasia.com

Major highway bridge collapses in US

LOS ANGELES: A bridge carrying a freeway over a river in the northwestern US state of Washington partially collapsed on Thursday, sending cars and people plunging into the water below, police said.

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Reno Gazette-Journal

'Fast & Furious 6,' featuring Reno's Gina Carano, is more of everything

Do you have a band or are you a performer with an upcoming gig that you'd like us to know about? We... This film publicity image released by Universal Pictures shows Gina Carano in a scene from "Fast & Furious 6." / ASSOCIATED PRESS You could find out, perhaps, by joining the next space mission to another galaxy, or, slightly easier, you could go ... (more)

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Related Topix: Fast & Furious 6, Universal Pictures, Fast & Furious

Seattle Times

Lawyer: NY man at center of HIV scare not positive

Nushawn Williams, a New York drug dealer imprisoned amid accusations he infected 13 young women with HIV in the 1990s, does not have the virus that causes AIDS, according to his attorney, who said he arranged for a new blood test as part of efforts to get him released from prison.

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Related Topix: Startups, Publishing, IGN Entertainment, News Corporation, Century Media Records, Television, Ottaway Newspapers, FOX News Network, Music

EDGE

Accused Mark Carson Killer Indicted, Attorney Says "He Didn't Murder Anybody"

A Manhattan Criminal Court Grand Jury indicted Elliot Morales, accused of shooting and killing a gay man in the West Village last weekend for a hate crime murder.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Gay/Lesbian, New York Daily News, Publishing, Ottaway Newspapers

KNDO

Census puts Seattle population at 634,535

News Census figures show Seattle had the 14th largest population jump among all U.S. cities between 2011 and 2012.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Seattle Times

KVIA-TV El Paso

'Kindle Worlds' lets fan fiction writers sell stories

Fan fiction, in which aficionados of existing books and movies write characters into new storylines, has long been popular fodder on Internet forums -- but stories based on copyrighted works are essentially impossible to sell.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Warner Bros Television

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Penguin Settles with US States in E-book Price-fixing Lawsuit

Penguin has settled with U.S. states in an e-book price-fixing lawsuit, leaving only Apple now in the fray.

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Related Topix: US News, HarperCollins Publishers, Publishing

Las Cruces Sun-News

1 child dead, 1 missing in Minn. park landslide

Workers with shovels run to the staging area for a rescue operation underway on the West Side of St.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Star Tribune

Wed May 22, 2013

Canada.com

CBC warns of lawsuit over government efforts to control salary negotiations

The CBC is warning the federal government that its efforts to control salary negotiations at the Crown agency could be at odds with the Broadcasting Act and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, leading to litigation.

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Related Topix: Canadian Broadcasting, Television

NBC New York

LA Selects Garcetti as Next Mayor

"Thank you Los Angeles--the hard work begins but I am honored to lead this city for the next four years.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles, CA, Fox Filmed Entertainment

KRVN-AM Lexington

Top 10 Highest-Paid CEOs

Leslie Moonves, who was paid $60 million, is the highest-paid CEO of S&P 500 companies with chief executives who have served at least two full years.

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Related Topix: Best of 2007, Simon Group, Transportation, Lawrence Ellison, Startups, Oracle Corporation, Walt Disney, Television

Broward-Palm Beach

Plain White Ts Tom Higgenson on Ready for Love, "Sign Me Up!"

Chicago natives Plain White T's have been making the ladies swoon since their 2007 number-one hit "Hey There Delilah" went platinum and lead singer Tom Higgenson made every guy feel dumb they hadn't come up with such sweetly simple metaphors for their own gals.

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